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In Greek mythology, Hypnos (/ ˈ h ɪ p n ɒ s /; Ancient Greek: Ὕπνος, 'sleep'), [3] also spelled Hypnus, is the personification of sleep. The Roman equivalent is Somnus. [4] His name is the origin of the word hypnosis. [5] Pausanias wrote that Hypnos was the dearest friend of the Muses. [6]
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In the Greek tradition, Hypnos (Sleep) was the brother of Thanatos (Death), and the son of Nyx (Night). [7] According to Hesiod, Sleep, along with Death, live in the underworld, [8] while in the Homeric tradition, although "the land of dreams" was located on the road to the underworld, near the great world-encircling river Oceanus, nearby the city of Cimmerians, [9] Sleep himself lived on the ...
Pages in category "Sleep in mythology and folklore" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
A night deity is a goddess or god in mythology associated with night, ... the lunar goddess known as the "Lady of the Night" Canaanite. Shalim, god of dusk;
Pages in category "Greek sleep deities" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Brizo; E. Empusa;
Morpheus ('Fashioner', derived from the Ancient Greek: μορφή meaning 'form, shape') [1] is a god associated with sleep and dreams. In Ovid's Metamorphoses he is the son of Somnus and appears in dreams in human form. From the Middle Ages, the name began to stand more generally for the god of dreams, or of sleep. [2]
Many of them ruled over natural and social phenomena, as well as abstract concepts [1] These gods and goddesses appear in virtually every aspect of ancient Egyptian civilization, and more than 1,500 of them are known by name. Many Egyptian texts mention deities' names without indicating their character or role, while other texts refer to ...