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night [nīt]

(astronomy)

The period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.

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Night

Apepi

leader of demons against sun god; always vanquished by morning. [Egyptian Myth.: Leach, 66]

Apophis

opponent of sun god Ra. [Egyptian Myth.: Benét, 43]

Ashtoreth

Moon goddess; Queen of night; equivalent of Greek Astarte. [Phoenician Myth.: Walsh Classical, 34–35]

Cimmerians

half-mythical people dwelling in eternal gloom. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]

Erebus

personification and god of darkness. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 381]

Fafnir

his slaying represents the destruction of night demon. [Norse Myth.: LLEI, I: 327]

Nox

goddess of night. [Rom. Myth.: Wheeler, 261]

owl

nocturnal bird; Night embodied. [Art: Hall, 231]

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Night 

the interval of time from sunset to sunrise. The duration depends on the geographical latitude of the point of observation and on the sun’s inclination. Above the latitude of the arctic and antarctic circles, at certain times of the year, night may last more than 24 hours; at the poles, night lasts for almost half a year. Sometimes the concept of night excludes the interval of civil or astronomical twilight.