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NYX
NYX may refer to:
- Nyx, in Greek mythology, Nyx was the primordial goddess of the night
- NYX (comics), an American comic book miniseries by Marvel Comics
- Nyx (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland), the guardian of the well in the U.S. TV series
- Nyx (Image Comics), a character of the Spawn (comics) comic book series.
- NYSE Euronext, (, ) (formerly NYSE Group, Inc.) is a for-profit corporation that operates multiple securities exchanges, most notably the New York Stock Exchange (the "Big Board"), Euronext, and NYSE Arca (formerly known as ArcaEx).
- Nyx, an experimental prototype for the Amiga computer platform's AAA chipset, designed by Commodore engineer Dave Haynie in 1992 .
- Nyx, is a Gallente Mothership in the Massively Multiplayer Online Game, EVE Online
- , A 2D-3D hybrid video game for WiiWare by Over the Top Studios.
- Nyx is the name of a character in the video game Persona 3.
- NYX (gene), is a gene encoding the protein Nyctalopin
- Nyx (moth), a moth genus
- Nyx, a character in the Queen's Blade Series.
- Nyx, a recurring antagonist of the video game Hellbender.
- Nyx, a hero in the video game Dota 2.
- Nyx, a Tenno in the free-to-play video game Warframe
- Nyx (composition), an orchestral composition by Esa-Pekka Salonen
NYX may also be:
- 3908 Nyx, is an Amor and Mars-crosser asteroid
- Nix (moon), a moon of Pluto
- NYX (cosmetics), a cosmetics brand named after the Greek goddess of the same name. Founded by Toni Ko in 1999 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
Nyx
Nyx (; , "Night"; ) is the
Greek goddess (or personification)
of the night. A shadowy figure, Nyx stood at or near the beginning of creation, and mothered other
personified deities such as
Hypnos (Sleep) and
Thanatos (Death), with
Erebus (Darkness). Her appearances are sparse in surviving mythology, but reveal her as a figure of such exceptional power and beauty, that she is feared by
Zeus himself.
Nyx
Noun
1. (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of the night; daughter of Chaos; counterpart of Roman Nox
(hypernym) Greek deity
(classification) Greek mythology
Nyx
[Greek] Nyx is the goddess and embodiment of the night. According to Hesiod in his Theogony (11.116-138), "From Chaos came forth Erebus and black Night Nyx; of Night were born Aether being the bright upper atmosphere and Day Hemera, whom she conceived and bore from union with Erebus her brother". Also from the Theogony (11. 211-225); "And Night borehateful Doom Moros and black Fate and Death Thanatos, and she bore Sleep Hypnos and the tribe of Dreams. And again the goddess murky Night, though she lay with none, bare Blame and painful Woe, and the Hesperides who guard the rich golden apples and the trees bearing fruit beyond glorious Ocean. Also she bore the Destinies and ruthless avenging Fates who were regarded as old women occupied in spinning, Clotho the Spinner of the thread of life and Lachesis the Disposer of Lots, she who allots every man his destiny and Atropos She Who Cannot Be Turned, who finally cuts the thread of life who give men at their birth both evil and good to have, and they...
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Nox
Nox (Latin) Nux (Greek) In Hesiod Chaos produces Erebos and Nux (darkness and night), from whose union under the action of Eros spring Aether and Day. Mystically darkness precedes light and generates it, because what we even in the highest reaches of our spiritual imagination refer to as light is a phenomenon, however sublime, belonging to the realms of manifestation; whereas darkness is that primordial essence of cosmic spirit-consciousness so utterly beyond even the highest ranges of our spiritual conception that it seems to us to be dark. Actually from one standpoint, this darkness is absolute light, and the light of all manifested realms is its shadow.
