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Oizys is the daughter of Nyx, the personification of night in Greek mythology and of Erebus or Cronus. She is the personification distress, worry, and anxiety. In Greek mythology, Nyx (, Nox in Roman translation) was the primordial goddess of the night. ... The Oricoli bust of Zeus, King of the Gods, in the collection of the Vatican Museum. ... In Greek mythology Erebus (Έρεβος Erebos, Desert from eremos ) was a primordial god, the personification of darkness and shadow, which filled in all the corners and crannies of the world. ... Cronus (Ancient Greek Κρόνος, Krónos —of obscure etymology, perhaps related to horned, suggesting a possible connection with the ancient Indian demon Kroni or the Levantine deity El; or to the word χρόνος, Chronos, meaning time), also called Cronos or Kronos, was the leader and the youngest of the first generation of...


 

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