THE GODDESS NYX IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY by Greek Legends and Myths
Posted by ANNA KIM
NYX(NOX) GODDESS OF THE NIGHT The pantheon of Ancient Greece contained hundreds of deities, and whilst today, the most famous of these deities are those based upon Mount Olympus, there was a whole plethora of deities who preceded the likes of Zeus and Poseidon. One of these earlier deities was the goddess Nyx, a “dark” goddess, one associated with night, and one a powerful one at that. THE PROTOGENOI NYX Nyx, according to Hesiod’s Theogony, was one of the Protogneoi, the primordial first born gods of the Greek cosmos. To this end, Nyx was considered to be the daughter of the goddess Chaos,...
THE GODDESS NYX IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY by Greek Legends and Myths
Posted by ANNA KIM