Hipnos | |
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Griekse god | |
Hipnos en Tanatos: Sleep and His Half-Brother Death,
deur John William Waterhouse. | |
God van | Slaap |
Romeinse ekwivalent | Somnus |
Simbole | Papawer, populier |
Blyplek | Onderwêreld |
Ouers | Nyx en Erebus |
Broers, susters | Tanatos, Nemesis, Eris, Apate, Kloto, Atropos en baie ander |
Vrou | Pasitea |
Hipnos was in die Griekse mitologie die god van slaap. Sy ekwivalent in die Romeinse mitologie was Somnus. Van Hipnos se naam is die woord "hipnose" afgelei.[1]