Hypnos

Summary

Hypnos is a Greek deity^[1]. He draws 751 Wikipedia views per month (greek_deity category, ranking #30 of 151).^[2]

Key Facts

• Hypnos's father was Erebos^[3].
• Hypnos's mother was Nyx^[4].
• Hypnos was married to Pasithea^[5].
• A child of Hypnos was Morpheus^[6].
• A child of Hypnos was Oneiroi^[7].
• A child of Hypnos was Phantasos^[8].
• A child of Hypnos was Phobetor^[9].
• Hypnos's image is recorded as Waterhouse-sleep and his half-brother death-1874.jpg^[10].
• Hypnos is recorded as male^[11].
• Hypnos's instance of is recorded as Greek deity^[12].
• Hypnos's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 10642481^[13].
• Hypnos's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 316434020^[14].
• Hypnos's GND ID is recorded as 118815571^[15].
• Hypnos's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2017026634^[16].
• Hypnos's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 17840861r^[17].
• Hypnos's IdRef ID is recorded as 236772732^[18].
• Hypnos's Commons category is recorded as Hypnos^[19].
• Hypnos's said to be the same as is recorded as Somnus^[20].
• Hypnos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03j_6^[21].
• Hypnos's worshipped by is recorded as Ancient Greek religion^[22].
• Hypnos's fictional or mythical analog of is recorded as sleep^[23].
• Hypnos's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 965052^[24].
• Hypnos's Iconclass notation is recorded as 92N54^[25].
• Hypnos's depicted by is recorded as Hypnos from Villa Adriana^[26].
• Hypnos's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Hypnos's father was Erebos^[3]. His mother was Nyx^[4].

Personal Life

Hypnos was married to Pasithea^[5]. Children include Morpheus^[6], a Greek deity^[28]; Oneiroi^[7], a sibling group^[29]; Phantasos^[8], a Greek deity^[30]; and Phobetor^[9], a Greek deity^[31].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Hypnos include hypnosis^[32], an altered state of consciousness^[33] and 14827 he^[34], a potentially hazardous asteroid^[35].

Why It Matters

Hypnos draws 751 Wikipedia views per month (greek_deity category, ranking #30 of 151).^[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] He is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for him include hypnosis^[32], an altered state of consciousness^[33] and 14827 he^[34], a potentially hazardous asteroid^[35].

FAQs

Who were Hypnos's parents?

Hypnos's father was Erebos^[3]. Hypnos's mother was Nyx^[4].

Who was Hypnos married to?

Hypnos's spouses include Pasithea^[5].