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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.
In Greek mythology, dreams were sometimes personified as Oneiros (Ancient Greek: Ὄνειρος, lit. 'dream') or Oneiroi (Ὄνειροι, 'dreams'). [1] In the Iliad of Homer, Zeus sends an Oneiros to appear to Agamemnon in a dream, while in Hesiod's Theogony, the Oneiroi are the sons of Nyx (Night), and brothers of Hypnos (Sleep).
Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). "Orpheus" West, Martin L., The Orphic Poems, 1983. There is a sub-thesis in this work that early Greek religion was heavily influenced by Central Asian shamanistic practices. One major point of contact was the ancient Crimean city of Olbia.
The following is a family tree of gods, goddesses, and other divine and semi-divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion. Chaos
In Roman mythology, Somnus ("sleep") is the personification of sleep. [1] His Greek counterpart is Hypnos. [2] Somnus resided in the underworld. According to Virgil, Somnus was the brother of Death , [3] and according to Ovid, Somnus had a 'thousand' sons, [4] the Somnia ('dream shapes'), who appear in dreams 'mimicking many forms'. [5]
The name Morpheus is that of the god of dreams in Greek mythology, which is consistent with the character's involvement with the "dreaming" of the Matrix. The mythical Morpheus and his family, including two brothers (Phobetor and Phantasos), lived in a dream world protected by the Gates of Morpheus with two monsters standing guard.
Phantasos on the western corner of the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts by Robert Henze. In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Phantasos (Ancient Greek: Φάντασος, 'apparition' 'fantasy' from Ancient Greek: φαντασία, phantasíā, 'appearance' 'imagination') [1] is one of the thousand sons of Somnus (Sleep, the Roman counterpart of Hypnos).
The phrase originated in the Greek language, in which the word for "horn" is similar to that for "fulfill" and the word for "ivory" is similar to that for "deceive". On the basis of that play on words, true dreams are spoken of as coming through the gates of horn, false dreams as coming through those of ivory.