Morpheus

Summary

Morpheus is a Greek deity^[1]. He draws 1,057 Wikipedia views per month (greek_deity category, ranking #28 of 151).^[2]

Key Facts

• Morpheus's father was Hypnos^[3].
• Morpheus's mother was Aglaea^[4].
• Morpheus's mother was Nyx^[5].
• Morpheus's image is recorded as René-Antoine Houasse - Morpheus Awakening as Iris Draws Near, 1690.jpg^[6].
• Morpheus is recorded as male^[7].
• Morpheus's instance of is recorded as Greek deity^[8].
• Morpheus's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 46156372403807541910^[9].
• Morpheus's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2019101435^[10].
• Morpheus's part of is recorded as Oneiroi^[11].
• Morpheus's Commons category is recorded as Morpheus^[12].
• Morpheus's worshipped by is recorded as Greek mythology^[13].
• Morpheus's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0044424^[14].
• Morpheus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[15].
• Morpheus's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• Morpheus's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[17].
• Morpheus's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• Morpheus's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[19].
• Morpheus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[20].
• Morpheus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Morpheus-Greek-mythology^[21].
• Morpheus's Sandrart.net person ID is recorded as 1732^[22].
• Morpheus's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Μορφέας'}^[23].
• Morpheus's British Museum person or institution ID is recorded as 132281^[24].
• Morpheus's different from is recorded as Orpheus^[25].
• Morpheus's different from is recorded as Morpheus^[26].
• Morpheus's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2231913^[27].

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Origins and Family

Morpheus's father was Hypnos^[3]. Mothers listed include Aglaea^[4], a Greek deity^[28] and Nyx^[5], a Greek primordial deity^[29].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Morpheus include Majorcan giant dormouse^[30], a fossil taxon^[31].

Why It Matters

Morpheus draws 1,057 Wikipedia views per month (greek_deity category, ranking #28 of 151).^[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] He is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for him include Majorcan giant dormouse^[30], a fossil taxon^[31].

FAQs

Who were Morpheus's parents?

Morpheus's father was Hypnos^[3]. Morpheus's mother was Aglaea^[4].