# Stygian

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**Stygian** refers to the goddess and underworld river [Styx](/source/Styx) in Greek mythology.

**Stygia** or **Stygian** may also refer to:

## Animal kingdom

- [*Stygia* (moth)](/source/Stygia_(moth)), a genus of moth
- [Stygian owl](/source/Stygian_owl) (*Asio stygius*), a species of owl
- [Stygian ringlet](/source/Stygian_ringlet) (*Erebia styx*), a butterfly belonging to the subfamily Satyrinae
- [Stygian shadowdragon](/source/Stygian_shadowdragon) (*Neurocordulia yamaskanensis*), a dragonfly belonging to the family Corduliidae

## Fiction

- Stygian council, an assembly of fallen angels and demons presided by Satan in Milton's *[Paradise Lost](/source/Paradise_Lost)*
- [Stygia (Conan)](/source/Stygia_(Conan)), a setting among the fictional realms of Conan the Barbarian
- Stygian Witches, moniker for the three Graeae of Greek mythology in [*Clash of the Titans* films](/source/Clash_of_the_Titans_(film_series))
- Stygian triplets, a trio of demons in the 1999 Kevin Smith film *[Dogma](/source/Dogma_(film))*
- *Stygian*, a 1998 horror film, the directorial debut of [James Wan](/source/James_Wan)
- Stygian Penal Colony, a maximum security prison used by the Multiverse Authority in *[The One](/source/The_One_(2001_film))*
- [Stygian Iron](/source/Stygian_Iron), a rare metal used for a powerful sword in the Rick Riordan series *Percy Jackson & the Olympians*
- Stygian, also known as the Pony of Shadows, a [character in *My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic*](/source/List_of_My_Little_Pony:_Friendship_Is_Magic_characters)

## Gaming

- Stygian doll, an undead monster from Act III of the 2000 video game *[Diablo II](/source/Diablo_II)*
- A giant worm and core boss in the 2010 fantasy action video game *[Darksiders](/source/Darksiders_(video_game))*
- Stygian Software, developer of the 2015 role-playing video game *[Underrail](/source/Underrail)*
- The highest difficulty in the 2016 video game *[Darkest Dungeon](/source/Darkest_Dungeon)*
- Stygius, the first weapon obtained in the 2020 [video game *Hades*](/source/Hades_(video_game))

## Music

- *[Stygian Vistas](/source/Stygian_Vistas)*, a 1997 EP by the techno group Soma
- "Travel in Stygian", a song by heavy metal band Iced Earth from the 1991 album *[Night of the Stormrider](/source/Night_of_the_Stormrider)*
- "Scribes of the Stygian", a song by death metal band Incantation from the 2020 album *[Sect of Vile Divinities](/source/Sect_of_Vile_Divinities)*

## Other

- [Stygian Cove](/source/Stygian_Cove), in the South Orkney Islands
- [HMS *Stygian*](/source/HMS_Stygian), an S-class submarine of the Royal Navy
- Stygian blue, a deeply saturated blue-black [impossible color](/source/Impossible_color)

## See also

- [Styx River (disambiguation)](/source/Styx_River_(disambiguation))
- [Styx (disambiguation)](/source/Styx_(disambiguation))

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