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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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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
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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 · Italiano
Ipno (in greco antico: Ὕπνος Hýpnos), nella mitologia greca è il dio del sonno, figlio della Notte, e fratello gemello di Tanato, dio della morte.
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