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mad30 ([personal profile] mad30) wrote2009-06-03 03:00 am

Dr. Mesmer in da house

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In Greek mythology, Hypnos (Ὕπνος) was the personification of sleep; the Roman equivalent was known as Somnus. His twin was Thánatos ("death"); their mother was the goddess Nyx ("night"). His palace was a dark cave where the sun never shines. At the entrance were a number of poppies and other hypnogogic plants.

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-THE GREEK GOD HYPNOS IN MYTH AND ART-

"Sleep... Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death."
~Author unknown, various wordings commonly attributed to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edgar Allan Poe, and Journey to the Center of the Earth....

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