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A 19th-century engraving of talaria. The Talaria of Mercury (Latin: tālāria) or The Winged Sandals of Hermes (Ancient Greek: πτηνοπέδῑλος, ptēnopédilos or πτερόεντα πέδιλα, pteróenta pédila) are winged sandals, a symbol of the Greek messenger god Hermes (Roman equivalent Mercury).
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Morpheus ('Fashioner', derived from the Ancient Greek: μορφή meaning 'form, shape') [1] is a god associated with sleep and dreams. In Ovid 's Metamorphoses he is the son of Somnus (Sleep, the Roman counterpart of Hypnos ) and appears in dreams in human form.
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Nike in Greek mythology is described as having birdlike wings. [29] Pamola, a bird-man from Abenaki mythology. [30] Peri, beautiful, winged women from Persian folklore. Ra, an ancient Egyptian sun god often depicted with a falcon's head. [31] Sirens from Greek mythology began as women-bird hybrids, [32] but later evolved to become closer to ...
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In the Greek tradition, Hypnos (Sleep) was the brother of Thanatos (Death), and the son of Nyx (Night). [7] According to Hesiod, Sleep, along with Death, live in the underworld, [8] while in the Homeric tradition, although "the land of dreams" was located on the road to the underworld, near the great world-encircling river Oceanus, nearby the city of Cimmerians, [9] Sleep himself lived on the ...