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- DictionaryMor·phe·us/ˈmôrfēəs/
- 1. the son of Somnus (god of sleep), the god of dreams and, in later writings, also god of sleep.
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Morpheus is a god associated with sleep and dreams. In Ovid's Metamorphoses he is the son of Somnus 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. Wikipedia