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14 gods & spirits
Gods of the Night
Every people has named the dark. These are the deities of night, moon and dream — the ones who keep watch while the world sleeps, and who rule the hours this whole dream belongs to.
14 gods & spirits
Nyx
the night that mothers the gods
Selene
the Moon, who thins the veil
Tsukuyomi
the moon-reader, cold lord of night
Chandra
the moon-lord, cup of cool nectar
Chang'e
the moon lady who drank the elixir
Nanna
the moon that measures the months
Hecate
keeper of the three-way crossing
Chernobog
the black god, shadow of the world
Marzanna
the winter death, drowned in spring
Arawn
king of Annwn, lord of the otherworld
Tezcatlipoca
the smoking mirror, lord of the night wind
Itzpapalotl
the obsidian butterfly, clawed star-mother
Morpheus
shaper of dreams
Hypnos
gentle god of sleep
