Oneiroi

Oneiroi (sing. Oneiros) are divine spirits of dream from Greco-Roman mythology. They are children of Hypnos and their main task mainly consisting of delivering messages from the gods to mortals in the form of dreams.
==Overview==
In Greek mythology, dreams were sometimes personified as Oneiros or Oneiroi. In the Iliad of Homer, Zeus sends an Oneiros to appear to Agamemnon in a dream, while in Hesiod's Theogony, the Oneiroi are the sons of Nyx (Night), and brothers of Hypnos (Sleep).
Oneiros was also, according to some myths, the name of one of the sons of Achilles with Deidamia.
==Summary==
The Oneiroi are the children, descendants, and servants of Hypnos, God of Sleep. However, the original dream god is Oneiros, Hypnos' younger brother and another son of Nyx. However, after Oneiros was killed for betraying the Olympians for the Titans, his divine domains over dream were given to Hypnos.
The original thousand Oneiroi were the direct results of Hypnos' flings with numerous shades and chthonic gods as his own coping mechanism for his PTSD. Soon after their birth, they are employed by Hades and other Olympians to be their servants, in-charge with sending messages from the gods to mortals in the form of dreams and visions.
==Classifications==
Despite their nature, there are Oneiroi who prefer to stay out of dreams, except to police their own brethren. As such, Hypnos devised prefixes to be attached to their names so that everyone would know their role, with some of the known roles are:
*M' are the enforcers. They work like a police force and are the leaders.
*V' are the ones who help humans who are having trouble sleeping or who have nightmares.
*D' are the ones who help the gods and divine beings. Many of them are employed to watch over the dreams of demigods, easing trauma and nightmares, and protecting their spirit while they are astral projecting in their dream.
==Members==
===Leaders===
Name 	Title 	Description 	Status
Oneiros 	Original God of Dreams	The original God of Dreams and a divine son of Nyx. After he betrayed the Olympians in the Titanomachy, he was executed by Hypnos, who took over his domains after he died. 	Deceased
Hypnos 	God of Sleep 	God of Sleep and the father of the original thousand Oneiroi. He is a divine son of Nyx, twin brother of Thanatos, and older brother of the original Oneiros. However, due to his sleeping habits, he places most leadership duties onto his three oldest sons: Morpheus, Phobetor, and Phantasos. 	Alive
Morpheus 	God of Dreams 	The oldest of Hypnos' children and de-facto leader of the Oneiroi. He represents realistic dreams, ones so similar to reality that it is near-impossible to differentiate from the real world. After he turned to the Tytanos Faction during the Titan War, he is put on house arrest and most of his duties are equally divided and given to Phobetor and Phantasos.	Alive
Phobetor 	God of Nightmares 	The second oldest of Hypnos' children. After Morpheus turned to the Tytanos Faction during the Titan War, he is put on house arrest and most of his duties are equally divided and given to Phobetor and Phantasos. 	Alive
Phantasos	God of Fantasy 	The third oldest of Hypnos' children. After Morpheus turned to the Tytanos Faction during the Titan War, he is put on house arrest and most of his duties are equally divided and given to Phobetor and Phantasos. 	Alive
===Other Oneiroi===
There are thousands of Oneiroi, the children and descendants of Hypnos through the original thousand Oneiroi born to him. Some of the named Oneiroi are: V'Arik, D'Alerian, Delphine, Kytara, Leta, Lydia Tsakali, M'Ordant, Madoc, Solin, V'Aidan, and Xypher. Several gods such as Pasithea, Aergia, Epidotes, etc... are also considered Oneiroi, albeit honorary ones.
==Trivia==
*Their name "Oneiros" means "dream" in Ancient Greek.
*They are said to be jealous creatures, always trying to outdo each other.
*Magic practitioners make deals with them to practice oneiromancy.
*In Greek mythology, they are described as "black-winged spirits".
*According to "Achilles in Scyros", one of Achilles' sons with Deidamia is said to name Oneiros.
*According to Clovis, Oneiroid syndrome is caused by an Oneiros suddenly exiting a dream due to outside reasons.
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