Hypnos: Strengths And Weaknesses

Who was Hypnos? Hypnos was the god of sleep in greek mythology and his job was to put people to sleep. He lived in a dark cave across from his twin brother in the Underworld. The cave had no sunlight or a gate, his entrance was full of poppies and hypnotic plants scattered everywhere. This essay will fill your mind with many facts about hypnosis, like his talents and weaknesses, family, importance, and even about his personality.

Hypnos was the son of Nyx (goddess of night) and Erebus (god of darkness.) He had many siblings such as his twin brother, Thanatos (god of death). Thanatos and Hypnos had the most desired and dangerous abilities in Greek mythology: sleep, dreams, fear, and death. Some of his other siblings were Nemesis (goddess of retribution), Eris (goddess of chaos), Keres (god of female death-spirits). When Hypnos was older he got married to Pasithea (goddess of relaxation) and had four children named Morpheus (god of dreams), Phoebeter (god of nightmares), Phantasos (god of surreal dreams) and Ikelos (god of creating true dreams).

Hypnos’s children were named the Oneiroi which meant “the dark-winged spirits of dreams.” The Oneiroi emerged like a group of bats from their home in Erebos (land of eternal darkness beyond the

Hypnos even has things that were dedicated to him too. Hypnos appears in many pieces of art, most of them are vases. One of the vases he has appeared on is called “Ariadne Abandoned by Theseus,” which is located in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston’s collection. On this vase, Hypnos is shown as a winged-god dripping Lethean water on Ariadne’s head while she is sleeping. Another famous piece of art Hypnos appears in is a bronze head of him, which is now kept in the British Museum in London. It shows wings coming from his temples and his hair done neatly, some in knots and some pieces of hair dangling down from his