#Hypnos and Somnus

[merklins]

Willow you are hilarious and I’m stealing all of your tags. Yes they are different people welcome to fifty of the same person fandom (:

Might have been done before but silly tag game. Who is prev's blorbo?

[a-child-of-chaos906]

Hypnos-Somnus is the silence and calmness of the night. He is the warmth of a blanket and coldness of other side of the pillow. He is tiredness, that comes at the end of the day and energy or comfortable laziness in the morning. He is pastel soothing blue, purple and white. He is slow and peaceful lo-fi. He is the blackness of the sleep or vivid visions of the dreams. He is red fields of blood on steppes or single little drops here and there on grass in form of wild poppies. He is this little crust of poppy's seeds in the bun filled with them. He is the certainty of the next day. He is the little white feathers that appear in every part of the city. He is the warmth of sweaters and pajamas. He is the smell of fresh cleaned sheets and much, much more.

He is so many than just sleep. And once you see it, it's hard to stop again. I hope that this year will be calmer, so I could give Him what He truly deserves.

But now, thank you, kind Hypnos-Somnus, that in my crisis days, where I couldn't get enough sleep, you helped me get some rest. That my bed was a safe space, that my pillows were soft. Thank you, that I didn't have any nightmares or stress dreams for a long time.

I thank you and honour you, Hypnos-Somnus, gentle God of sleep!

[sleepnowmychild]

Request for the Hypnos devotees:

My family is planning on going to Italy around this time next year, we’re Italians living in Australia so this is a long overdue trip back to the motherland. While I am definitely exited, I just know my sleep is going to be absolutely butchered over the weeks I’m there. Time zones, sleeping in hotel beds, early starts and late bedtimes to travel from city to city. Also my relationship with that side of the family is a little rocky (because trans yay) so it’ll be an exhausting trip.

So I’m going to be absolutely leaning heavily on Hypnos the whole time for some half decent sleep and protection. And that got me thinking, given Hypnos was also present in Ancient Rome as Somnus, I’m wondering if there’s anywhere in Italy he has history in from Roman times. I’ll do some looking into it, but if anyone knows, please do tell. I’m much more educated on the Ancient Greek side of things, but I know he was quite present in Rome too, there’s several texts proving that. I’m not liking my chances of finding any little statuettes of him or anything while I’m there, from what I’ve heard it’s mainly the Olympians that show up in museum souvenir shops and stuff, but if I do find something I’ll literally scream.

[somnolent-sun]

somnolent sun upload schedule:

-> wednesday: worship wednesday . posts about how I personally worship and honor the gods in my day-to-day life

-> friday: hypnos . posts about how I worship hypnos in my life, and what I did that day for him

-> saturday: asmodeus . posts about how I worship asmodeus in my life, and what I did that day for him -> sunday: apollon . posts about how I worship apollon in my life, and what I did for him that day

worship wednesday posts will be queued weekly (hopefully) and I will try to keep these posts weekly or bi-weekly

I am disabled and suffer from chronic fatigue so posts may happen at random too lol

[yonemurishiroku]

Seeing Hypnos getting a spotlight for TSATS suddenly reminded me of the old headcanon that Nico is a legacy of Somnus (Hypnos's Roman counterpart) and that's why his dreaming powers are so strong? Do we know if that theory still has legs

This is actually interesting because Nico's skillset is just. Ridiculously diverse. Just a bunch of things grouped into one as if Rick ran out of Chthonic deities so he just. stuffed everything into one son of Hades.

Which is, well, fair. Because it's not like I know much about the Underworld residents either...

Anw yeah, Nico as a legacy of Somnus/Hypnos makes so much more sense than Hades' dream power thing. I did read somewhere that Hades' realm technically expands over dreams and sleep - it's not entirely made up - but it's not like a demigod can possess all their parent's power or such wide spies of expertise without appearing a little too OP.

Alas, however, it remains a headcanon. If I may entertain you, though, I also headcanon that Hypnos/Somnus was actually the one teaching Nico that death trance thing that he used back in the jar.

On the topic of TSATS, I do hope they wouldn't have to. like. fight Hypnos or something... I pretty much hope them to be along the amicable terms. But it's not like there's anything i can do anw lolol

[cult--of--hypnos]

Ohnononono its gonna be another sleepless night huh

[lostinvasileios]

Our dear beloved Hypnos genuinely makes his stance on TERFS/ect so very prominent.

He in no way is a supporter of it. He's one of the biggest helpers in gender affirming for me, and for many others. He embraces those targeted by oppressive ideologies like transphobia like he does slumber. Entirely and lovingly.

It's pitiful to see how some people can be so loud and so painstakingly wrong when saying how the gods are anti-LGBT.

Hate to burst your bubble here, but - the gods literally have countless and current flourishing history/histories of being exactly what you reject.

Hypnos himself once said to me: "Those who deny you are only the ones who are not able to sleep cozily with a sense of love in their reality. Take no heart to it, for they can only dream of the beauty you get to experience."

THIS TEMPLE IS ANTI TERF/RADFEM/GENDER CRITICAL

There is a large TERF issue in hellenism communities, I'm not sure why considering how pro trans hellenism is, but I do want to say that no TERFS are welcome to The Temple of Hypnos. You're telling me Hypnos would support people who deny others their dreams? Hypnos would support terfs who bring harm and stress to trans people like me? Don't make me laugh. You're an insult to all hellenics, may you never rest and may you never dream

[somnolent-sun]

OKAY I figured some stuff out so im updating the blog now (I say as if I didnt already do it) new blog name is Somnolent Sun, referencing both Hypnos and Apollon I will only go by Niccolo or Nico on this blog, as I decided that will be my practice name :3 Will update more stuff when its ready but im sleepy (its 1pm)

[s-o-m-n-u-s]

i d i drew a silly sona for myself

[pupsmailbox]

SLEEP ID PACK

NAMES ⌇　alice.　almo.　asteria.　asterie.　azlin.　bubble.　celeste.　celestelle.　cham.　chamomile.　cimon.　cloudie.　corvus.　célestine.　dormi.　dormio.　dre.　drea.　dream.　dreama.　dreda.　dreena.　drefan.　drem.　drema.　drena.　dreng.　dreogan.　drew.　drewry.　drewsila.　dreyken.　drowsielle.　dusk.　eirene.　endri.　hypnos.　hypo.　lorien.　lucette.　lucid.　lullaby.　lumi.　lumina.　luminette.　luna.　lunelle.　lylah.　mimi.　mirage.　moea.　morpheus.　niamh.　night.　noah.　nocturne.　nod.　nyx.　paisley.　reve.　reverie.　sabbatha.　sabriel.　sen.　shai.　shep/herd.　slumberette.　somnia.　somnus.　sora.　stella.　stelle.　vision.　zzz.

PRONOUNS ⌇　 bed/bed.　blank/blanket.　blanket/blanket.　blankie/blankie.　blear/bleary.　bleary/bleary.　cloud/cloud.　cra/crash.　doz/dozy.　doze/doze.　dozy/dozy.　dream/daydream.　dream/dream.　dream/dreamer.　dream/dreamscape.　dream/dreamy.　dreams/dream.　drift/drift.　dro/drowsy.　drow/drowsy.　drowsy/drowsy.　eep/eepy.　fatigue/fatigue.　haze/haze.　hush/hush.　illu/illusion.　kip/kip.　lu/lucid.　lucid/lucid.　mel/mel.　mellow/mellow.　moon/moon.　nap/nap.　night/nightmare.　nightmare/nightmare.　pillow/pillow.　plush/plush.　plush/plushie.　re/rem.　re/repose.　rest/rest.　sle/sleep.　Sleep/sleep.　sleep/sleep.　sleep/sleepy.　sleepy/sleepy.　slu/slumber.　sluggish/sluggish.　slum/slumber.　slumber/slumber.　snooze/snooze.　snore/snore.　somno/somno.　star/star.　tire/tired.　tired/tired.　tor/torpor.　torpid/torpid.　wink/wink.　yawn/yawn.　ze/zem.　zzz/zzz.　💤/💤.　😴/😴.　🛏️/🛏️.

[ajs-demigod-bullshit]

Not to start Rumors but he definitely had a dream about it like a week ago

Leo visited Camp Jupiter today and managed to set the fields of Bacchus on fire and he won’t tell anyone what led to that.

[tblsomedoodles]

Why the twins abandoned Draxum

Ok, i promised more Imaginary Friend content, and i am here to deliver!

this is a little more of the plot side of things rather than the shenanigans.

i'll put it under the cut since it's long. again.

Ok, so they sneak out to meet with Mikey and Raph for about three years before Draxum realizes what's going on. (or part of what's going on. He knows they have been sneaking out and the caretaker hasn't been doing his job properly, but he doesn't know they were sneakign out to meet, or even who they were meeting.)

Upon finding this out, the caretaker is fired and Draxum decides that, if they are competent enough to constantly leave the house on their own and come back fine, they are competent enough to be properly trained. This means they no longer have the opportunity to sneak out.

Mikey and Raph try to reach out to them via mind meld, but it's too far for a strong enough connection to communicate, not to mention the twins keep purposefully shutting them out. the twins figure that since they can no longer meet up with them, that It's better to cut themselves off completely now than continuing to long for a time, they believe, is gone.

It's two more years before they meet again, and it's on accident.

When Mayhem stole the emperium, Draxum sent the twins to fetch it, treating it as a test.

They're sent out to fetch the emperium, and, of course, run into Mikey and Raph (and April). It's very much a surprise, especially considering they're standing between them and their mission. They're careful not to hurt their siblings but do get Mayhem away Donnie sending Mikey a quick "do not follow us. it's dangerous" mind meld message before they nope on out through Leo's portal. a portal that both April and the soon-to-be imitation crab man go through before it closes.

They appear right in the middle of the lab so neither of the twins quite realize they have stowaways until it's too late. They recognize April as one of Mikey and Raph's friends and figure it's not a good idea for Draxum to realize she's there, so they hide her in a nearby closet before Draxum can notice, miming for her to stay quiet. once Draxum leaves again, Leo portals her back out of the building (he's aiming for topside but ends up just setting her down on their front porch for Mikey and Raph to find.)

Anyways! Mikey and Raph (and April) show up like canon, and, of course Draxum is seeing stars. It's the other two. He could have a full set once again! but they prove to be difficult to coerce into joining him, so he creates that vine monster to fight them (and test them while they're at it.) He sends Leo and Donnie after them as well, but they linger, choosing halfheartedly fight April rather than their brothers. That is, until Mikey ends up weaponless and the target of an attack that could hurt him.

Then the above happens. Donnie instinctively protects Mikey, which angers Draxum, which causes Leo to portal Donnie behind him so he's away from him, and, then they defect, choosing to get their brothers, April, and Mayhem out of the soon-to-explode lab rather than continue fighting.

but yeah, that's how they get away from Draxum. The power of little brother in peril lol.

(fun fact i'm just coming up with now (but have been thinking about) Draxum was super extra dramatic when he named the twins originally. He named them Thanatos and Somnus. though neither of them really acknowledge those names b/c they so rarely heard them growing up. Literally only Draxum used them. which is why when Mikey asked thier names, they just shrugged. Why is that Draxum beign extra, b/c those are the twin personifications of death and sleep respectively (though Somnus is technically the Roman name. but since Somnus's Greek name is Hypnos, i thought it would be too confusing.) also, according to Greek Mythology, Thanatos and Hypnos are the twin sons of Nyx (goddess of night) and Erebus (god of the dark). SO yes, Draxum was being dramatic AF and named a set of twins he was going to train to be ninja warriors, after the mythological twins born to night and darkness. and who also embody death and sleep. (this also gives me a good excuse to jokingly call the twins the Myth Twins, even though the aus staying named Mikey's imaginary Friends. lol))

[kthecritter]

sleep conceptkin id pack for anon! I hope you enjoy! I am feeling super sleepy rn, so this is very fitting lol

Names/nicknames:

Snooze

Nap

Yawn

Dormir

Somnus

Nyx

Hypnos

Oneir

Usernames/titles:

Always-be-Sleepy

Honk…Shooo

CozyInMyBed

Endless.Dreamer

The Sleepiest Being

The Constant Yawner

The Snoring Sleeper

The Odd Dreamer

Pronouns:

Sleep/sleep/sleeps/sleepself

Nap/nap/naps/napself

Zzz/zzz/zzz’s/zzzself (pronounced like zee)

Doze/doze/dozes/dozeself

Honk/shoo/honks/shooself (alternatively, you can replace shoo with mimimi)

Rest/rest/rests/restself

Cuddle/cuddle/cuddles/cuddleself

Dream/dream/dreams/dreamself

[socte-blue]

Hello,, I saw you ask for ID pack requests... Uhm ,, how about sleepy ID pack? Maybe?

[ OH HELL YEAH! ]

𖦹 ~ SLEEPYCORE ID PACK

𖦹 NAMEs: Paisley, Night, Eirene, Hypo, Somnus, Azlin, Almo, Noah, Dormi, Sen.

𖦹 USERNAMEs: Away-in-dreamland, shut-eyes, sleepy-sleeper, melatonin, cat-naps, you-should-rest, moon-and-stars, out-4-A-wink, sleeping-like-a-log, snoozer, still-in-bed.

𖦹 PRONOUNs: Sleep/sleep’s, rest/rest’s, mellow/mellow’s, mel/mel’s, ze/zem, snore/snore’s, star/star’s, blank/blanket’s, nap/nap’s, snooze/snooze’s, kip/kip’s, wink/wink’s, moon/moon’s, drift/drift’s

𖦹 GENDERs: Blankiegender, dreamgender, sleepyboy, sleepic, sleepyfreak, eepygender, sleepything, nightgender.

𖦹 BIOs/BLOG TITLEs: I’d rather sleep than stay awake. . ., love melatonin’s in the air, Hypnos lives here, Still Dreaming, resting my eyes, too tired for this blog, a sleepy [Boy/girl/other] lives here, under the stars.

[sleepnowmychild]

Prayers and hymns to Hypnos:

Anytime I find one in a book or site about ancient texts, I save it for later use. So here’s what I’ve collected so far.

Orphic Hymn 85 to Hypnos (Greek hymns C3rd B.C. to 2nd A.D.) :
"To Hypnos, Fumigation from Poppies. Hypnos, king of Gods, and men of mortal birth, sovereign of all, sustained by mother earth; for thy dominion is supreme alone, over all extended, and by all things known. 'Tis thine all bodies with benignant mind in other bands than those of brass to bind. Tamer of cares, to weary toil repose, and from whom sacred solace in affliction flows. Thy pleasing gentle chains preserve the soul, and even the dreadful cares of death control; for Thanatos, and Lethe with oblivious stream, mankind thy genuine brothers justly deem. With favouring aspect to my prayer incline, and save thy mystics in their works divine."

Statius, Silvae 5. 4. 1 (Roman poetry C1st A.D.) :
*prayer by an Insomiac

O youthful Somnus, gentlest of the gods, by what crime or error of mine have I deserved that I alone should lack thy bounty? Silent are all the cattle, and the wild beasts and the birds, and the curved mountain summits have the semblance of weary slumber, nor do the raging torrents roar as they were wont; the ruffled waves have sunk to rest, and the sea leans against earth's bosom and is still. Seven times now hath the returning moon beheld my fixed and ailing eyes; so often have the lights of Oeta and Paphos revisited me, so oft hath Tithonia passed by my groans, and pitying sprinkled me with her cool whip. Ah! how may I endure? Not if I had the thousand eyes of sacred Argus, which he kept but in alternate watchfulness, nor even waked in all his frame at once. But now--ah, me!--if some lover through the long hours of night is clasping a girl's entwining arms, and of his own will drives thee from him, come thence, O Somnus! Nor do I bid thee shower all the influence of thy wings upon my eyes--that be the prayer of happier folk!--touch me but with thy wand's extremest tip--'tis enough--or pass over me with lightly hovering step."

By Sophocles in Philoctetes:

''Divine Hypnos, god who knows no pain, Hypnos, stranger to anguish, come in favour to us, come happy, and giving happiness, great King! Keep before his eyes such light as is spread before them now. Come to him, I pray you, come with power to heal!''

[aroaceleovaldez]

hi! fellow mun here, since halloween is coming up, i’d like to ask for main chthonic gods? obviously every god can have chthonic traits depending on which traits you emphasise, but i’d just like the major players. i’m currently thinking hecate, hades, hypnos, and maybe some other gods that don’t start with an h. thanks in advance ^^

The secret about chthonic deities is a lot do start with H, for some reason. Particularly the well-known ones.

In general, keeping strictly Greek, your major players are Hades (who technically doesn't start with H cause his full name is Aïdês or Aidôneus, or Pluto/Pluton if you're late Greek), Persephone, Hermes (as a psychopomp), Charon, Hecate, Hypnos (+ the oneiroi), Thanatos, Macaria, Melinoë, Zagreus, the Furies, Angelos, Erebos, Nyx, Tartarus, personifications/nymphs of the rivers of the Underworld (Styx, Lethe, etc).

And then you've got a couple of nymphs (some specifically chthonic, others just general nymphs like Minthe) and daemons like Menoetes. Plus some "sometimes" ones like Demeter, Kronos (post-Titanomachy when he's watching over the Isles of the Blessed), or sometimes the Fates are included or Nyx's children in general as all or mostly chthonic though there are some that pretty solidly are not (ex: the Hesperides, Philotes, Aether, etc).

Not every god is chthonic, because "chthonic" specifically means "relating to below ground/beneath the earth." Most chthonic deities are recognized by if they had black animals, particularly black cattle sacrificed to them. That's usually the main sign, since black animals are generally overarchingly sacred to chthonic deities. Poseidon is sometimes classified as chthonic because in Mycenaean Greece he literally was the ruler of the Underworld. Zeus being worshiped as a chthonic deity usually relates to associations/conflation with the figure that gets swapped around a lot as being Zeus, Poseidon, and/or Hades but has pretty much solidified into being Hades. History is funky like that!

And I did not get into the Roman pantheon but Rome (+ associated pantheons they scooped up along the way) has quite a few chthonic deities of varying sorts, like: Dis Pater, Orcus, Summanus, Proserpina, Dea Tacita, Mors, Somnus (and the Somnia), Libitina, Mania, Mantus, Mefitis, Morta, Nenia, Soranus/Śuri, Trivia, Vejovis, and etc.

Hope this is helpful! Happy Halloween!!! 👻