"There she encountered Hypnos (Sleep), the brother of Thanatos (Death). HYPNOS GOD OF SLEEP Hypnos and the body of Sarpedon, Athenian red-figure lekythos C5th B.C., British Museum "Their brothers and sisters, whom the ancient genealogists name Amor (Love), Dolus (Guile), Metus (Fear), Labor (Toil), Invidentia (Envy), Fatum (Fate), Senectus (Old Age), Mors (Death), Tenebrae (Darkness), Miseria (Misery), Querella (Complaint), Gratia (Favour), Fraus (Fraud), Pertinacia (Obstinacy), the Parcae (Fates), the Hesperides, the Somnia (Sleep, Dreams) : all of these are fabled to be the children of Erebus (Darkness) and Nox (Night)." "From Nox (Night) and Erebus : Fatum (Fate), Senectus (Old Age), Mors (Death), Letum (Dissolution), Continentia (Moderation), Somnus (Sleep), Somnia (Dreams), Amor (Love)-that is Lysimeles, Epiphron (Prudence), Porphyrion, Epaphus, Discordia (Discord), Miseria (Misery), Petulantia (Wantonness), Nemesis (Envy), Euphrosyne (Good Cheer), Amicitia (Friendship), Misericordia (Compassion), Styx (Hatred) the three Parcae (Fates), namely Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos the Hesperides."Ĭicero, De Natura Deorum 3. Also deadly Nyx bare Nemesis (Envy) to afflict mortal men, and after her, Apate (Deceit) and Philotes (Friendship) and hateful Geras (Old Age) and hard-hearted Eris (Strife)." Also she bare the Moirai (Moirae, Fates) and the ruthless avenging Keres (Death-Fates). And again the goddess murky Nyx, though she lay with none, bare Momos (Blame) and painful Oizys (Misery), and the Hesperides. "And Nyx (Night) bare hateful Moros (Doom) and black Ker (Violent Death) and Thanatos (Death), and she bare Hypnos (Sleep) and the tribe of Oneiroi (Dreams). Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) : Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.ĬLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES PARENTAGE OF HYPNOS In works of art Sleep and Death are represented alike as two youths sleeping or holding inverted torches in their hands. At Sicyon there was a statue of Sleep surnamed epidôtês, the giver (Paus. The personification and god of sleep, the Latin Somnus, is described by the ancients as a brother of Death ( thanatos), and as a son of Night (Hes. THE ONEIROI x 1000, MORPHEUS, IKELOS, PHANTASOS (Ovid Metamorphoses 11.630) EREBOS & NYX (Hyginus Preface, Cicero De Natura Deorum. NYX (no father) (Hesiod Theogony 212, Homer Iliad 14.250, Aeschylus Frag 250, Seneca Hercules Furens1068, Nonnus Dionysiaca 31.103) His Roman equivalent was Somnus or Sopor. His attributes included either a horn of sleep-inducing opium, a poppy-stem, a branch dripping water from the river Lethe (Forgetfulness), or an inverted torch. Hypnos was depicted as a young man with wings on his shoulders or brow. Hypnos was often paired with his twin brother Thanatos (Peaceful Death), and the Oneiroi (Dreams) were his brothers or sons. He dwelt in Erebos, the land of eternal darkness beyond the gates of the rising sun, and rose into the sky each night in the train of his mother Nyx (Night). HYPNOS was the god or personified spirit ( daimon) of sleep. Hypnos Nyx Oneirei Somnos Thanatos SOURCE:Įncyclopedia of Spirits: The Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods & Goddesses – Written by : Judika Illes Copyright © 2009 by Judika Illes.Sleep ( hypnos) Hypnos god of sleep, Apulian red-figure vase C4th B.C., The J. Morpheus is the star and title character in Neil Gaiman’s comic series, The Sandman.įlower: Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) SEE ALSO: He can protect against frightening dreams but is also invoked for prophetic or more frequent dreams. Morpheus is petitioned for anything having to do with the dream process. His name derives from the same root as metamorphoses. Morpheus is the Lord of Dreams, son of Hypnos, Lord of Sleep. SOURCE:Įncyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition – Written by Anthony S. Chaucer’s Book of the Duchess (137) calls Morpheus “the god of sleep.” The word morphine is derived from the god’s name. Ovid’s Metamorphoses (book 11) describes the Cave of Sleep. His brother Icelus created dreams in animals, and his brother Phantastus created dreams in inanimate objects. Morpheus (fashioner) In Greek mythology, god of dreams one of the sons of Hypnos (Somnus), who was god of sleep.
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