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Hemera
In Greek mythology, Hemera (; Ancient Greek: Ἡμέρα, romanized: Hēméra, lit. 'Day' [hɛːméra]) was the personification of day. According to Hesiod, she was the daughter of Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night), and the sister of Aether. Though separate entities in Hesiod's Theogony, Hemera and Eos (Dawn) were often identified with each other.
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Hemera
In Greek mythology Hemera was the personification of day and one of the Greek primordial deities. She is the goddess of the daytime and, according to Hesiod, the daughter of Erebos and Nyx. Hemera is remarked upon in Cicero's De Natura Deorum, where it is logically determined that Dies must be a god, if Uranus is a god. The poet Bacchylides states that Nyx and Chronos are the parents, but Hyginus in his preface to the Fabulae mentions Chaos as the mother/father and Nyx as her sister. She was the female counterpart of her brother and consort, Aether, but neither of them figured actively in myth or cult. Hyginus lists their children as Uranus, Gaia, and Thalassa, while Hesiod only lists Thalassa as their child. According to Hesiod's Theogony, Hemera left Tartarus just as Nyx entered it; when Hemera returned, Nyx left: Pausanias seems to confuse her with Eos when saying that she carried Cephalus 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 is present.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hemera in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hemera in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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