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Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Atlas Coeus Crius Cronus Demeter Dionysus Gaia Hades Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Hyperion Iapetus Mnemosyne Oceanus Phobos Phoebe Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Tethys Themis Uranus Zeus
Bacchus Ceres Diana Juno Jupiter Mars Mercury Minerva Neptune Pluto Venus Vesta Vulcan
Amun Anubis Aten Atum Babi Bastet Bes Geb Hapi hathor heqet Horus Isis Khepri Khnum Khonsu Maat Nephthys Nut Osiris Ptah Ra Seshat Seth Shu Sobek Thoth
Alfheim Baldur Freya Freyr Frigg Heimdallr Helheim Idun Jotunheim Loki Nerthus Njord Odin Thor Tyr
Aengus Arawn Badb Brigid Cailleach Ceridwen Cernunnos Cu Chulainn Dagda Danu Gwydion Herne the Hunter Lugh Medb Morrigan Neit Nuada Taliesin Taranis
Chalchiuhtlicue Coatlicue Huitzilopochtli Mictlantecuhtli Mixcoatl Ometeotl Quetzalcoatl Tezcatlipoca Tlaloc Tonatiuh Xipe Totec Xochiquetzal Xolotl
Amaterasu Ame no Uzume Benzaiten Bishamonten Daikokuten Ebisu Fujin Fukurokuju Inari Izanagi Kagutsuchi Raijin Susanoo Tsukuyomi
Caishen Cangjie Dragon King Eight Immortals Erlang Shen Fuxi Guanyin Hou Yi Huxian Jade Emperor King Yama Leizi Lu-ban Mazu Nezha Nuwa Pangu Shennong Sun Wukong Xiwangmu Yue Lao Zhong Kui
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Oneiroi (Dreams)

The Oneiroi or Dreams were the children of either Nox (Nyx), the goddess of night, or Somnus (Hypnos), the god of sleep. The Oneiroi were Icelos or Phoebetor, Morpheus, and Phantasos.

All three gods had the ability to assume various forms. Morpheus could assume the form of a human, while Phoebetor could transform himself into any animal. Phantasos could only assume the shape of inanimate objects such as rocks, trees, or water.

The Oneiroi dwelt at the entrance to the Underworld.

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Oneiroi "Dreams":

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Roman Deities:

  • • Jupiter
  • • Mars
  • • Quirinus
  • • Juno
  • • Minerva
  • • Mercury
  • • Janus
  • • Diana
  • • Venus
  • • Cupid (Amor)
  • • Vulcan
  • • Neptune
  • • Pluto (Dis)
  • • Tellus (Terra Mater)
  • • Saturn
  • • Ops
  • • Consus
  • • Ceres
  • • Proserpina
  • • Liber
  • • Bellona
  • • Picus
  • • Faunus
  • • Bona Dea (Fauna)
  • • Silvanus
  • • Flora
  • • Pales
  • • Vertumnus and Pomona
  • • Fornax
  • • Egeria
  • • Salus
  • • Somnus
  • • Oneiroi (Dreams)
  • • Fortuna
  • • Felicitas
  • • Pax
  • • Juturna
  • • Fontus
  • • Vesta
  • • Penates
  • • Lares
Somnus

Somnus

Somnus was the Roman god of sleep. Somnus was known to the Greeks as Hypnos . Somnus was said to have a thousand sons, including the Oneiroi (Dreams), the gods of dreams, which included Icelos or Phoebetor, Morpheus , and Phantasos.

September 10th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Morpheus

Morpheus

The Greek god of dreams. Morpheus was the son of Hypnos or the Roman Somnus ("Sleep"). Morpheus was seen as a black-winged god. In the Roman myths, he was only one of the gods of dreams, known as the Oneiroi (Dreams). There were 999 other sons of ...

September 29th, 2002 • Jimmy Joe
Nyx (Night)

Nyx (Night)

Goddess of the night. Nyx was identified by the Romans as Nox, and was often identified as just Night. Nyx was born together with Erebus , Gaea , Tartarus, and Eros ("Love"), out of Chaos. By her brother Erebus, Nyx bore Aether ("Upper Air") and H...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Hypnos

Hypnos

Hypnos was the Greek god of sleep. The Romans identified Hypnos with Somnus , the Roman god of sleep. Hypnos was the son of Nyx . Hypnos was the brother of Thanatos , as well of Moros ("Doom"), Nemesis and Fates . Hypnos was the father of Morpheus...

September 29th, 2002 • Jimmy Joe
Nymphs

Nymphs

The nymphs (Νύμφαι) were minor female deities or spirits who inhabited the mountains, woods, waters and seas. Like the gods, some were literally forces of nature. They were indistinguishable from the elements of nature. There were quite a few diff...

August 31st, 2002 • Jimmy Joe
Erebus (Darkness)

Erebus (Darkness)

Erebus was born together with Nyx , Gaea , Tartarus, and Eros ("Love"), out of Chaos . With his sister Nyx, Erebus was the father of Aether ("Upper Air") and Hemera ("Day"). See Creation, Theogony of Hesiod . Apart from the part he played in the C...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Thanatos

Thanatos

Thanatos was the Greek god of death. Thanatos was the son of Nyx (Night) and brother of Hypnos (Sleep), as well of Moros (Doom), Nemesis and Fates . At Troy, Thanatos and Hypnos carried the body of Sarpedon home in Lycia, when Patroclus killed Sar...

September 29th, 2002 • Jimmy Joe
Other Nymphs

Other Nymphs

There are some nymphs that don't fall in any of the above categories or groups, so I have some additional articles here. For Echo, see Narcissus and Echo . For Salmacis, see Hermaphroditus .

August 31st, 2002 • Jimmy Joe
Eos

Eos

Goddess of dawn. Eos was the daughter of Hyperion and Theia . The Romans identified her as Aurora. Some say that she brought dawn by riding her chariot across the sky, while others say that she was a winged-goddess. Her horses that pull her chario...

April 24th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Hemera

Hemera

Hemera, the goddess of day. With her brother Aether ("Upper Air"), they were the offspring of Erebus ("Darkness") and Nyx ("Night"). Apart from the story of the creation, no other myths were associated with Hemera.

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe

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