![]() This tells us two important things about Nyx – that she was sufficiently powerful and frightening to worry even Zeus, and that she cared about her son. One possible reason for Hypnos being the child most often portrayed beside his mother may relate to the story I mentioned in my other post, in which he managed to get on Zeus’ bad side but was saved from certain smiting due to Nyx’s (unspoken) threat of maternal fury. Unlike Demeter, Nyx had numerous children.Įdward Robert Hughes, On the Wings of the Morning. The flower was also associated with the goddess Demeter, who was said to have created the poppy in order that she may sleep, following her separation from her daughter, Persephone. The poppy’s well-known association with both sleep and death suggests that this baby is one of her sons – both were often depicted with crowns of poppies. In Edward Robert Hughes’ Night with her Train of Stars (1912), she is surrounded by cherubs and carries a baby in her arms as poppies scatter beneath them. Evelyn De Morgan also invited Thanatos (Death), the twin brother of Hypnos, to the family gathering in Sleep and Death, the Children of the Night (1883). While images of Nyx as a solitary figure are not scarce, the frequency with which she was painted alongside her son, Hypnos (Sleep) is worthy of our attention. Like Kirsty, I’m primarily a “historian of the Victorian,” and so this seems a good place for me to begin. Towards the end of my last post concerning Nyx, I briefly talked about her portrayal as a maternal being in Persona 3, and I’d like to continue speculating and investigating representations of this particular aspect of her character in other media. Evelyn De Morgan, Sleep and Death, the Children of the Night, 1883Īfter reading and being inspired by this post on Kirsty Stonell Walker’s blog, The Kissed Mouth, I realised it was time for me to keep my promise of returning to the topic of one of the most mysterious Greek goddesses, Nyx (Night).
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