There are always plenty of empty beds, all with feather pillows, fresh sheets and fluffy quilts. The smell of Clovis's breath indicates there's warm milk in the cabin. Soft violin music is always playing, and the air always smells like fresh laundry. Above the mantel hangs Hypnos' symbol: a poplar tree branch dripping water from the River Lethe, into a collection of tin bowls. Inside, there's a hearth with a crackling fire. A wreath of red poppies hangs on the door. He is the product of Night (Nyukta) and Darkness (Erebus), who reigned in the dark spaces of the underworld.The cabin is made of mud walls and a rush roof. He has a twin brother named Thanatos (Death) - a gloomy and merciless deity whose heart does not know pity.Īccording to "Theogony" Hesiod Hypnos lives in a cave, next to which the river Leta (Oblivion) originates. Before entering the cave, where no light penetrates and no sounds are heard, the herbs with a hypnotic effect grow. Every night the god of sleep ascends into the sky in his Nyukty's chariot. The myth tells that Hypnos fell in love with a young man of incomparable beauty named Endimon. He was fascinated by his eyes and, to admire them always, made sure that the eyes of the young man remained open during sleep. According to another version of the myth of Selene, who fell in love with Endimon, asks Zeus to keep him young and beautiful. Zeus orders Hypnos to immerse him in eternal sleep, so that he remains young forever. The god of sleep gives Endimon the ability to sleep with his eyes open, so that he can look at the moon goddess at night. In another myth, Hypnos, while plunging Zeus himself into a deep sleep, helps Hera, who at this time turns to Poseidon for help in the battle for Troy. Poseidon agrees, but with the proviso that Hera will promise him the favor of Pasiphae, the wife of Minos. In art (painting, sculpture), the Greek god of sleep was depicted as a young man, naked, sometimes with a small beard and wings on his head or back. Sometimes he is shown as a person who sleeps on a bed of feathers, curtained with black curtains. His symbols are a poppy flower or a horn with sleeping pills, a branch from which water drains from the Leta River, or an inverted torch. God of sleep in the Greeks has the power to immerse in a deep sleep of all - gods, people, animals. Not knowing how to explain the nature of sleep, people of different cultures and religious views created deities and spirits of dreams and dreams that had a special influence. The tale "Ole Lukoie," written by Hans Christian Andersen, was based on a folk story about the mysterious mythical creature of Dream, which gently lulls the children, but depending on how they (obedient or disobedient), they bring different dreams. Ole Lukoye has an umbrella under each hand: one with colorful drawings on the inside, another without drawings. A bright umbrella he reveals over obedient children and all night they dream beautiful dreams, while unruly children can not see dreams at all, if the god of sleep in the person of Ole Lukoye reveals a dark umbrella over them. The first information on the interpretation of dreams comes from Mesopotamia. The Sumerians created a book that is considered to be the first dream book in the world. It describes the symbols of dreams and gives them an explanation. The Sumerian model influenced the cultural views of the Egyptians who recorded their dreams on papyrus, from them to ancient Jews, eventually leading to the Greek tradition. The English word "hypnosis" comes from the name "Hypnos", based on the idea that when a person is hypnotized, it is as if in a state of sleep ("hypnosis" is a dream and "-osis" is a condition). Another term - "insomnia" ("insomnia") comes from the Latin words "somnus" (dream) and "in" (not-). The ancient Romans were so called their dream god - Somnus.In 1994, a New York rapper by the name of Nas burst into the hip hop scene with the release of his debut album Illmatic. Fast forward 28 years and Nas is one of the most influential rappers, or artists, of all time, winning himself a grammy just two years ago. One of the most memorable lines on his debut album tells us that he ‘never sleeps, cause sleep is the cousin of death’. The ancient Greeks might’ve liked Nas for just this line alone. Actually, they believed the relationship between sleep and death was even closer than just mere cousins. The story of Hypnos signifies perceptions of life and death, the underworld, and the normal world. Living in a dark cave in the underworld, Hypnos made his appearances in the night to let the people of ancient Greece sleep. Also, he would literally serve the people their dreams if he felt this to be appropriate. He and his sons appeared in the dreams of mere mortals but also brought prophecies to the most well known prophets of the time. Hypnos is perceived as a calm and gentle god.
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