In the legends of the western world, there are also legends about dead gods:
Even in the whole Greek mythology, the twins, Death and Sleeping God, do not belong to their first mate. The only thing that is clear is that the third generation gods are inseparable twins (the ancient Greeks thought that sleep and death were very similar) born of hypnos (Hypnos Romans called Somnus) and Thanatos, the second generation night god Nyx (the father of the god of death and the god of sleep was Eribus, the god of darkness). Together they served Hades and Persephone.
Pluto Hades
Hades is the elder brother of Zeus and Poseidon, and the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea, the second generation gods. In the lottery to allocate the world with his younger brothers, he drew the underworld and became the Lord of the underworld.
Death Danatos
He is the son of the god of the night, and likes to walk around the crowd's residence in a black cloak and a deadly sword in his hand at night. In Greek mythology, there are not many stories about death. The most famous is the story of Sisyphus:
According to Homer's epic, Sisyphus is the most resourceful and skillful man in the world. He was the builder and king of Corinth. When Zeus kidnapped Ajina, the daughter of Isop, the river god, and she went to Corinth to look for her daughter, Sisyphus, who knew about it, told him in exchange for a river that flowed all the year round. Because Zeus revealed his secret, Zeus sent a god of death to take him to hell. Unexpectedly, Sisyphus kidnapped a god of death, leaving no one dead in the world for a long time. Until death was rescued, Sisyphus was sent to the underworld. Before being thrown into the underworld, Sisyphus told his wife Merope not to bury his body. When he arrived in the underworld, Sisyphus told Persephone that an unburied person was not qualified to stay in the underworld, and took three days off to return to the sun to deal with his own affairs. Unexpectedly, as soon as Sisyphus saw the beautiful land, he didn't want to go back to hades. Until his death, Sisyphus was sentenced to accept the punishment of pushing stones up the mountain. He wants to push a big stone to the other side of the top of the mountain, but because of its weight, every time he pushes it to the top of the mountain, it will roll down again, and Sisyphus can only keep repeating it. Basically, this is a famous story in mythology and literature. 1957 albert camus, a French writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature, once wrote a famous philosophical paper, The Myth of Sisyphus, which transformed Sisyphus into a tragic hero with thoughts and tragedies in human history.
The power of death can only affect mortals. As an immortal being, God is not affected by death. So death often has to endure the hatred of mortals and the rejection of God. Death is also dominated by the three goddesses of fate.
Sleeping God Hypnos
Hypnos was the third generation god in ancient Greek mythology more than 4,800 years ago. He is the god in charge of sleep, and he is also in charge of happiness and freedom, because those who can sleep well are really happy and comfortable, while those who can't sleep are miserable or dying. The sleeping god in Greek mythology is a winged god. When he waves a token or flaps his wings, people will fall asleep.
There is also a saying about the image of the sleeping god, who always wears white clothes and holds a poppy in his hand. Anyone swept by poppies can sleep peacefully until dawn. Hypnos has a powerful ability to make people fall asleep, and even Zeus can't escape its power. In Homer's Iliad, Hera once coerced Hypnos to put Zeus into a complete sleep with her ability, and Hypnos did not dare to disobey. Zeus was very angry when he woke up and ordered Hypnos to enter the depths of heaven, which aroused the anger and dissatisfaction of Nyx, the mother of Hypnos and the goddess of the night.
In addition, there is a legend that the god of sleep is the father of Morpheus, the god of sleep.
Death and Sleeping God
These two gods have different responsibilities: Sleeping God is the giver and great defender of people's physical and mental health; Death is the terminator of life and the enemy of mankind. Many human diseases often get better after a good night's sleep, but they may also get worse in the middle of the night and it is difficult to support them until dawn. "Because people who can sleep are happy and comfortable people. People who can't sleep are all people who suffer from death. " In Greek mythology, there is no temple for sleeping gods and death, because they are in charge of sleep and death, and their temples exist in the brain and human body.
The mythical god of death and the god of sleep live in a cave by the Forgotten River. The forgotten river flows into the world from the bottom of the cave, and the banks of the river are covered with drowsy plants such as poppies. Next to their cave is the entrance to the underworld.
Attachment: Another story about Hades:
There is a capital city in Tar Tallas, which is made of brass and surrounded by four closed brass gates. Hades, the king of Hades, ruled there. It's not only very dark here, but also very well guarded. The defeated Titan and Cronus were kept there, guarded by the cyclops and the monsters of Hecatonis. Outside the gates of hell, there are Cerberus, a three-headed dog. Its lower body is the tail of a snake, and its stubborn mouth is full of poisonous saliva. When Cerberus barks at the same time, the sound is like thousands of thunder, which really makes people shudder. When someone comes to the road to hell, Cerberus always coquetry, sticking out its tongue and licking people's hands. But if someone wants to escape from here, he will be rude.
Nyx, the night god, and Milla, the sun god, met in hell. They always come in and out one by one, simply saying hello to each other. Hypnos, the god of sleep, Morpheus, his son, and Thanatos, the god of death. They are all Nyx's sons, Hypnos, the god of sleep, walking on the earth, and he can catch anyone he likes. This man will be released soon. Thanatos, Death, that's not true. He never catches anyone easily. Once he catches someone, he will never let go, because death has never had any pity, and he will definitely send the caught person to hell.
Styx and Styx are two goddesses living in hell. Styx is the eldest daughter of oceanus. Styx is in charge of five rivers flowing through hell. Lett is the daughter of Eris, the goddess of controversy. She is in charge of the atonement river of Lett River. When there is a dispute between the gods, Zeus will send Eris to the Styx with a golden bottle to pick up a bottle of river water, bring it back to Zeus, drink the river water and swear. If he breaks his oath, he will be forced to submit.
[1] Narcissus: A young man died of attachment to his own image in the pool and became a flower named after him.
[2] Persephone, Persephone: the daughter of Zeus and Demeter after their death.
[3] Cronus, Cronus: the son of the first generation God Uranus, the grandson of Gaia, the mother of the earth.
[4] Moerae, The Fates, the three goddesses of fate. The names are Clouseau, Megalobrama and Atrops. In Greek mythology, they decide the fate of mankind.