![]() ![]() More of Nyx’s children include, Geras, Moros, Nemesis, the Keres, and the Oneiroi. Interestingly so, Nyx was able to create her own dark spirits including Fates, Sleep, Death, Strife, and Pain. Nyx brought the dark veil over the night, while Hemera chased the dark mists away each morning. Nyx and Erebus produced Hemera (Day) and Aether (Light). Surprisingly, Nyx was never the figurehead of any cult or group, but was worshipped as a background deity in many of the ones for other gods and goddesses. Yet, because of her mysterious and dark nature, many see her as more of a villain figure than she ever appears to be. She’s never spoken of having done anything more ‘evil’ than Zeus himself does in any mythology. Funnily enough, however, she is not exactly the personification of evil in greek mythology. Nyx lived in Tartarus, a place of torment, suffering, and darkness. It reflects it’s owner and should be used during the full moon. The moonstone is used to honor her to this day. She is the only goddess he’s ever feared. Zeus even feared Nyx because she was older and stronger than him. Her ability to bring sleep or death unto to the human race. She can impact mankind in a good or bad way. She was either winged, charioteer, or crowned with an aureole of dark mists. In ancient art, Nyx was drawn in three different ways. Nyx has a shadowy figure, which makes her the perfect personification of the night. Her home is in the depths of Hades’ underworld. It is said that she was created near the beginning of time. Her birthplace was not on Earth but in Gaia. In the end, Hypnos, despite all his power from transcending many boundless, undimensioned realms with ease could not make it past the First Gate, as he was driven insane by mere shadows of far greater beings.Nyx is the Greek Goddess of the night, and the daughter of Chaos. However, Hypnos manages to get past his obstacle, only to be driven insane by what he experienced afterward, and by the sound of a flute. His friend gives up and awakens from his sleep and waits for Hypnos to wake up as well. ![]() ![]() The Lord of Dreams soon becomes confident that he can become the King of all reality, and ascends even further with his friend, eventually reaching a massive clump which they seemingly cannot pass through, unlike all the other previous levels of existence. Transcending limitless realms of existence countless times, going further and deeper each time they transcend the previous plateau of existence. This happens over a period of time where the two travel further beyond. Hypnos begins to enlighten his new friend on the nature of reality and shows him realms which exist beyond all concepts of space, time and dimensions. Hypnos is the Greek/Roman God of Dreams and appears in Lovecraft's short story " Hypnos", where he met a nameless man who would soon be his friend by chance. He appears as a youthful man with a bearded face, "immense, sunken and widely luminous eyes", and a crown of poppies. It is speculated that he is an Elder God, ( EXP: Malleus Monstrorum) as he appears in the story " Hypnos". Hypnos is the Greek god of sleep incorporated into the Cthulhu Mythos by Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Young with the youth that is outside time, and with beauteous bearded face, curved, smiling lips, Olympian brow, and dense locks waving and poppy-crowned. ![]()
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