Thanatos
Greek · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Son of Night, the personification of death, twin of Sleep.
Parentage
- parent: Nyx
Domains
- death
Powers
- Seizes mortals and bears their lives away
- Hallows the dying by cutting a lock of hair
- Can be bound or wrestled down
Relations
- sibling: HypnosFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Nyx) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: NemesisFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Nyx) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: Moros
- counterpart of: ThanatosTradition-specific counterpart; this link does not transfer parentage.Orphic Hymns 86 (Taylor; modern 87) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Hesiod, Theogony 211-212 (primary)