Morpheus
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Sleep and his half-brother Death (Hypnos and Thanatos) by John William Waterhouse (1874)
Sleep and his half-brother Death (Hypnos and Thanatos) by John William Waterhouse (1874)Morpheus ("he who forms, shapes, molds", from the Greek morphe) is the principal Greek god of dreams and sleep.
Morpheus has the ability to take any human's form and appear in dreams. His father is Hypnos the god of sleep. Nyx (the goddess of night) is his mother/grandmother, and Thanatos, the personification of death, is his uncle. The sons of Hypnos — the Oneiroi — are rulers of dreams, and also include Phobetor (a.k.a. Icelus), and Phantasos.
Morpheus is spoken of in the Metamorphoses of Ovid. He sleeps on an ebony bed in a dimly lit cave, surrounded by poppy flowers. Ovid suggests that Morpheus has a special talent for mimicking human form in dreams. According to Ovid, Morpheus concentrated on the human elements of dreams, his brothers Phobetor and Phantasos being responsible for animals and inanimate objects respectively.
Morpheus sends images of humans in dreams or visions, and is responsible for shaping dreams, or giving shape to the beings which inhabit dreams. Icelus assisted with those aspects of dreams that reflected reality. Phobetor made fearsome dreams (hence "phobia"). Phantasus produced tricky and unreal dreams (hence "fantasy", "phantasmagoria", etc.). Together these sons of Hypnos rule the realm of dreams. Morpheus also had special responsibility for the dreams of kings and heroes. For these reasons Morpheus is often referred to as "Morpheus the Greek god of dreams" in superiority to his brothers.
The drug morphine (once "morphium") derives its name from Morpheus based on its similar dream-inducing power.
- Re: Morpheus (mythology)posted on 07/18/2006
这幅画很gay。
西方的神话是他们所有人文、科学的基础。这个结构很扎实。我今天跟一个搞音乐的朋友谈,谈到中国文化的基础是什么,结构呢?
西方的文化结构很清晰,只要深入了解埃及、希腊神话,你就找到了路线图。
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