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Greek mythology meme: [2/2] families

↳ The Children of Nyx

In Hesiod’s Theogony, Nyx, the personification of night, was born of Chaos at the dawn of time, along with five other primordial beings. One of her siblings, Erebos, the personification of darkness, became her consort and together they created Aether and Hemera, respectively the personifications of brightness and day.

On her own, Nyx gave birth to more children: Moros (Destiny), Hypnos and Thanatos (Sleep and Peaceful Death), Momus (Blame), Oizys (Misery), Apate (Deceit), Nemesis (Retribution), Eris (Strife), Philotes (Affection), and Geras (Old Age), as well as the Hesperides (Nymphs of the Evening), the Oneiroi (Dreams), the Moirai (the Fates), and the Keres (female daemons of violent death).

Although her children were mostly scattered around the world, Nyx and the brothers Hypnos and Thanatos were said to inhabit Tartarus, the deepest, darkest part of the underworld. However, Nyx didn’t spend all her time in Tartarus: whenever Hemera arrived, Nyx would leave, ensuring that Day and Night would not occur in the same place at the same time.