Still, in some variations, he was instead referred to as Hegellos, and he would make dreams seem more realistic. Phobetor, whose name originates from the Greek word meaning “frightening”, was responsible for creating nightmares.These began as hypnos’ siblings, but many believed that his sons also became part of the Oneiroi: Hypnos and Thanatos, Sleep and His Half-Brother Death by John William Waterhouse He was also a brother of Thanatos, the personification of death, and among his numerous brothers and sisters with Oneiroi, a collection of deities responsible for bringing dreams. Hypnos is taken directly from the Greek word meaning “sleep”, and as his name suggests, he was indeed the ancient Greek version of The Sandman. We’ve previously discussed Nyx and some of her children, and today, it is another one of those children that we’ll be examining, Hypnos, the spirit and personification of sleep. Hypnos, the son of night and darkness, the brother of dreams and nightmare, secluded in his cave by the sea-a silent and empty place to be. He was saved by taking refuge with Night ( Nyx), whose power Zeus always respected. Hypnos usually refused to anger Zeus, possibly because he had already come close to having a thunderbolt hurled at him. On several occasions, Hera asked Hypnos to lull her husband Zeus to sleep so that she could attack his son Heracles. His roman counterpart was Somnus (“Sleep”). Hypnos lived in the underworld, the realm of Hades, and never saw the sun. Morpheus, the god of dreams, was his son. Hypnos (“Sleep”), in Greek Mythology, was the son of Nyx, the night goddess, and the brother of Thanatos (“Death”). In Conclusion Who is Hypnos in Greek Mythology?.This occurred during the Trojan War, and the period when Zeus was asleep, was a time when Poseidon aided the Achaeans in their fight, something which Zeus had previously forbade. This time Hypnos is much more wary, and initially refuses to do Hera’s work, but when the goddess promises him the hand in marriage of Pasithea, the beautiful Charity, Hypnos eventually agrees to put Zeus to sleep for a short while. Hera returns to Hypnos later to ask that he put Zeus to sleep once again. The power of Nyx is sufficient to prevent Zeus from confronting the ancient Goddess, and so Hypnos is saved from danger. Enraged, Zeus seeks to do harm to Hypnos, and the Greek god of Sleep if forced to flee to the Underworld, and the cave of his mother Nyx . On this occasion though, Zeus is not put into a deep slumber, and soon recognises the work of Hypnos. On the first occasion Hera persuades Hypnos to put her husband, Zeus, to sleep so that she might inflict harm upon Heracles, her husband’s child. Hypnos is also prominent in the plans of Hera, and on two separate occasions, the Greek goddess seeks to use the powers of Hypnos. Selene having fell in love with the handsome shepherd Endymion wanted her love to stay that way for ever, but Zeus had no wish to make him immortal, so instead had Hypnos put him into an eternal sleep, with his eyes wide open, allowing him to gaze for all time, and allowing Selene to always look upon his handsome face. The work of Hypnos appears in several important mythological stories, and is prominent in the tale of Selene and Endymion.
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