Hypnos 13629 224736405 2008-07-10T05:10:19Z Fighting Fefnir 4625925 /* Popular culture */ {{otheruses}} {{Greek myth (personified)}} [[Image:Waterhouse-sleep and his half-brother death-1874.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Hypnos and [[Thanatos]], ''Sleep and His Half-Brother Death'' by [[John William Waterhouse]].]] In [[Greek mythology]], '''Hypnos''' (Ύπνος) was the personification of sleep; the [[Roman mythology|Roman]] equivalent was known as '''Somnus'''. His twin was [[Thanatos]] ("death"); their mother was the goddess [[Nyx (mythology)|Nyx]] ("night"). His palace was a dark cave where the sun never shines. At the entrance were a number of poppies and other [[Hypnagogia|hypnogogic]] plants. Hypnos's three sons or brothers represented things that occur in dreams (the [[Oneiroi]]). [[Morpheus (mythology)|Morpheus]], [[Phobetor]] and [[Phantasos]] appear in the dreams of kings. According to one story, he lived in a cave underneath a [[Greece|Greek]] island; through this cave flowed [[Lethe]], the river of forgetfulness. [[Endymion (mythology)|Endymion]], sentenced by Zeus to eternal sleep, received the power to sleep with his eyes open from Hypnos in order to constantly watch his beloved [[Selene]]. But according to the poet [[Licymnius of Chios]], it was Hypnos himself who fell in love with the young shepherd [[Endymion (mythology)|Endymion]], and allowed him to sleep with his eyes open, the better for the god to enjoy the beauty of his beloved boy. In art, Hypnos was portrayed as a naked youthful man, sometimes with a beard, and wings attached to his head. He is sometimes shown as a man asleep on a bed of feathers with black curtains about him. [[Morpheus (mythology)|Morpheus]] is his chief minister and prevents noises from waking him. In [[Sparta]], the image of Hypnos was always put near that of [[death]]. ==Popular culture== {{Trivia|date=June 2007}} * In ''[[Monkeybone]]'', Hypnos is the main villain, portrayed by [[Giancarlo Esposito]]. He is depicted as a [[satyr]]. * [[In Flames]] has a song written to Hypnos on their album ''[[The Jester Race]]'', called "Lord Hypnos". * Horror / science fiction author [[H. P. Lovecraft]] had a short story called "Hypnos." * In the Hades Arc of ''[[Saint Seiya]]'', [[Hypnos (Saint Seiya)|Hypnos]] and [[Thanatos (Saint Seiya)|Thanatos]] are [[Hades (Saint Seiya)|Hades]]'s most powerful subordinates. * In the [[Incarnations of Immortality]] book series by [[Piers Anthony]], Hypnos is briefly mentioned as a minor incarnation. * A boss in ''[[Resident Evil: Survivor]]'' is named Hypnos Type-T. * Hypnos made numerous appearances in the Persona series. * Polish progressive metal band [[Riverside (band)|Riverside]] makes a reference to Hypnos in their third studio album ''[[Rapid Eye Movement (album)|Rapid Eye Movement]]'' (track 4 - Schizophrenic Prayer: ''"Hypnos give us your hand"''). ==See also== {{Commonscat|Hypnos}} * [[Hesiod's Theogony]] * [[Aergia]], a goddess of laziness, a guard of the Hypnos's court [[Category:Greek mythology]] [[Category:Greek gods]] [[Category:Pederastic heroes and deities]] [[Category:Sleep]] [[Category:Personifications]] [[br:Hypnos]] [[bg:Хипнос]] [[ca:Himnos]] [[cs:Hypnos]] [[da:Hypnos]] [[de:Hypnos (Mythologie)]] [[et:Hypnos]] [[es:Hipnos]] [[fr:Hypnos]] [[hr:Hipno]] [[it:Ipno]] [[he:היפנוס]] [[lt:Hipnas]] [[hu:Hüpnosz]] [[nl:Hypnos]] [[ja:ヒュプノス]] [[no:Hypnos]] [[pl:Hypnos]] [[pt:Hipnos]] [[ro:Hypnos]] [[ru:Гипнос]] [[simple:Hypnos]] [[sk:Hypnos]] [[sl:Hipnos]] [[sr:Хипнос]] [[sh:Hipnos]] [[fi:Hypnos]] [[th:ฮิปนอส]] [[sv:Hypnos (gud)]] [[uk:Гіпнос]] [[zh:許普諾斯]]