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Keep his altar in a dark, quiet, restful place: a closet, if need be. ALTAR:Īnything that disturbs sleep disturbs Hypnos: bright light, noise, and so forth. Images of Hypnos were once popular cemetery monuments and gravestone motifs. He is usually envisioned as a naked, youthful man. MANIFESTATION:Ī dark-winged man or a night bird ICONOGRAPHY: Insomniacs-those who wish to sleep but cannot-can invoke Hypnos’ aid. Hypnos is served by the Oneiroi, his sons and/or brothers, Spirits of Dreams. Hypnos is perceived asthe more tender-hearted, sympathetic of the brothers. Hypnos lives with his twin brother and close companion, Thanatos, Lord of Death. His son/brother/servant, Morpheus, Lord of Dreams, makes sure that no one and no noise disturbs Hypnos’ slumber. He sleeps in an exceedingly comfortable feather bed surrounded by black curtains to further block the light. Beautiful opium poppies grow by the cave’s entrance. Hypnos lives an insomniac’s dream: a dark cave where the sun doesn’t shine and the light can’t waken him. He causes sleep by touching someone with his magic wand or fanning them with his wings. Hypnos, Lord of Sleep, is among the children of Nyx, Goddess of Night. SOURCE:Įncyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition – Written by Anthony S. Homer’s Iliad (book 14), Hesiod’s Theogony, and Ovid’s Metamorphoses (book 11) also picture the god. Vergil’s Aeneid (book 6) pictures Hypnos as a winged youth who touches the tired with a magical branch.
Hypnos had a human figure during the day but was transformed into a bird at night. According to Hesiod’s Theogony (211,756), Hypnos lived in the underworld, but Homer says he lived in Lemnos. Hypnos (sleep) In Greek mythology, god of sleep, son of Nyx (Nox) and Erebus brother of Thanatos (death), Aether (upper sky), Cer (bane), Dreams, Hemeia, Momus (blame), Moros (portion), and Nemesis married to Pasithea father of Morpheus called Somnus by the Romans.
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