Thanatos
Thanatos (death) and his brother Hypnos (sleep)
Meanings
Proper Noun
- The god of death (specifically of a peaceful death), and twin brother of Hypnos (god of sleep); the Greek counterpart of Mors.
Noun
- the death drive in Freudian psychoanalysis.
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Origin
- From Ancient Greek Θάνατος.
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