Once there, Hera sprinkled "sweet love and desire" into Zeus' heart and Hypnos turned into a bird and lulled Zeus into watching him from a pine tree on Mount Ida. Hypnos deeply desired Pasithea, so he set out with Hera to find Zeus. 3 A shadowy figure, Nyx stood at or near the beginning of creation and mothered other personified deities, such as Hypnos (Sleep) and Thanatos (Death), with Erebus (Darkness). Once Hera vowed to give Hypnos one of the younger Graces as a wife, the sweet Pasithea, who was the goddess of relaxation and tranquility. Nyx ( / nks / 1 Ancient Greek: Nx, nks, 'Night') 2 is the Greek goddess and personification of night. Her goal was to lull Zeus into attacking his son Heracles and influencing the development of the Trojan War.īut Hypnos generally refused to anger Zeus, possibly because Zeus had once been on the verge of hurling a thunderbolt at him before. On several occasions Hera, the wife of Zeus, approached Hypnos and offered him many gifts if he would use his powers on Zeus. The Oneiroi lived in a cave on the shores of the ocean and their names were Morpheus, Phobetor and Phantasos.Īccording to one legend, Hypnos lived on the Greek island of Lemnos, the "Island of Dreams", which was the home of other mysteries.Īccording to another legend, he dwelt in the underworld, the realm of Hades, and never saw the sun. Hypnos married Pasithea, the goddess of relaxation and rest, and the couple had three sons, the "Oneiroi," who were the gods of dreams.
Hypnos was the God of sleep in Greek mythology. Among other elements related to Hypnos and his work is an opium horn, which allows him to induce sleep in people. The God Thanatos ("Death") was his brother. Hypnos was usually depicted as a young winged man or boy holding poppy flowers in his hand (or in his hair) and an opium horn. Hypnos ("Sleep") was the son of Nyx, the night goddess and Erebus, the god of darkness. "Hypnos is the Lord over all mortal men and all gods" Homer's Iliad 14.233 Last Update: Hypnos, the personification of Sleep Hypnos was the god who lulled the weary and sent dreams to mortals.
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