The “Narceus” served both as an attribute for Hypnos and as the vehicle for his sister, Somnus (Dream). The horse’s head protruded from its forehead, so it could breathe and travel easily. He had a winged horse (called a “Narceus”) that was pulled by a team of horses with no hooves. Hypnos’s function was to watch over the souls of the dead as they slept. The horses’ heads protruded from their foreheads, and they came out of his ears on either side. His chariot was drawn by winged horses that had no hooves. Thanatos’s duty was to carry off souls to their final resting place. According to ancient Greek mythology, he and his brother were both fathered by Nyx but raised by Hera in a cave on Mount Ida (in Crete). He was portrayed as a young bearded man with wings upon his shoulders emerging from his ears as he rides the back of a horse-drawn carriage. On the other hand, Hypnos was the personification of sleep.
He was said to have been born from Night (Nyx) and Death itself (Erebus) when Aphrodite first separated the two in order to stop them from killing one another. Many times in ancient stories, Thanatos, the Greek God of death, was portrayed as a youthful man with wings upon his shoulders emerging from his skull as he rides his horse-drawn chariot. Thanatos was the personification of death, and he was often depicted carrying a dead soul to the underworld. Hypnos was a young, bearded man with wings upon his shoulders emerging from his ears as he rides on the back of a horse-drawn carriage. The depiction of Thanatos in Greek literature is that he was a young, beardless man with wings upon his shoulders emerging from his skull as he rides on a horse-drawn chariot. He appeared to mortals to take them off to the underworld when the time allotted to them by Moirai (the Fates) had expired. We are thrilled to have completed ‘Hypnos’, and with good faith wish that it will invoke a similar curiosity in you just the same.Thanatos was the son of Nyx, the goddess of night, and the brother of Hypnos, the god of sleep. As a piece aligned more with poetry than prose, many aspects to the film’s creation were driven by an intuition not only of my own accord, but that of the fellow filmmakers as well, resulting in a journey of discovery for all involved. In finding a familiar thematic thread of mortality, transcendence, and serenity in these reference points, as well as an aesthetic similarity in relation to the gothic and the biblical, ‘Hypnos’ allowed me to explore these styles and narratives in a manner that was personal, unique, and unrestrained by my creative vision and interpretation of the mythological canon.įrom a production standpoint, ‘Hypnos’ was primarily an exercise in risk-taking, spontaneity, and self-belief. There were numerous inspirations that contributed to the conception of ‘Hypnos’ alongside Greek mythology, I was equally led by my interests in dark ambient soundscapes, 19th century Romantic artwork, and various iterations of underground/experimental cinema. Given my previous experience with more dialogue-centric cinema, ‘Hypnos’ was an exciting venture into the unknown in creating what is essentially a silent film, reliant on visual storytelling, aesthetics, and symbolism. ‘Hypnos’ is my second completed short film, produced as part of my MA in ‘Film Direction & Production’ with the Huston School of Film and Digital Media.
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