Morpheus is a god associated with sleep and dreams. In Ovid's Metamorphoses he is the son of Somnus and appears in dreams in human form. From the Middle Ages, the name began to stand more generally for the god of dreams, or of sleep.
Morpheus, painted by Jean-Bernard Restout
Aurora wakes Morpheus by Bartolomeo Altomonte (1769)
Morpheus and Iris, by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, 1811 Hermitage Museum
Morpheus awakening as Iris draws near by René-Antoine Houasse (1690)
A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. Humans spend about two hours dreaming per night, and each dream lasts around 5 to 20 minutes, although the dreamer may perceive the dream as being much longer than this.
A painting depicting Daniel O'Connell dreaming of a confrontation with George IV, shown inside a thought bubble
Usha Dreaming Aniruddha (oleographic print) Raja Ravi Varma (1848–1906)
A soldier dreams: the trenches of WWI. Jan Styka (1858–1925).
The Knight's Dream, 1655, by Antonio de Pereda