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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
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
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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