Hypnos

//ˈhɪpnɒs// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The god and personification of sleep. The son of Nyx and Erebus, twin brother of Thanatos, husband of Pasithea, and the father of the Oneiroi. His Roman counterpart is Somnus. Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos, literally “Sleep”).

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