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Contents 1 Comments 2 Brother 3 Redirects 4 No Citation? 5 mythology 6 Greek or Roman 7 The Matrix 8 Glen or Glenda

[edit] Comments

The drug morphine derives its name from Morpheus based on its similar dream-inducing power.

Is morphine dream-inducing, or sleep-inducing? —This unsigned comment was added by 68.67.108.80 (talk • contribs) 2005-02-14 05:26:17 UTC.

It makes you sleep in a deep sleep and it takes away your pain _{This unsigned comment was added by User:63.193.184.2}

"Icelus assisted with those aspects of dreams that reflected reality. Phobetor made fearsome dreams (hence "phobia"). Phantasus produced tricky and unreal dreams (hence "fantasy", "phantasmagoria", etc.)." Just wondering, where did this information come from? I haven't seen it anywhere but here.

Yumecosmos 14:26, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Actually, the etymological part is at best misleading. The words "phobia" and "fantasy" were not derived from the names of the Oneiroi, they just share a common root. "Phantos" is "visible" in Greek, "phantasi" is "vision", and "Phantasus" is something akin to "the one who brings visions". Similarly, "phobos" is simply Greek for "fear"; "Phobetor" is probably something like "the bringer of fright" - the classical version of the Bogeyman.

[edit] Brother

There's a picture to the right of this article which says that Thanatos is Morpheus' half-brother. Yet the article insisted that Thanatos was his uncle. So i changed it.

Hypno is Morpheus' father/half-brother, so Thanatos is actually Morpheus' uncle/half-brother... It's a wonky Oedipus-esque kind of thing. I'm not going to make any changes, just explaining the confusion. :) 204.52.215.113 07:45, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm confused. On the Hypnos page it says Morpheus is his son. On this page Morpheus is both brother and son. Is there evidence to support both or either? Maybe this discrepancy could be acknowledged in the text or in the footnote. 5-11-08

[edit] Redirects

There's some wikitext [[1]] about the Matrix character, and the character also features in the Sandman series. Actually, the more I hunt for wikilinks, the messier my tab bar gets. A clean-up is in order, or perhaps a more judicious redirect. When I get time (if it's not already been done by then) I will do it. Drjon 00:58, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] No Citation?

"Morpheus is also the name of a musical piece that can be played by a range of instruments, including the clarinet, piano and viola. The piece gives the impressions of nightmares which was obviously inspired by the name of the Greek god of the same name." I removed this as a courtesy, since it seemed to be more like an opinion than a fact of any kind, and was almost unrelated to the article as a whole. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.86.1.61 (talk) 02:27, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] mythology

it's not a wonky oedipus-esque type thing, it's mythology, and there are different versions of any myth. this article is terrible and i'm redoing it.

--Harlequence 04:03, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Greek or Roman

Ovid was a Roman poet. I am not sure that Morpheus was Greek, perhaps a Roman myth?

[edit] The Matrix

How could you guys forget to mention the role of the name Morpheus in The Matrix? Anyhow, could anybody word my addition better? Tomer M (talk) 21:50, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Glen or Glenda

The article criticizes the work for "incorrectly" referring to Morpheus as "God of dreams" yet the very first line in this article reads "Morpheus is the Greek God of dreams." Either the explanation to Glen or Glenda's error needs to be rewritten or this point is flat out wrong. D Boland (talk) 22:21, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm removing the entire line since it also claims that the film was a "masterpiece."Derekbd (talk) 15:53, 2 February 2008 (UTC)