List of night deities

The Norse night goddess Nótt riding her horse, in a 19th-century painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo

A night deity is a goddess or god in mythology associated with night, the night sky, or darkness. They commonly feature in polytheistic religions. The following is a list of night deities in various mythologies.

Arabian

• Al-Qaum, Nabatean god of war and the night, and guardian of caravans

Aztec

• Lords of the Night, a group of nine gods, each of whom ruled over a particular night
• Itzpapalotl - fearsome skeletal goddess of the stars
• Metztli, god or goddess of the moon, night and farmers
• Tezcatlipoca, god of the night sky, the night winds, hurricanes, the north, the earth, obsidian, enmity, discord, rulership, divination, temptation, jaguars, sorcery, beauty, war and strife
• Yohaulticetl, lunar goddess known as the "Lady of the Night"

Canaanite

• Shalim, god of dusk

Egyptian

• Apep, the serpent god, deification of evil and darkness
• Kuk, uncreated god and the personification of the primordial darkness
• Nephthys, goddess of night as well as death and birth
• Khonsu, god of the moon

Etruscan

• Artume, (also called Aritimi, Artames, or Artumes), Etruscan goddess of night

Greek

• Asteria, goddess of nocturnal oracles and the stars
• Erebus, primordial god of darkness
• Nyx, primordial goddess of night
• Achlys, primordial goddess of eternal night, misery and sorrow
• Phobetor, god of nightmares
• Phantasos, god of surreal dreams
• Morpheus, god of dreams
• Hypnos, god of sleep

Hindu

• Ratri, goddess of night
• Chandra, god of the moon
• Rahu, a celestial deity of darkness and eclipse
• Varuna, god of the sky, ruler of all other sky gods

Iranic

• Ahriman, god of darkness, night and evils.

Lithuanian

• Breksta, goddess of twilight and dreams, who protects people from sunset to sunrise

Māori

• Hine-nui-te-pō, goddess of night and death and the ruler of the underworld in Māori mythology

Norse

• Nótt, female personification of night

Roman

• Nox, primordial goddess of night; equivalent to the Greek goddess Nyx
• Scotus, primordial god of darkness; equivalent to the Greek god Erebus
• Summanus, god of nocturnal thunder
• Somnus, god of dreams, equivalent to Hypnos.
• Trivia, goddess of sorcery, ghosts, tombs, death, and torches, equivalent to Hecate.
• Luna, goddess of the moon, equivalent to Selene.
• Latona, an equivalent to the goddesses Leto and Asteria.

Slavic

• Zorya, two guardian goddesses, representing the morning and evening stars.

See also

• Chthonic (underworld) deities