Thanatos

English

Thanatos (death) and his brother Hypnos (sleep)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θάνατος (Thánatos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθænəˌtɒs/

Proper noun

Thanatos

(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)

(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.^[1]

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 (taap³ naap⁶ tok³ si¹)

Mandarin: 塔納托斯, 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)

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)

References

↑ Civilization and its discontents, Freud, translator James Strachey, 2005 edition, p. 18

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[1] Civilization and its discontents, Freud, translator James Strachey, 2005 edition, p. 18