"Night" meaning in English

See Night in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Night
  1. The 92nd sura (chapter) of the Qur'an. Categories (topical): Qur'an Translations (92nd sura of the Qur'an): سورة الليل (Arabic), لەيل (leyl) (Uyghur)
    Sense id: en-Night-en-name-6EQHTZbq Disambiguation of Qur'an: 92 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 87 13 Disambiguation of "92nd sura of the Qur'an": 94 6
  2. (Germanic paganism) The goddess of the night in Heathenry. Tags: Germanic Categories (topical): Germanic paganism
    Sense id: en-Night-en-name-r~T6~0IA Topics: lifestyle, paganism, religion

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          "ref": "1993, Our Troth, Ring of Troth and other True Folk, Ring of Troth, page 383",
          "text": "\"In this prayer, Sigdrifa calls upon powers of Nature - Day, Night, Earth - and the gods and goddesses as a group."
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          "ref": "1993, Teutonic Religion, Kveldulf Gundarsson, Llewellyn Publications, page 316",
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          "text": "In another story, the Allfather, the original sky god from early Wyrd culture, took Night and her son Day, and gave to each of them a horse and chariot and put them in the sky, so that they should ride around the world every twenty-four hours."
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