Roman Name: Somnus
Translation: Sleep
Sleep
Hypnos is the personification of sleep, and in sleep he dwells in his fathers Erebus' realm of darkness, and follows his mother's trail of night. To bright sleep to all of mankind, often working alongside his brother Thanatos (Peaceful Death) and his Brothers and Son the Oneiroi (Dreams). Hypnos is described to be a young man, late teens in human years, with wings on the side of his head. He is in the background of many stories, but never having a lead role.
Family Ties; Hypnos' Mother and Father are Nyx and Erebus, with many siblings such as Aether, Hemera, Ker(es), Moros, Momus, The Oneiroi, Thanatos, Geras, Oizys, Nemesis, Philotes, Apate, Eris, The Moirai, and The Hesperides.
Tributes; There are many symbols of Hypnos such as, Sleep-inducing opium, a poppy-stem, a branch dripping water from the river Lethe (Forgetfulness), and an inverted torch.
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