Thanatos
| Thanatos | |
|---|---|
Personification of death | |
 Thanatos as a winged and sword-girt youth. Sculptured marble column drum from theTemple of ArtemisatEphesos,c. 325–300 BC. | |
| Abode | Underworld |
| Symbol | Theta,Poppy,Butterfly,Sword,Inverted Torch |
| Personal information | |
| Parents | Nyx,Erebus |
| Siblings | Hypnos,Nemesis,Eris,Keres,Oneiroi,and many others |
| Roman equivalent | Mors |
Thanatosis thegod of deathinGreek mythology.He is the son ofNyxand the twin brother ofHypnos,the god ofsleep.
Sigmund Freud,a famouspsychologist,used the word in one of histheories.THANATOS was the god or personified spirit (daimon) of non-violent death. His touch was gentle, likened to that of his twin brother Hypnos(Sleep). Violent death was the domain of Thanatos' blood-craving sisters, the Keres, spirits of slaughter and disease. He is often confused withHades,who is the god of the dead and underworld, not death itself.
Thanatos plays a prominent role in two myths. Once when he was sent to fetch Alkestis (Alcestis) to the underworld, he was driven off by Herakles in a fight. Another time he was captured by the criminal Sisyphos (Sisyphus) who trapped him in a sack so as to avoid death.
Thanatos is also a reference to Thanos in the Marvel movie "End Game".
