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.
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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. Morp...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Goddess of the moon. Selene was the daughter of Hyperion and Theia . The Romans identified her as Luna. Selene was the sister of Helius (Sun) and Eos (Dawn). Selene was the mother of a daughter named Pandia, by Zeus . Selene may have been seduced ...
Endymion was the son of Aëthlius (Aethlius) and Calyce. Endymion became king after his father's death. Endymion was the father of Aetolus , Epeius and Paeon by an unnamed wife. Endymion was known for his great beauty. The popular story is that End...
The Roman god of the woodland. Faunus was the son of Picus and grandson of Saturn. Faunus was also the god of the fertility of the fields and flocks. Roman art always seemed to portray him as a satyr-like god, and he seemed to resemble Pan . His f...
Semnocosus was a Romano-Iberian god of war. Semnocosus was also a popular god of war for the Roman legions serving in the Hispania provinces.