November Blog Challenge Day 17: Meaning Behind My Blog Name

This is an easy one!  My middle name is Nyx - that's for real, my parents chose it when I was born, and I think learning about my namesake helped drive my education and interests for a long time.  Nyx is a Greek goddess (Nox in Roman mythology) who is typically considered a minor character.  There's not much mention of her throughout mainstream Greek mythology, but Hesiod's Theogony devotes more than an entire page to Nyx.  She was the daughter of Khaos (we all know this one) and Phanes, first king of the universe, and she was the first to inherit the title before it passed down through Ouranos, Kronos, and finally to Zeus.

Nyx means "night", and she was definitely a goddess shrouded in shadow and mystery, which led to a strong cult following back in those old Grecian times.  Her worship was never truly mainstream, but she was widely acknowledged as the mother of a host of spirits that included the Fates and the Hesperides, along with at least a dozen others like Dreams, Envy, Love, Friendship, Fear, and Misery.  She was pretty much all over the board with her children...

I can totally see the resemblance.

Upon learning about the goddess, I started a lifelong pursuit of mythological knowledge, which turned into collegiate and post-collegiate degrees in religion and religious art - and it all started with just a name!

I chose to incorporate the name into my blog because it represents my soul better than any other title could: a complex mix of emotions and facets that come together to make a legendary figure!  Plus, the wordplay of FitNyx vs fitness was just too good to miss!

The "Adventures" part should be pretty self-explanatory: I like to have adventures!  The added advantage to using Adventures with FitNyx?  I haven't branded myself into a corner, and can freely move about in the realm of general fitness or even general life without feeling like I am breaking my brand.  The flexibility and freedom are pleasant comforts when sitting down to write.