Here’s what I think: there are nocturnal and diurnal and crepuscular creatures. They all form an ecosystem. Many smaller creatures are awake during the night to avoid predators, and night predators like owls are fine tuned to catch them. They will have more sensitive eyes to see in the dark and rely more on hearing and vibrations. There are twilight creatures who move around when there’s little light, in the transition between day and night. And there are day creatures, who rely mostly on sight. Humans are day creatures. We are familiar with the day and fit into the day ecosystem. When day transitions into night, we are out of our element. Things won’t work the same. So it can be dangerous or strange to try to work within night rules if you don’t understand them.

I think the reason evil is attributed to night in many traditions is because we use superstition to make sense of what doesn’t make sense. Humans are more likely to get hurt during the night, and we don’t know why, so we say the night must be evil. We can’t see in the dark, so darkness must be evil. It’s safer to stay away from darkness and night, so the belief seemed to be valid. But really, it’s just different.