Hypnos
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Hypnos is the Greek god and personification of sleep, often depicted as a gentle, winged deity who dwells in the underworld or a dark cave.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hypnos canonical | 22 |
| Somnus | 4 |
| Hypnos (in some traditions) | 1 |
| Hypnos and Thanatos | 1 |
| Koimesis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2282407 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hypnos Context triple: [Nyx, parentOf, Hypnos]
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A.
Nyx
Nyx is the primordial Greek goddess of the night, a powerful and ancient deity from whom many other gods and personified forces descend.
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B.
Steropes
Steropes is a one-eyed giant from Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes known for forging Zeus’s thunderbolts.
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C.
Coeus
Coeus is a Titan from Greek mythology, associated with intelligence and the axis of the heavens, who fought against the Olympian gods.
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D.
Astraeus
Astraeus is a Titan god in Greek mythology associated with dusk, stars, and astrology.
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E.
Aidoneus
Aidoneus is an alternate name and epithet for Hades, the Greek god who rules the underworld and the dead.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hypnos Target entity description: Hypnos is the Greek god and personification of sleep, often depicted as a gentle, winged deity who dwells in the underworld or a dark cave.
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A.
Nyx
Nyx is the primordial Greek goddess of the night, a powerful and ancient deity from whom many other gods and personified forces descend.
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B.
Steropes
Steropes is a one-eyed giant from Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes known for forging Zeus’s thunderbolts.
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C.
Coeus
Coeus is a Titan from Greek mythology, associated with intelligence and the axis of the heavens, who fought against the Olympian gods.
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D.
Astraeus
Astraeus is a Titan god in Greek mythology associated with dusk, stars, and astrology.
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E.
Aidoneus
Aidoneus is an alternate name and epithet for Hades, the Greek god who rules the underworld and the dead.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek god
ⓘ
deity ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ personification ⓘ |
| abode |
Erebus
ⓘ
a dark cave ⓘ the underworld ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
dreams
ⓘ
forgetfulness ⓘ rest ⓘ |
| category |
Greek gods of the underworld
ⓘ
Greek personifications ⓘ |
| children |
Morpheus
ⓘ
Phantasos ⓘ Phobetor ⓘ |
| consort | Pasithea ⓘ |
| culture | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
gentle deity
ⓘ
sleeping or reclining figure ⓘ winged youth ⓘ |
| domain | sleep ⓘ |
| father | Erebus ⓘ |
| greekName | Ὕπνος ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
dreams of mortals
ⓘ
sleep of gods and men ⓘ |
| latinName |
Somnus
ⓘ
linked to:
Hypnos
|
| mentionedIn |
Hesiod's Theogony
ⓘ
Homer's Iliad ⓘ |
| mother | Nyx ⓘ |
| oppositeConcept | wakefulness ⓘ |
| parents |
Erebus
ⓘ
Nyx ⓘ |
| personificationOf | sleep ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Oneiroi
ⓘ
Thanatos ⓘ |
| residenceDescription |
dwells in a dark cave where the sun never shines
ⓘ
surrounded by poppies and other sleep-inducing plants ⓘ |
| roleInMyth |
assists Hera in deceiving Zeus in the Iliad
ⓘ
lulls gods and mortals to sleep ⓘ |
| romanEquivalent |
Somnus
ⓘ
linked to:
Hypnos
|
| siblings |
Thanatos
ⓘ
the Oneiroi ⓘ
linked to:
Oneiroi
|
| symbol |
poppy
ⓘ
sleep-inducing twig ⓘ wings ⓘ |
| twinBrother | Thanatos ⓘ |
| worshipType | chthonic deity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Hypnos Description of subject: Hypnos is the Greek god and personification of sleep, often depicted as a gentle, winged deity who dwells in the underworld or a dark cave.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Eris (Greek goddess of strife and discord)
linked to: Hypnos
subject linked to:
children of Nyx
subject linked to:
children of Nyx
linked to: Hypnos
linked to: Hypnos
linked to: Hypnos