Common place knowledge on Nyx
The Goddess Nyx, also known as Nux, Nox or Night is a primordial Greek goddess who is the personification of the essence of night and darkness. She is an ancient goddess of Night thus the meaning of her name. She is considered to be one of the most powerful divine beings who was born of the cosmic being, Chaos. Ancients believed that before the universe was created there existed only a void of “chaos” that was black and silent. From this “chaos” Nyx emerged into existence. She is often depicted as a great black winged spirit or seen riding in a chariot, trailing stars and bringing the night behind her, accompanied by her sons Hypnos and Thanatos. Nyx has always been presented as a figure of exceptional power and beauty. She who lives in the shadows of the world, only ever seen in glimpses by mortal eyes. According to myth, Nyx had conceived from the wind and laid a silver egg in the darkness (the upper part of the egg representing the sky and the lower section was the earth) She could be helpful or harmful to mortals, bringing either sleep or death with her. Nyx has many children. Most of her children represent the ‘darker’ aspects of humanity, such as the Three Fates, Nemesis, Sleep, Death, Doom, Misery, Deceit and Strife. Nyx possesses prophetic powers and is known to be affiliated with owls and bats. Her planet is the moon and the best time to connect with her is on Mondays, especially around Yule. Nyx is associated with the night; the color black; eggs and birth. Nyx is of good to call upon when you need to find yourself, reclaim lost awareness of your truest nature, for protection, cleansing and fertility. Nyx also represents nightmares, mystery, dreams, darkness and night. It is recommended to call upon Nyx after sunset. She can be invoked her for psychic dreams and astral travel and for rituals at midnight or when it is a moonless night. Offerings to this goddess could include libations of water from a natural source such as a river or a lake as well as red wine, honey, or oil.
Some of her correspondences include:
Color: Black, Silver, Grey or White
Incense: Myrtle, Aloes and Camphor
Symbol: The Moon, 3 Stars and a Crescent Moon
Plants: Night Blooming Flowers
Perfumes: White Poppy, White Rose and Wallflower
Her children were believed to be:
Apate - the goddess of deceit
Dolos - the god of trickery
Eleos - the goddess of mercy
Epiphron - the god of prudence
Eris - the goddess of strife
Eros - the god of procreation
Geras - the god of old age
Hemera - the goddess of daylight
Hybris - the goddess of insolence
Hypnos - the god of sleep
Kharon - the ferryman for the dead
Momos - the god of ridicule
Nemesis - the goddess of retribution
Oizys - the goddess of misery
Philotes - the goddess of friendship
Sophrusyne - the goddess of moderation
Thanatos - the god of non-violent death
The Hesperides - goddesses of the evening
The Oneiroi - spirits of dreams
The Keres - goddesses of violent death
Nyx can be called forth for Cleansing, Protection, Awareness of self and fertility
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