A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In “Theogony,” a Greek poet Hesiod who likely lived around 700 BC, tells about Hypnos, the god of sleep, and his twin brother, Thanatos, the god of death, who the Greeks occasionally saw as a harbinger of a peaceful death. Their parents were Nyx, the goddess of the night, and Erebus, the god of darkness.
Hypnos was the God of sleep in Greek mythology. Credit: Adobe Stock – matiasdelcarmine
The two divine brothers work in good cooperation, and together, they successfully help humans avoid unnecessary suffering and die peacefully during sleep. Hypnos masters people’s dreams and owns half of their lives, watching over men’s dreams and above all over the gods’ dreaming.
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