Hypnos

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Hypnos is the Greek god and personification of sleep, often depicted as a gentle, winged deity who dwells in the underworld or a dark cave.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hypnos canonical 11
Somnus 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek god
deity
mythological figure
personification
abode Erebus
a dark cave
the underworld
associatedWith dreams
forgetfulness
rest
category Greek gods of the underworld
Greek personifications
children Morpheus
Phantasos
Phobetor
consort Pasithea
culture Greek mythology
depictedAs gentle deity
sleeping or reclining figure
winged youth
domain sleep
father Erebus
greekName Ὕπνος
influenceOn dreams of mortals
sleep of gods and men
latinName Hypnos self-linksurface differs
surface form: Somnus
mentionedIn Hesiod's Theogony
Homer's Iliad
mother Nyx
oppositeConcept wakefulness
parents Erebus
Nyx
personificationOf sleep
relatedConcept Oneiroi
Thanatos
residenceDescription dwells in a dark cave where the sun never shines
surrounded by poppies and other sleep-inducing plants
roleInMyth assists Hera in deceiving Zeus in the Iliad
lulls gods and mortals to sleep
romanEquivalent Hypnos self-linksurface differs
surface form: Somnus
siblings Thanatos
Oneiroi
surface form: the Oneiroi
symbol poppy
sleep-inducing twig
wings
twinBrother Thanatos
worshipType chthonic deity

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nyx parentOf Hypnos
Eris (Greek goddess of strife and discord) sibling Hypnos
subject surface form: Eris
Thanatos sibling Hypnos
Thanatos associatedWith Hypnos
Thanatos hasTwin Hypnos
Eris sibling Hypnos
Moros sibling Hypnos
Keres sibling Hypnos
Hypnos latinName Hypnos self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Somnus
Hypnos romanEquivalent Hypnos self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Somnus
Oneiroi sibling Hypnos
Oizys sibling Hypnos
Geras associatedWith Hypnos
Nox parentOf Hypnos
this entity surface form: Somnus