The Dreamer James Tissot [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsHesiod speaks of dreams as the children of the goddess Nyx (Night), and siblings to Hypnos (Sleep) and Thanatos (Death). Morpheus is the leader of the gods of dreams. This dark, resplendent family dwells in the western seas near the setting sun and realm of the dead. Traveling toward a dreaming person, true dreams glide from the West through a gate of horn and illusory dreams through a gate of ivory. Only the Olympian gods, Hermes in particular, have domain over Morpheus and the dream gods, and use dreams to communicate with humans. At times the Olympian gods create dream figures of their own that travel to the chamber of the dreamer or morph into a different form and appear in dreams. A dreamer so visited is truly blessed.
I love that the remarkable musician Michael Levyallows us to hear the lyre of the ancients. His work can be purchased on iTunes.
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Flossie Benton Rogers, Conjuring the Magic in Romance
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By Flossie Benton Rogers
Paranormal romance author who loves to shake the edges of reality.
A peculiar family of Gods – Hypnos the god of sleep and Morpheus the god of dreams. I like the phrase “in the arms of Morpheus.” Legends say that Morpheus slept in a cave full of poppy seeds. Is it form Morpheus that morphine took its name, I wonder?
Lovely music in the videoclip.
Thanks for sharing, Flossie, and have a lovely week!
A peculiar family of Gods – Hypnos the god of sleep and Morpheus the god of dreams. I like the phrase “in the arms of Morpheus.” Legends say that Morpheus slept in a cave full of poppy seeds. Is it form Morpheus that morphine took its name, I wonder?
Lovely music in the videoclip.
Thanks for sharing, Flossie, and have a lovely week!
I love the idea of their all living in the west near where the sun sets. Yes, morphine is connected to that root word.
Lovely Music. I like the lyre too. I love the myths of Morpheus and the Dark type stories.
I would love to have time to play more with these dark gods.
Love that music. It’s so ideal for writing. I’m going to have to look him up on iTunes!
Oh, I am glad you like the music, Mae. So moving to me.
The sentence, “traveling toward a dreaming person,” certainly stirs the imagination toward a story idea. The music is soothing.
Thank you! Love these night time figures.