Hey dear Hiveans, at the beginning monks I welcome you all to my contribution and hope you have a weekend that was full of numerous interesting experiences! In this post, I would like to talk a little about Greek mythology and hope you are able to expand your knowledge.
You can see here some works of art that are supposed to present the Greek god of dreams Morpheus and according to legends, he is the one who makes the dreams appear during the night and he was also considered the son of Hypnos who is also known as the God of sleep. There are different interpreters about his mother and the exact origin is not clear and the best-known traditions of him come from the Greek poets Homer, Hesiod or Ovid and there are different views in Greek mythology who sends the dreams to the people and there was also the view that Zeus could be behind it. Morpheus was also considered one of the three Oneroi who were also known as the embodiment of the dream and in addition to Morpheus there were also Phantasos and Phobetor and he was also considered the ruler of them and all had their own abilities and could transform into different shapes and influence the nature or intensity of dreams. Morpheus was also considered a very mysterious deity who even had the ability to convey the messages of the gods and in legends he transformed himself into different figures and sometimes he appears in female form and sometimes in male and it all depended on whether the dreams were cheerful or sad and this varied depending on the message which should be delivered. It was not always clear what he would tell the dreamers and there were views that the messages were often deceptive or not easy to recognize and there were also views that Morpheus sometimes sent encrypted messages and he was also often considered a medium and also delivered the messages of the dreamers to the gods. In the visual arts he is often portrayed differently and sometimes he is considered a human and in other interpretations, he was also considered a demonic being and as an equivalent of him in Roman mythology is also Somnus known and in general was the origin of the dreams which can also be regarded as a reflection of the subconscious, an important topic that was dealt with in Ancient times and so it was already Plato who had the assumption that reality could be a dream. Here are some interesting quotes from Plato: "How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream, or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state?" or "Reality is created by the mind. We can change our reality by changing our mind." - by Plato.
Thanks for taking the time to read through my post and I hope you like it and can even learn something new about this topic, I used artificial intelligence to create these works of art.
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Happy to hear that you were able to learn new things about the greek mythology.
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Thank you for taking the time to write such kind feedback, it motivates me a lot that you like my post. You said that well, he is definitely one of the character in Greek mythology that has a mystical charisma and again a good example of how diverse Greek mythology is. I think the quote from plato fits very well with the post and also provides a mystical flair :) Good to know that you are also interested in other cultures, also in ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt and other cultures there were views that are dreams could be messages or signs of the gods. I wish you a good day dear @wellingt556