Hypnos and Somnus

      Hey, it's been a while since I last posted something here. I know that you've all been dying to see what I've cooked up today, but I'd like to make a little game with you guys. Tomorrow, on the day of Halloween (or Hallow's Eve if you prefer-) I'm going to give the spotlight to a certain God. I want you guys to figure out which one it's going to be, while not using any search engines. Anyway, we've gotten off track. Today, we talk about Hypos/Somnus.

      Hypnos/Somnus is not an Olympian, but he does have his fair share of glory in myths. He is the child of Nyx/Nox, the goddess of night who was a primordial (For those of you who don't know, Primordial gods are a heck of a lot stronger than regular gods as they have such broad domains). You know she was a deadly lady because Zeus, the creepy dude who regularly tried to get it on with all of the female gods, was terrified of her and wouldn't dare enter her realm. At any rate, he had various siblings, but the most prominent and thematic ones will be mentioned here. The Oneiroi Triplets, Gods of Dreams, where his brothers and Thanatos/Mors, the god of death, was his half brother. Hypnos/Somnus played an extremely important role in the Trojan war that allow Poseidon/Neptune to gain an advantage. He was asked by Hera/Juno to help put Zeus/Jupiter to sleep so that she could gain an advantage in the war. Hypnos/Somnus was smart and knew that since he had already tricked Zeus/Jupiter once and only managed to escape him by hiding with his mother, that he probably shouldn't do that again unless he got something in return. And what would you know, he did get something. He was promised Pasithea, one of the Graces if he went along with the plan. Hypnos/Somnus, wanting to marry Pasithea anyway, decided to help out Hera/Juno so he could get with Pasithea. Surprisingly, Hera/Juno held true and did let Hypnos/Somnus marry Pasithea.

      Now, I know many of you expect that Hypnos/Somnus is the God of sleep and dreams, right? Well, you'd be paratially wrong. Hypnos/Somnus can only bring sleep while the previously mentioned Oneiroi created the dreams. I'll get more into them later on, don't worry. Hypnos/Somnus is only the god of sleep, but I somehow find it very fitting that Thanatos/Mors is his half brother. After all, Thanatos/Mors does give people an eternal slumber that they cannot wake from.