TYPE: Goddess of the night
ORIGIN: Hindu (Vedic)
INFORMATION: Ratri is the personification of darkness bedecked with stars. Her sister is Usas, the dawn goddess, who, with Agni the fire god, chases her away. She is perceived as the guardian of eternal law and order in the cosmos and of the waves of time. She is generally a benign deity who offers rest and renewed vigor, and who may be invoked to ensure safety through the hours of darkness. She deposits the gift of morning dew. She also offers a bleaker aspect as one who bring gloom and barrenness.