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Night Apepi leader of demons against sun god; always vanquished by morning. [Egyptian Myth.: Leach, 66] opponent of sun god Ra. [Egyptian Myth.: Benét, 43] Moon goddess; Queen of night; equivalent of Greek Astarte. [Phoenician Myth.: Walsh Classical, 34–35] half-mythical people dwelling in eternal gloom. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey] personification and god of darkness. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 381] his slaying represents the destruction of night demon. [Norse Myth.: LLEI, I: 327] goddess of night. [Rom. Myth.: Wheeler, 261] nocturnal bird; Night embodied. [Art: Hall, 231] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The first sound in the morning was her voice as she went about the house singing like a lark, and the last sound at night was the same cheery sound, for the girls never grew too old for that familiar lullaby. In his bed at night he imagined unspeakable things and in the morning went forth to tell his dreams as facts. "We'll stay and take the night train back," agreed Mr. |
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