Editing Morpheus (section)

{{Short description|Deity associated with sleep and dreams}}
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[[File:Restout - Morpheus.jpg|thumb|''Morpheus'', painted by [[Jean-Bernard Restout]]]]
'''Morpheus''' ('Fashioner', derived from the {{langx|grc|μορφή}} meaning 'form, shape')<ref>Griffin, p. 249; Grimal, s.v. Morpheus, p. 296; ''[[LSJ]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dmorfh%2F s.v. μορφ-ή].</ref> is a god associated with [[sleep]] and [[dream]]s. In [[Ovid]]'s ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' he is the son of [[Somnus]] (Sleep, the Roman counterpart of [[Hypnos]]) and appears in dreams in human form. From the [[Middle Ages]], the name began to stand more generally for the god of dreams, or of sleep.<ref>Kearns, s.v. Morpheus p. 968; Griffin, p. 248.</ref>