Nyx

Nyx was a Greek primordial goddess. In Roman mythology, Nyx was known as Nox.

Abode
Nyx was the primordial goddess of the night.

Depiction
Nyx was typically depicted as a veil of darkness that was drawn from the Underworld. When given a human form, she was depicted either with wings or as a charioteer. She also had an aureole of dark mist above her head.

Day and Night
At dusk, Nyx would leave her home in Tartarus and draw the mists of Erebus across the sky to block the shining light from Aether to bring about the night. When Nyx would return home, Hemera would leave their home, which they shared, and she would scatter the mists, bringing back the day.

Homer's Iliad
In the Iliad, Hypnos was asked by Hera to make Zeus fall asleep so that she could cause bad things to happen to Heracles. Hypnos did as she asked and Zeus was greatly angered when he awoke and he chased Hypnos. Hypnos ran to his mother, Nyx, and Zeus decided to not punish Hypnos, out of fear for angering Nyx. This shows how powerful that Nyx actually was, sinc eeven Zeus, the King of Olympus, was afraid of angering her.

Relationships

 * Parents: Chaos
 * Spouse(s): Erebus
 * Children with no father: Moros, The Keres, Thanatos, Hypnos, The Oneiroi, Momus, Oizys, The Hesperides, Nemesis, Apate, Philotes, Geras, Eris
 * Children with Erebus: Aether, Hemera, Sophrosyne, Epiphron, Hybris, Eleos, Charon