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    Hypnos is usually the fatherless son of Nyx ("The Night"), although sometimes Nyx's consort Erebus ("The Darkness") is named as his father. His twin brother is Thanatos ("Death"). Both siblings live in the underworld ( Hades ). According to rumors, Hypnos lived in a big cave, which the river Lethe ("Forgetfulness") comes from and where night ...

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    Jan 27, 2023 · Hypnos was a winged deity who personified sleep and brought it to all living things. He was the twin brother of Thanatos, the god of death, and had a remote and mysterious home in the Underworld or on an island of dreams.

  3. Hypnos, Greco-Roman god of sleep.Hypnos was the son of Nyx (Night) and the twin brother of Thanatos (Death). In Greek myth he is variously described as living in the underworld or on the island of Lemnos ( according to Homer) or (according to Book XI of Ovid’s Metamorphoses) in a dark, musty cave in the land of the Cimmerians, through which flowed the waters of Lethe, the river of ...

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  4. Hypnos was the personification of sleep in Greek Mythology, born from Nyx and Erebus. He had a twin brother, Thanatos, and a wife, Pasithea, and he helped Hera trick Zeus twice.

  5. Hypnos was the ancient Greek god or personified spirit (daimon) of sleep. He dwelt in Erebus, the land of eternal darkness beyond the gates of the rising sun, and rose into the sky each night in the train of his mother Nyx (Night). Hypnos was depicted as a young man with wings on his shoulders or brow. His attributes included either a horn of ...

    • Sleep
    • Nyx (no father)
    • Erebus
    • Charis Pasithea
  6. Oct 24, 2016 · Learn about Hypnos, the god of sleep in Greek mythology, who helped Zeus fall asleep twice at Hera's request. Discover his family, symbols, and linguistic influence.

  7. Mar 8, 2021 · The Powers of Hypnos. Hypnos was the Greek god of sleep. He was a type of minor deity called a daimon that personified his domain. The word hypnos meant “sleep,” and like other daimones he had little characterization beyond his function. Fittingly, Hynos was the son of Nyx, the primordial goddess of the night.

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