Who married Erebus?

Nyx would become wife to Erebus, and the pair would become parents of two other primordial gods, Aether (light) and Hemera (day).
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Are Erebus and Nyx married?

Nyx married Erebus, the God of darkness. Nyx and Erebus produced Hemera (Day) and Aether (Light). Hemera is Nyx's opposite. Nyx brought the dark veil over the night, while Hemera chased the dark mists away each morning.
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Who is stronger Erebus or Nyx?

Because being darkness direct manifestation and personification, his powers are equivalent to those of his wife Nyx but below Darkness and Ayin. Darkness Empowerment: Erebus become stronger, faster, more durable, etc.
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Did Erebus and Nyx have a child?

With Erebus (Darkness), Nyx gives birth to Aether (Brightness) and Hemera (Day).
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Are Nyx and Erebus related?

Erebus was the brother of Gaea (earth), Tartarus (underworld), Eros (love), and Nyx (night).
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Who is Chaos husband?

Afterward, Night, impregnated by the wind, laid an egg in Erebus, out of which golden-winged Eros was born. And then, in Tartarus, Eros mated with Chaos, who subsequently gave birth to the race of birds.
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Who was Nyx in love with?

From Chaos came forth Erebus and black Night. Nyx, the personification of night, then married her brother Erebus, the personification of darkness, and bore two children by him: but of Night were born Aether and Day [Hemera], whom she conceived and bore from union in love with Erebus.
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Why is Zeus scared of Nyx?

It is commonly thought that Nyx is the only goddess that Zeus is truly afraid of because she is older and more powerful than him. This traces back to one story in which Hera, Zeus' wife and goddess of marriage and childbirth, works together with Hypnos, the god of sleep, to trick Zeus.
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Who is Nyx afraid of?

Nyx, in Greek mythology, female personification of night but also a great cosmogonical figure, feared even by Zeus, the king of the gods, as related in Homer's Iliad, Book XIV.
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Does Nyx have a daughter?

Philotes - Philotes was a daughter of Nyx who stood out from the majority of other offspring of the Night, for Philotes was the Greek goddess of friendship and affection, the opposite side of the spectrum to most of her siblings.
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Who was the ugliest god?

Hephaestus. Hephaestus is the son of Zeus and Hera. Sometimes it is said that Hera alone produced him and that he has no father. He is the only god to be physically ugly.
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What did Nyx look like?

Nyx, the ancient Greek goddess of the night, was the daughter of Chaos. The primordial god was born near the beginning of time in Gaia. Additionally, ancient art and scriptures depict Nyx as a beautiful woman dressed in black, surrounded by mist.
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Who is the strongest female Greek god?

1. Athena. What is this? At the top of the list comes the goddess of wisdom, reasoning, and intelligence – Athena.
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Who is stronger than Titan Kronos?

Kronos is the most powerful Titan, and Porphyrion is the most powerful Giant. If the two fought 1v1, Porphyrion would win as a Giant can only be killed by a demigod and god.
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Which Greek god married his sister?

Why is Zeus married to his sister? To hide her shame, Hera agreed to marry him. It was a violent marriage at best. Though Zeus had pursued his sister and sought to possess her by marriage, he never gave up his lusty ways.
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Is Nyx older than Gaia?

Trivia. At The House of Hades, Akhlys and Annabeth Chase refer to Nyx as being older than Gaea, thus making her the oldest daughter of Chaos. However, in Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, Nyx is said to have been created after the emergence of Gaea, Ouranos, Pontos, and Tartarus.
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Is Hecate married?

"We are told that Helios (the Sun) had two sons, Aeetes and Perses, Aeetes being the king of Kolkhis (Colchis) and the other king of the Tauric Khersonese (Chersonese), . . . Perses had a daughter Hekate . . . she married Aeetes and bore two daughters, Kirke (Circe) and Medea, and a son Aigialeus."
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Are Nyx and NOX the same?

Unlike most of the Roman gods you have chosen so far, who at least have something distinguishable from their Greek counterparts, Nox has virtually no difference to Nyx apart from the fact that she was mentioned notably almost never in Roman mythology, whereas Nyx is extremely important in Greek mythology.
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Who is the strongest god?

Zeus was the Greek god that both deities and man would call upon for help. Zeus would help the other gods, goddesses, and mortals if they needed help, but would also invoke his wrath upon them if he felt they weren't worthy of his help. This made Zeus the strongest Greek god in Greek mythology.
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Is Nyx related to Artemis?

Unlike many other deities, Nyx was not celebrated in a cult of her own, but was often in the background of many other major cults, including one dedicated to Artemis, one of her descendants.
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