Stygian refers to the goddess and underworld river Styx in Greek mythology.
Stygia or Stygian may also refer to:
Animal kingdom Stygia (moth), a genus of moth Stygian owl (Asio stygius), a species of owl Stygian ringlet (Erebia styx), a butterfly belonging to the subfamily Satyrinae 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 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 Stygian triplets, a trio of demons in the 1999 Kevin Smith film Dogma Stygian, a 1998 horror film, the directorial debut of James Wan Stygian Penal Colony, a maximum security prison used by the Multiverse Authority in The One 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
Gaming Stygian doll, an undead monster from Act III of the 2000 video game Diablo II A giant worm and core boss in the 2010 fantasy action video game Darksiders Stygian Software, developer of the 2015 role-playing video game Underrail The highest difficulty in the 2016 video game Darkest Dungeon Stygius, the first weapon obtained in the 2020 video game Hades
Music 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 "Scribes of the Stygian", a song by death metal band Incantation from the 2020 album Sect of Vile Divinities
Other Stygian Cove, in the South Orkney Islands , an S-class submarine of the Royal Navy Stygian blue, a deeply saturated blue-black impossible color
See also Styx River (disambiguation) Styx (disambiguation)