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Hypnos
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Hypnos is the ancient Greek god of sleep, often depicted in mythology as a gentle and beloved figure who was said to be a close friend of the Muses. His name is the historical origin of the modern word "hypnosis," making him culturally significant to how we understand and name sleep-related phenomena today.
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Vinony's link graph records 843 inbound references to Hypnos, and connects out to Eris, Homer and Artemis.
Vinony files it under Avian humanoids, Children of Nyx and Chthonic beings.
Vinony links it to 52 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.name
- Hypnos
- Deity.image
- Euphronios krater side A MET L.2006.10.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Hypnos (left) and Thanatos (right) carry the body of Sarpedon while Hermes watches, Euphronios Krater, an Attic red-figure calyx-krater, c. 515–510 BC
- Deity.god_of
- God of sleep
- Deity.abode
- Underworld
- Deity.parents
- Nyx
- Deity.siblings
- Thanatos
- Deity.consorts
- Pasithea
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Spouse
- Pasithea
- Child
- Phobetor
- Father
- Erebos
- Mother
- Nyx
- Sibling
- Thanatos
- Image
- Waterhouse-sleep and his half-brother death-1874.jpg
- Said to be same as
- Somnus
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- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- Commons category
- Hypnos
- worshipped by
- Ancient Greek religion
- fictional or mythical analog of
- sleep
- present in work
- Hades
- name in native language
- Ὕπνος
- domain of saint or deity
- sleep
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Article · Français
Dans la mythologie grecque, Hypnos (en grec ancien Ὕπνος / Húpnos) est le dieu du sommeil, l'équivalent de Somnus chez les Romains. Il est le fils de Nyx et le frère jumeau de Thanatos, la personnification de la Mort. Il est aussi le père de Morphée, dieu des rêves.
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