Night Allusions, Definition, Citation, Reference, Information - Allusion to Night


  1. Apepi leader of demons against sun god; always vanquished by morning. [Egyptian Myth.: Leach, 66]
  2. Apophis opponent of sun god Ra. [Egyptian Myth.: Benét, 43]
  3. Ashtoreth Moon goddess; Queen of night; equivalent of Greek Astarte. [Phoenician Myth.: Walsh Classical, 34–35]
  4. Cimmerians half-mythical people dwelling in eternal gloom. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]
  5. Erebus personification and god of darkness. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 381]
  6. Fafnir his slaying represents the destruction of night demon. [Norse Myth.: LLEI, I: 327]
  7. Nox goddess of night. [Rom. Myth.: Wheeler, 261]
  8. owl nocturnal bird; Night embodied. [Art: Hall, 231]