title: List of night deities
text: A night deity is a goddess or god in mythology associated with night, or the night sky. 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
   Tzitzimimeh, skeletal goddesses of the stars
   Yohaulticetl, the lunar goddess known as the "Lady of the Night"
  
  Canaanite
   Shalim, god of dusk
  
  Egyptian
   Khonsu, god of the moon
   Nut, goddess of the night also associated with rebirth
  
  Greco-Roman 
  
  Greek
  
   Achlys, a primordial goddess of the clouding of eyes after death, the eternal night, and poison
   Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, and wild animals, who was commonly associated with the moon
  Astraeus, Titan god of the dusk, stars, planets, and the art of Astronomy and Astrology
   Asteria, Titan goddess of nocturnal oracles and the stars
   Hades, god of the underworld, whose domain included night and darkness
   Hecate, the goddess of boundaries, crossroads, witchcraft, and ghosts, who was commonly associated with the moon
   Nyx, goddess and personification of the night
   Selene, Titaness goddess and personification of the moon
   Thanatos, the personification of death, the son of Nyx and Erebus and twin brother of Hypnos
  
  Roman
   Diana Trivia, goddess of the hunt, the moon, crossroads, equivalent to the Greek goddesses Artemis and Hecate
   Latona, mother goddess of day and night, equivalent to the Greek goddesses Leto and Asteria
   Luna, goddess of the moon, equivalent to the Greek goddess Selene
   Nox, primordial goddess of night; equivalent to the Greek goddess Nyx
   Summanus, god of nocturnal thunder
  
  Etruscan
  Artume (also called Aritimi, Artames, or Artumes), Etruscan goddess of the night; equivalent to the Greek goddess Artemis
  
  Hindu
   Ratri, goddess of night
   Chandra, god of the moon
   Rahu, celestial deity of darkness and eclipse
   Bhairava, god of night, guardian of all 52 Shakti Peetha
   Kali, goddess of death
  Dewi Ratih, Balinese goddess of the moon
  
  Hurrian
   DINGIR.GE6 (reading uncertain), goddess representing the night and associated with dreaming
  
  Persian
   Ahriman, god of darkness, night and evils
  
  Lithuanian
   Aušrinė, goddess of the morning star
   Breksta, goddess of twilight and dreams, who protects people from sunset to sunrise
   Mėnuo, god of the moon
   Vakarė, goddess of the evening star
   Žvaigždės, goddesses of the stars and planets
  
  Meitei/Sanamahism
   Sajik (Arietis)
   Thaba (Musca)
   Khongjom Nubi (Pleiades)
   Apaknga (Lunar mansions)
   Sachung Telheiba (A Orionis)
   Likla Saphaba (Orion)
   Chingcharoibi (G Geminorum)
   Chungshennubi (Cancer)
   Leipakpokpa (Mars)
   Yumsakeisa (Mercury)
   Sagolsen (Jupiter)
   Irai (Venus)
   Thangja (Saturn)
   Shakok (Uranus)
   Shamei (Neptune)
  
  Norse
   Nótt, female personification of night
   Máni, male personification of the Moon
  
  Polynesian
   Hine-nui-te-pō, goddess of night and death and the ruler of the underworld in Māori mythology
   Ira, sky goddess and mother of the stars
   Taonoui, Māʻohi goddess who was the mother of the stars
  
  Slavic
   Zorya, two guardian goddesses, representing the morning and evening stars
   Chernobog, god of darkness, chaos, famine, pain, and all that is evil
  
  See also
  Chthonic (underworld) deities
  Lists of deities in Sanamahism
  
   
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