Hypnos - God of Sleep. - Greek God

Hypnos - God of Sleep.

Hypnos ("sleep") is the God and personification of Sleep. His Roman equivalent is Somnus. He is the son of the primordial goddess Nyx (Night)  and brother of Thanatos (Death). His palace was a dark cave where the sun never shined. He is depicted as a young man with wings on his head or sometimes asleep on a bed of feather surround by black curtains. According to one story, Hypnos lived in a cave underneath a Greek island; through this cave flowed Lethe, the river of forgetfulness.

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Area of Influence:
Sleep

Pantheon: Greek

Abode: Caves

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Colours: Black

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Plant/Tree: Poppies

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Symbols: Feathers

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Time: Night

Greek - Gods and Goddesses

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