Hypnos (Sleep) Greek The personification of sleep and the twin brother of Thanatos (Death); the son of Nyx (Night) and Erebus (Darkness).
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Hypnos (Sleep) Greek The personification of sleep and the twin brother of Thanatos (Death); the son of Nyx (Night) and Erebus (Darkness). Hypnos had power over mortals and gods and put them to sleep by sprinkling over them water from a twig or juice from a horn. Poets, such as the Greek Homer and the Roman Virgil, gave him more characteristics than he has in records of religious practices. The Romans gave Hypnos the name Somnus as Greek mythology influenced Roman religion.
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- Nyx (Nox; Night) Greek The goddess of night, daughter of Chaos and sister of Erebus (Darkness).
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- Hemera (Day, Daylight) Greek The daughter of Nyx (Night) and Erebus (Darkness); sister of Ether (Air).
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