Thanatos

English

Thanatos (death) and his brother Hypnos (sleep)

Etymology

From .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθænəˌtɒs/

Proper noun

Thanatos

1. (Greek mythology) The god of death (specifically of a peaceful death), and twin brother of Hypnos (god of sleep); the Greek counterpart of Mors.

Noun

Thanatos (uncountable)

1. (psychoanalysis) the death drive in Freudian psychoanalysis.

Usage notes

Freud did not use the term “Thanatos” – instead he used Todestrieb (“death drive”) – and scholarly works refer to it as “death drive”, but the term “Thanatos” is commonly used in psychoanalysis, in duality with Eros, having been introduced there by Paul Federn.

Antonyms

• (death drive): Eros (life drive)

Translations

Thanatos, the god of death

• Breton: Thanatos m
• Bulgarian: Танатос m (Tanatos)
• Catalan: Tànatos m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 塔納托斯／塔纳托斯, 塔纳托斯 (taap³ naap⁶ tok³ si¹)

  Mandarin: 塔納托斯／塔纳托斯, 塔纳托斯 (Tǎnàtuōsī)

• Czech: Thanatos m
• Danish: Thanatos
• Dutch: Thanatos
• Finnish: Thanatos
• French: Thanatos (fr) m
• Galician: Tánatos m
• German: Thanatos m
• Greek: Θάνατος m (Thánatos)
• Hebrew: תנטוס m
• Hungarian: Thanatosz
• Italian: Tanato m
• Japanese: タナトス (Tanatosu)
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• Korean: 타나토스 (Tanatoseu)
• Lithuanian: Tanatas m
• Marathi: थानाटोस m (thānāṭos)
• Norwegian: Thanatos
• Polish: Tanatos (pl) m pers
• Portuguese: Tânatos m, Tânato m
• Romanian: Thanatos m
• Russian: Та́натос m (Tánatos), Та́нат (ru) m (Tánat), Фа́нат m (Fánat)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: Tanatos (sh) m

• Slovak: Tanatos m
• Slovene: Tanatos m
• Spanish: Tánatos m
• Swedish: Thanatos
• Thai: ทานาทอส (taa-naa-tôt)
• Turkish: Thanatos
• Ukrainian: Та́натос m (Tánatos)