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The Girl With the Sun In Her Eyes
Hemera - Goddess of Day
Created on 2008-01-28 23:15:21 (#14818280), last updated 2008-01-29
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n Greek mythology Hemera was the personification of day and one of the Protogenoi or primordial deities. She is the goddess of the daytime and, according to Hesiod (Theogony, 115), the daughter of Erebos and Nyx (the goddess of night). Hemera is remarked upon in Cicero's De Natura Deorum (3.17), where it is logically determined that Dies (Hemera) must be a god, if Uranus is a god. The poet Bacchylides states that Nyx and Khronos are the parents, but Hyginus in his preface to the Fabulae mentions Khaos as the mother/ father and Nyx as her sister.
She was the female counterpart of her brother and consort, Aether (Light), but neither of them figured actively in myth or cult. Hyginus lists their children as Ouranos, Gaia, and Thalassa (the primordial sea goddess). While Hesiod only list Thalassa as their child.
Hemera left Tartarus just as Nyx entered it; when Hemera returned, Nyx left:
“Nyx and Hemera draw near and greet one another as they pass the great threshold of bronze: and while the one is about to go down into the house, the other comes out at the door.” (Theogony 744)
Pausanias seems to confuse her with Eos when saying that she carried Kephalos away. Pausanias makes this identification with Eos upon looking at the tiling of the royal portico in Athens, where the myth of Eos and Kephalos is illustrated. He makes this identification again at Amyklai and at Olympia, upon looking at statues and illustrations where Eos (Hemera) is present.
EXTRA || For the sake of writing her, I have chosen the following:
- Her mother and father were Nyx and Erebos, respectively.
- She is consort to her brother, Aether, though the relationship is, in a word, "open."
- She and Aether had three children: Gaia, Thassala, and Ouranos.
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Disclaimer: This journal is obviously not Hemera or Kate Winslet (the icons). They belong to themselves. Or, Hemera would if she were a real person/thing. This journal is just for fun and is of my own imagination and too much free time. Please do not steal her in any way, shape, or form. Cause seriously? It's not cool.
Character | Hemera
Fandom | Historical/Mythology
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n Greek mythology Hemera was the personification of day and one of the Protogenoi or primordial deities. She is the goddess of the daytime and, according to Hesiod (Theogony, 115), the daughter of Erebos and Nyx (the goddess of night). Hemera is remarked upon in Cicero's De Natura Deorum (3.17), where it is logically determined that Dies (Hemera) must be a god, if Uranus is a god. The poet Bacchylides states that Nyx and Khronos are the parents, but Hyginus in his preface to the Fabulae mentions Khaos as the mother/ father and Nyx as her sister.
She was the female counterpart of her brother and consort, Aether (Light), but neither of them figured actively in myth or cult. Hyginus lists their children as Ouranos, Gaia, and Thalassa (the primordial sea goddess). While Hesiod only list Thalassa as their child.
Hemera left Tartarus just as Nyx entered it; when Hemera returned, Nyx left:
“Nyx and Hemera draw near and greet one another as they pass the great threshold of bronze: and while the one is about to go down into the house, the other comes out at the door.” (Theogony 744)
Pausanias seems to confuse her with Eos when saying that she carried Kephalos away. Pausanias makes this identification with Eos upon looking at the tiling of the royal portico in Athens, where the myth of Eos and Kephalos is illustrated. He makes this identification again at Amyklai and at Olympia, upon looking at statues and illustrations where Eos (Hemera) is present.
EXTRA || For the sake of writing her, I have chosen the following:
- Her mother and father were Nyx and Erebos, respectively.
- She is consort to her brother, Aether, though the relationship is, in a word, "open."
- She and Aether had three children: Gaia, Thassala, and Ouranos.
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Disclaimer: This journal is obviously not Hemera or Kate Winslet (the icons). They belong to themselves. Or, Hemera would if she were a real person/thing. This journal is just for fun and is of my own imagination and too much free time. Please do not steal her in any way, shape, or form. Cause seriously? It's not cool.
Character | Hemera
Fandom | Historical/Mythology
[Mun may be contacted via email.]
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