Mulungu wa Sleep Hypnos ndi mwana wa Mdima ndi Usiku. Iye ndi wokoma mtima komanso wokoma mtima, makamaka poyerekeza ndi mapasa ake, mulungu wakufa kuposa thanatos. Hypnos anali wokondedwa wa muses. Nthano zambiri zimagwirizana ndi mulungu uyu.
Mfundo yaikulu yokhudza mulungu wakale wachi Greek Hypnose
Pali malingaliro angapo osiyana pa malo okhalamo. Pali zambiri zomwe Hypnos ankakhala ndi mchimwene wake pansi pa Hades. Ku Homer, mulungu uyu amakhala pa chilumba cha Lemnos. Malingana ndi buku lina lotchuka, Hypnos amakhala m'phanga m'dziko la Cimmerian. Nthawi zonse mumakhala mdima ndipo mumakhala chete. M'phanga ili mtsinje wa Oblivion umayambira. Pafupi ndi khomo limakula poppies ndi zomera zina zomwe zimagwira ntchito. Pakatikati mwa phanga pali bedi komwe Hypnos ikupuma, ndipo kuzungulira izo ndi zolengedwa zosaoneka zopanda pake - maloto.
Mulungu Hypnos anawonetsedwa ngati mnyamata wamaliseche ali ndi mapiko kumbuyo kwake kapena pamasapo ake. Nthawi zina iye anawonjezera ndevu. Chidziwitso chake chachikulu ndi wongogona. Iwo anakhudza maso a anthu, omwe anawapangitsa iwo kugona. Choyimira ndi poppy kapena lipenga lomwe lili ndi madzi otentha a poppy. Usiku uliwonse, Hypnos imathamanga pamwamba pa nthaka ndikutsanulira chakumwa cha soporific. Mulungu amapatsa anthu maloto okoma, omwe amawathandiza kuiwala mavuto omwe alipo ndi zovuta zawo.
Hypnos ali ndi mphamvu yogona tu anthu wamba ndi nyama, komanso milungu. Pali nthano yosangalatsa yokhudza izi. Tsiku lina, Hera anapempha mulungu woti agone kuti awononge Zeus kuti awononge Hercules. Pambuyo pa Zeus adadzuka, adakwiya ndipo adafuna kupha Hynos, koma kwa iye adayima mayi wa Thread ndipo anakhululukidwa. Mwana wotchuka kwambiri wa mulungu wa Hynos ndi Morpheus, yemwe amatsanzira anthu. Anakhalanso ndi mwana wamwamuna Fobetor, yemwe adasandulika nyama ndi mbalame, ndikuganiza zozizwitsa, akuwonekera pamaso pa anthu ngati mawonekedwe osiyana.