Dream Deities
This appendix lists some of the divinities that are specifically associated with dreams and with sleep, though all deities can appear in our dreams.
Less familiar deities and those not mentioned elsewhere in this work are followed by short descriptions; information concerning the others can be found in Chapter 10.
Adad
Aesculapius
Amphiaruas (Greek god of dream oracles and divination; he healed during sleep and was worshipped prior to Asklepios)
Artemis
Asklepios
Athena
Bes
Fauna
Faunus
Geshtinanna (Mesopotamian goddess of dream interpretation)
Hamarkis (a form of Horus)
Hathor
Hera
Hermes (also the bringer of refreshing sleep)
Horus
Hypnos (bringer of sleep)
Imhotep
Ishtar
Isis
Marduk
Morpheus (Roman god of dreams and bringer of sleep)
Nanshe (Sumerian goddess of dream interpretation; “mother interpretress of dreams”; “prophetess of the divinities”)
Ninsun
Pan
Phantasos (god of dreams when he appeared in dreams; son of Somnos; brother of Morpheus)
Ptah
Serapis
Set
Seti I
Shauskha (a Hittite goddess associated with Ishtar)
Sin
Shamash
Somnos (Roman god of sleep)
Thoth Ningirsu
Trophonius (Greek oracular dream deity)
Zakar (Babylonian; the “emissary” of the moon god, Sin)
Zeus