Thy pleasing gentle chains preserve the soul, and even the dreadful cares of death control for Thanatos (Death), and Lethe (Forgetfulness) with oblivious stream, mankind thy genuine brothers justly deem. Tamer of cares, to weary toil repose, and from whom sacred solace in affliction flows. 'Tis thine all bodies with benignant mind in other bands than those of brass to bind. Hypnos, king of Gods, and men of mortal birth, sovereign of all, sustained by mother earth for thy dominion is supreme alone, over all extended, and by all things known. "To Hypnos (Sleep), Fumigation from Poppies. Orphic Hymn 85 to Hypnus (Greek hymns C3rd B.C. One of these, across the earth and the wide sea-ridges, goes his way quietly back and forth, and is kind to mortals, but the heart of the other one is iron, and brazen feelings without pity are inside his breast." Never upon them does Helios, the shining sun, cast the light of his eye-beams, neither when he goes up the sky nor comes down from it. These are Hypnos and Thanatos, dread divinities. And there the children of gloomy Nyx have their houses. " carries Hypnos (Sleep) in her arms, and he is Thanatos' (Death's) brother. Hesiod, Theogony 758 ff (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) : SONG OF MOTIVATION: Theta Brainwave Meditation Music TIME CONSUMED: Oddly enough, this took longer than I expected cause I kept falling asleep. 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. He 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. From there he rose into the sky each night in the train of his mother Nyx (Night). His dwelling had no door or gate so that he might not be awakened by the creaking of hinges. At the entrance were a number of poppies and other Sleep-Inducing plants. His palace was a dark cave where the sun never shined. He resided in Erebos, the land of eternal darkness, beyond the gates of the rising sun. In the end, Hypnos, despite all his power from transcending many boundless, unidimensional realms with ease could not make it past the First Gate, as he was driven insane by mere shadows of far greater beings.HYPNOS was the god or spirit (Daimon) of 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. 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 met a nameless man who would soon be his friend by chance. Personality Powers and Abilities History He appears as a youthful man with a bearded face, "immense, sunken and widely luminous eyes", and a crown of poppies. It is claimed that he has many more children, which are also Oneiroi. His children Morpheus ("Shape"), Phobetor ("Fear") and Phantasos ("Imagination, Phantasy") are the gods of the dream. He lives on the island Lemnos, which later on has been claimed to be his very own dream-island. He is said to be a calm and gentle deity, as he helps humans in need and, due to their sleep, owns half of their lives. No light and no sound would ever enter his grotto. His bed is made of ebony, on the entrance of the cave grow a number of poppies and other hypnotic plants. Hypnos lived in a big cave, which the river Lethe comes from and where night and day meet.
His twin brother is Thanatos, the god of death, and both siblings live in Hades. Hypnos is the son of Nyx and Erebus, the primordial deities of Night and Darkness respectively.
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