entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note ENT_NYX,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,"Library 1.1.1; primordial Night; among the first entities; mother of Thanatos, Hypnos, and Eris" ENT_NYX,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation,"Theogony 123-125, 211-225: Nyx (Night) emerges from Chaos alongside Erebus; Hesiod gives Nyx an extensive genealogy (Theogony 211-225): she bore Moros, Ker, Thanatos, Hypnos, the Oneiroi, Momos, Oizys, the Hesperides, the Moirai, Nemesis, Deceit, Love, Old Age, and Eris; the most important ancient account of Nyx's divine progeny" ENT_NYX,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation,"Nyx (Night) appears in the Deception of Zeus episode: when Hypnos fears Zeus's wrath, Hera tells him to flee to Nyx, ""who has power over gods and men"" — even Zeus feared to offend Nyx (Iliad XIV.259-261); this is the primary evidence for Nyx's primordial status" ENT_NYX,SRC_ORPHIC_HYMNS,direct attestation,"Hymned in the Orphic Hymns (Nyx H.3, Ouranos H.4, Aether H.5)." ENT_NYX,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. ENT_NYX,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)."