Morpheus, His Family Tree

  I have been waken many a night by them and have known them by there English names for many years.       Here is the proper Greek Family tree of Morpheus of the Oneiroi (Dreams).


 Grandfather: Erebus, the God of Darkness.
 Grandmother: Nyx, Goddess of Night.

 Father: Hypnos, God of Sleep (see also hypnosis).
 Mother: Pasithea, Goddess of Rest / Hallucination also one of the Three Graces.

 Sons / The Oneiroi (Dreams):

 Morpheus: God, Shaper of  Dreams (see also sleep and morphine)
 Takes human form in dreams (imitates precisely).

 Phobetor / Icelus: Meaning frightening  and semblance. God of Nightmares (see also Phobia)
 Takes the form of animals (and monsters) in dreams.

 Phantasos: God of Fantasy (?), meaning apparition. In charge when Morpheus goes to Earth.
 Takes form of inanimate objects (earth, rock, water, wood) in dreams.

 Now you too know who to blame.