Thánatos
Thánatos (Θάνατος, "death", Mors) is a rather obscure
Greek god of Death. Not to be confused with Hades, who is ruler of
the Underworld, Thánatos is more like our modern idea of the Grim
Reaper. Hades has a more hands-off, remote personality, Thánatos
is direct. He does not judge himself, he must follow the Fates'
(Moira's) judgement.
Death is hated by mortals, who call him black, evil, and grievous. For
they think that darkness will enfold them when Death lays his
heavy hands on them. Although Thánatos may come first in Old Age,
mortals still call him swift, and his arrival is often regarded as
unannounced or sudden, causing even surprise. Yet there are no doubts
about Thánatos' coming, and no man knows for certain whether he will
still be living the next day.
(source)
Thánatos has a younger twin brother, Hypnos (Ὕπνος, "sleep",
Somnus), the God of Sleep and Dream. Their mother is Nyx (Νύξ,
"night", Nox), their Father is Erebus.
Erebus
Erebus (Ἔρεβος , or "deep darkness" or "shadow") is the
brother and husband of Nyx. Erebus' father (and therefore
Thánatos' grandfather) is Khaos, the primordial darkness. Erebus'
name is used interchangeably with Tartarus and Hades since Erebus is
often thought of as part of the underworld. Erebus married his sister
Nyx (goddess of the night) and their children included Aether (male:
upper sky, space, and heaven), Hemera (male: day), Nemesis (female:
divine retribution against those who succumb to hubris), Charon (male:
ferryman of the death).
(Gathered from the Wikipedia entries of the various deities:
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