In Greek mythology, Nyx,is the goddess and personification of the night.In Hesiod’s Theogony, she is the offspring of Chaos, and the mother of Aether and Hemera (Day) by Erebus (Darkness).Night is a prominent figure in several theogonies of Orphic literature, in which she is often described as the mother of Uranus and Gaia.In the earliest Orphic cosmogonies, she is the first deity to exist.Hesiod seems to locate her home near the entrance to the underworld, and describes it as being “wrapped in dark clouds”.Night is first deity to exist alongside Silence, and out of this initial pair comes Chaos. From Night and Chaos then springs Eros (Love), who in turn produces Light and the first generation of the gods.