Morpheus (Gr., 'moulder'), in classic mythology, the son of sleep and the god of dreams. He is so named because he shapes or moulds the dreams that visit the sleeper. He is first mentioned by Ovid, and is represented as an old man with wings, pouring somniferous vapour out of a horn.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 318
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