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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 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.
According to Ovid, two of his brothers were Morpheus, who appeared in dreams in human form, and Phantasos ('Fantasy'), who appears in dreams in the form of inanimate objects. [5] The three brothers‘ names are found nowhere earlier than Ovid, which leads some scholars to believe that they were originally invented by him. [6]
Lamassu from Mesopotamian mythology, a winged tutelary deity with a human head, the body of a bull or a lion, and bird wings. Lei Gong, a Chinese thunder god often depicted as a bird man. [22] The second people of the world in Southern Sierra Miwok mythology. [23] Morpheus, the son of Hypnos and a god of dreams. [24]
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).
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).
He is an anthropomorphic personification of dreams known to various characters throughout the series as Morpheus, Oneiros, the Shaper of Form, Lord of the Dreaming, the Dream King, Dream-Sneak, the Cat of Dreams, Murphy, Kai'ckul, and Lord L'Zoril. He possesses three symbols of office: a helm, an amulet known as the Dreamstone, and a sand pouch.