Stygian
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Stygian refers to the River Styx of the underworld Hades in Greek mythology.
Stygia or Sygian may also refer to:
In places
- Stygian Cove, in the South Orkney Islands
In the animal kingdom
- Stygia (moth), a genus of moth
- Stygian owl (Asio stygius), a species of owl
In arts
- Stygian Vistas, a music EP album by Soma.
In fiction
- Stygia (Conan), a nation in the fictional world of Conan the Barbarian
- Stygian witches, a name for the Graeae in the Clash of Titans films
- The Stygian Penal Colony, a maximum security prison used by the Multiverse Authority in film The One (2001 film).
- Stygian Abyss, a name for two different video games:
- Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss, a 1992 video game developed by Blue Sky Productions
- Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss, a 2009 video game developed by Electronic Arts
- Stygian Zinogre, a monster from the video game series Monster Hunter
- The Stygian Iron, an iron sword from the Rick Riordan novels.
Others
- HMS Stygian (P249), an S-class submarine of the Royal Navy
- Stygian blue, a deeply saturated blue-black impossible color
See also
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