Sometimes visited by his brother Thanatos, FTP, identify this son of Nyx who presided over dreams as the god of sleep.
According to one tale he finally succumbs to a queen's request and flies to Mount Ida, where he perches himself in a pine tree in the form of a jar. He agrees to do this after Hera promises him the Grace Pasithea's hand in marriage. In other tales, he sends one of his sons to impersonate Ceyx so that Alcyone can find some peace, and during the Trojan War he and his sibling are summoned to carry Sarpedon back to Lycia after his death. He lives near the land of the Cimmerians in a cave off the island of Lemnos, and the waters of Lethe, the river of forgetfulness, flow through his home. Sometimes visited by his brother Thanatos, FTP, identify this son of Nyx who presided over dreams as the god of sleep.
According to one tale he finally succumbs to a queen's request and flies to Mount Ida, where he perches himself in a pine tree in the form of a jar.
Hypnos (do not accept Somnus or Morpheus)