Erebus (Darkness) Greek The personification of darkness.
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Erebus (Darkness) Greek The personification of darkness. Erebus sprang from Chaos at the beginning of time. He was the father of Charon, Nemesis, and others. His name was given to the gloomy underground cavern through which the dead had to walk on their way to the Underworld.
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- Hypnos (Sleep) Greek The personification of sleep and the twin brother of Thanatos (Death); the son of Nyx (Night) and Erebus (Darkness).
- Nyx (Nox; Night) Greek The goddess of night, daughter of Chaos and sister of Erebus (Darkness).
- Erytheia (Erythia; Dazzling Light) Greek A Dryad, or wood Nymph; one of the sisters known as the Hesperides; either the daughters of Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night) or the daughters of Atlas and Pleione or Hesperis.
- Hemera (Day, Daylight) Greek The daughter of Nyx (Night) and Erebus (Darkness); sister of Ether (Air).
- Nemesis Greek Goddess of vengeance; personification of the wrath of the gods toward those who had hubris, a Greek word meaning exaggerated pride in one's achievements or good fortune.