Night (disambiguation)
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Night or nighttime is the period of time when the sun is below the horizon. This occurs after dusk. The opposite of night is day...

is the period in which the sun is below the horizon.

Night may also refer to:

Mythology/Language

  • Nótt
    Nótt
    In Norse mythology, Nótt is night personified. In both the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, Nótt is listed as the daughter of a figure by the name of Nörvi and is associated with the...

    , the Norse goddess of night
  • Nyx
    Nyx
    In Greek mythology, Nyx was the primordial goddess of the night. A shadowy figure, Nyx stood at or near the beginning of creation, and was the mother of personified gods such as Hypnos and Thánatos...

    , the Greek goddess of night
  • Night (hieroglyph)
    Night (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian Night hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed nos. N3 is a portrayal of the sky with the 'was' scepter hanging from it; it is in the Gardiner subset for "sky, earth, and water"....

     of Egyptian hieroglyphs

Music

  • Night, by Gazpacho
  • Noch (album), by Kino
  • Night (band)
    Night (band)
    Night was a rock band formed in 1978 in Los Angeles whose personnel were veteran British-based session musicians.-History:Night's vocalists Stevie Vann and Chris Thompson had met when Vann had provided backing vocals for the 1978 album Watch by Manfred Mann's Earth Band then fronted by Thompson...

    , from the late 1970s and early 1980s
  • "Night" (song), a song by Bruce Springsteen from Born to Run
  • Night (album)
    Night (album)
    Noch is a 1986 album by Soviet band Kino. The title means "Night".-Track listing:#"Видели ночь" #"Фильмы" #"Твой номер" #"Танец" #"Ночь" #"Последний герой"...

    , a 2003 album by Misako Odani
  • Night (John Abercrombie album)
    Night (John Abercrombie album)
    Night is an album by guitarist John Abercrombie recorded in 1984 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Daniel Gioffre awarded the album 4½ stars stating "This record is the kind of album that one would like to hear while enjoying a late-night cigarette on the roof of a...


Film/Television

  • NIGHT, a 2004 Australian film
    Australian films of 2004
    -2004:...

  • "Night" (Star Trek: Voyager)
    Night (Star Trek: Voyager)
    "Night" is an episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the first episode of the fifth season. The episode has an average rating of 4.6/5 on the official Star Trek website .-Plot:...

    , a 1998 episode of the television series Star Trek: Voyager

Literature

  • Night (book)
    Night (book)
    Night is a work by Elie Wiesel about his experience with his father, Shlomo, in the Nazi German concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald in 1944–1945, at the height of the Holocaust and toward the end of the Second World War...

    , by Elie Wiesel
  • Night (sketch)
    Night (sketch)
    Night is a dramatic sketch by the English playwright Harold Pinter, presented as one of eight short dramatic works about marriage in the program Mixed Doubles: An Entertainment on Marriage at the Comedy Theatre, London, on April 9, 1969; directed by Alexander Doré, this production included Nigel...

    , a 1969 short play by Harold Pinter

Art

  • Night (Michelangelo)
    Night (Michelangelo)
    Night is a sculpture in marble by the Italian Renaissance sculptor Michelangelo Buonarroti, dating from 1526–1531, included in the decoration of the New Sacristy in San Lorenzo, Florence....

    , sculpture by Michelangelo
  • The Night (painting), by Max Beckmann

People

  • Candice Night
    Candice Night
    Candice Night is an American vocalist/songwriter and the musical partner of guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. She is the lead singer, multi-instrumentalist, and lyricist for the traditional folk rock project, Blackmore's Night since its origins in 1997.-Biography:Born in Hauppauge, Long Island, New...

     (born 1971), American vocalist/lyricist
  • Rebecca Night
    Rebecca Night
    Rebecca Night is a British actress who starred in the title role of the James Hawes's BBC Four adaptation Fanny Hill.-Background:Rebecca Night was born as Rebecca Hardwick in Poole, Dorset...

     (born 1985), British actress
  • M. Night Shyamalan
    M. Night Shyamalan
    Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan,known professionally as M. Night Shyamalan, is an Indian-born American screenwriter, film director, and producer known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots that climax with a twist ending. He is also known for filming his movies in and around...

     (born 1970), Indian-born American film director

See also

  • The Night (disambiguation)
  • Nights (disambiguation)
  • Darkest Night (disambiguation)
  • Longest Night (disambiguation)
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