thanatos

German - Turkish

English - Turkish

Definition of thanatos in English Turkish dictionary: (Mitoloji) Yunanlıların ölüm tanrısı, Hypnos'un ikiz kardeşi idi; (Tıp) İçteng elen şiddetli ölüm arzusu, ölüm içgüdüsü

French - English

Definition of thanatos in French English dictionary: {n} thanatos; Thanatos, personification of death (Greek Mythology)

English - English

Definition of thanatos in English English dictionary: Ancient Greek God of peaceful or natural death; the death drive|death drive]] in Freudian psychoanalysis; {i} personification of death (Greek Mythology); Ancient Greek God of death; Ancient Greek personification of death. He was the son of Nyx, goddess of night, and brother to Hypnos, god of sleep. He appeared to humans to carry them off to the underworld when the time allotted to them by the Fates had expired. Thanatos was once defeated by Heracles, who wrestled him to save the life of Alcestis, and he was tricked by Sisyphus, who wanted a second chance at life; (Greek mythology) the Greek personification of death; son of Nyx