Hypnos was often depicted together with his brother Thanatos, especially in early art. Sometimes Hypnos himself was shown sleeping. He had various iconographic attributes that helped to distinguish him, including the stem of the sleep-inducing poppy, a horn full of soporific drugs, and a staff. In ancient art, Hypnos was generally depicted as a winged boy or young man. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Public DomainĪnother later source, the satirist Lucian, wrote that Hypnos ruled over the faraway island of dreams. Iris as Ambassador in the Realm of Hypnos by Giulio Carpioni (1655–1660) Nor bearded ears in fields, nor sands upon the shore. Stuff’d with black plumes, and on an ebon-sted:īlack was the cov’ring too, where lay the God,Īnd slept supine, his limbs display’d abroad:Īnd mock their forms the leaves on trees not more, On creaking hinges turn’d, to break his sleep.īut in the gloomy court was rais’d a bed, No door there was th’ unguarded house to keep, Night from the plants their sleepy virtue drains,Īnd passing, sheds it on the silent plains: The palace moats, and o’er the pebbles creeps,Īnd with soft murmurs calls the coming sleeps.Īnd all cool simples that sweet rest bestow Nor setting, visits, nor the lightsome noon Later authors gave more picturesque accounts of Hypnos’ home, describing it as nestled in some remote corner of the world and blossoming with all kinds of soporific plants: But from an early period, Hypnos was also associated with the Aegean island of Lemnos. According to Hesiod, the god of sleep lived with his mother Nyx and his brother Thanatos in the dark depths of the Underworld. There were different accounts of where exactly Hypnos made his home. He was also occasionally imagined as the companion of Eros. In some later accounts, he was said to be a follower of Dionysus. The Oneiroi (“Dreams”), for example, were sometimes described as his subjects. In addition to his mother Nyx (“Night”) and his twin brother Thanatos (“Death”), Hypnos had a number of close associates among the gods. Moreover, as the bringer of dreams, Hypnos was sometimes viewed as a deceptive god. On the other hand, Hypnos was closely connected with death-Thanatos, death personified, was his twin brother, after all-and he could therefore be menacing. On the one hand, he was a gentle, kindly force-the embodiment of sweet sleep and a liberator from care and anxiety. He could also bring sleep to gods or mortals by covering them with a veil, or even with his mere presence. The god would typically approach people from the air and could induce sleep using any number of attributes: his wings, a twig, a wand dipped in the waters of the River Lethe, or a horn filled with sleep-inducing drugs. According to the poet Hesiod, he “roam peacefully over the earth and the sea’s broad back and kindly to men.” Gentle Hypnos was typically described as handsome, youthful, and winged (his wings, at least in some accounts, were said to grow out of his temples). He was thus regarded as an extremely powerful deity. He was responsible for bringing sleep to all living things, both mortal and immortal. Hypnos was the god or daemon who personified sleep. In Roman culture, Hypnos was called Somnus or Sopor (Latin words for “sleep”). Hýpnos) is the Greek word for “sleep.” It is ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European * sup- no-, also meaning “sleep.” However, Hypnos manages to get past his obstacle, only to be driven insane by what he experienced afterward, and by the sound of a flute.The name “Hypnos” (Greek ῞Υπνος, translit. His friend gives up and awakens from his sleep and waits for Hypnos to wake up as well. The Lord of Dreams soon becomes confident that he can become the King of all reality, and ascends even further with his friend, eventually reaching a massive clump which they seemingly cannot pass through, unlike all the other previous levels of existence. Transcending limitless realms of existence countless times, going further and deeper each time they transcend the previous plateau of existence. This happens over a period of time where the two travel further beyond. Hypnos begins to enlighten his new friend on the nature of reality and shows him realms which exist beyond all concepts of space, time and dimensions. Hypnos is the Greek/Roman God of Dreams and appears in Lovecraft's short story " Hypnos", where he met a nameless man who would soon be his friend by chance. He appears as a youthful man with a bearded face, "immense, sunken and widely luminous eyes", and a crown of poppies. It is speculated that he is an Elder God, ( EXP: Malleus Monstrorum) as he appears in the story " Hypnos". Hypnos is the Greek god of sleep incorporated into the Cthulhu Mythos by Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Young with the youth that is outside time, and with beauteous bearded face, curved, smiling lips, Olympian brow, and dense locks waving and poppy-crowned.
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