Morpheus: The God of Dreams of Greek Mythology - Sandman - See U in History

[Music] morpheus is the god of dreams in greek mythology he was the son of hypnos and the goddess passathia responsible for relaxation and rest and also grandson of nix the goddess of the night [Music] he with silent wings visited the dreams of sleeping mortals in these dreams the god took the form of the characters that inhabit men's imagination in these encounters the deity conveyed messages to the dreamers the god lived in a cave sleeping on a bed made of ebony surrounded by flowers and poppies with the juice of the poppies he extracted a substance that

reduced pain and anxiety providing a sleep filled with dreams this substance is the basis of morphine a medicine named after the god morpheus is the leader of the oneiroi gods divinities associated with dreams and subordinate to morpheus phobiator was responsible for nightmares and would assume the form of the frightening creatures terrorizing men's dreams another god was fantasos who transformed himself into the inanimate objects visible in dreams in the myths morpheus would receive the goddess iris in his cave she would give him the messages from the gods to men which were to be delivered by morpheus

during dreams in pop culture two famous characters are named morpheus in the movie matrix morpheus invades neo's dream and offers him the exit to the dream world generated by the matrix in the series the sandman the character dream is the lord of the dream realm one of his many names is morpheus the greeks believed that a good night's sleep was only possible due to the god's blessings which allowed them to find comfort in morpheus arms [Music] you