List of night deities

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.

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

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 Shakta pithas
• 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