The origin of sleeping god

Hypnos, the god of sleep, is a winged god. When he beats his wand or flaps his wings, people will fall asleep. He was stronger than the gods, and even Zeus could not escape his magic.

In some works of art, Hypnos is depicted as a naked adult man, sometimes with a beard and wings on his back. Another image of him is sleeping on a badminton bed and covering himself with black curtains. As his servant, Oneiros, the god of sleep, shielded him from all external harassment. In Sparta, Hypnos was always compared with "death".

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Hypnos Hypnos (Hipunas, Greek:? πνο? The Roman name Somnos is the sleeping god who lives in hell in Greek mythology, and is regarded as a symbol of the personification of "sleep". His twin brother is Dana Seuss (θ? νατο? ), and the night goddess Knicks (argument? ξ) It's their mother. Knicks is the sister of Gaia, the god of the earth, and Gaia is Zeus' grandmother and grandmother.

His palace is a dark cave on the north shore of the Black Sea, where the sun will never reach. At the bottom of the cave, a tributary of a forgotten river flows. A large number of poppies and hypnotic plant Valeriana were planted in front of the palace. The ancient Greeks regarded Valeriana officinalis as "sacred grass" and "sleeping sacred grass". The word "hypnosis" in English comes from Hypnos.

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