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The dream tree

Friday, December 7th, 2007

i always like small fonts. i dont know why. i just like to look at the cute little fonts. i think im a minimalist.

anyways, i would like to share another picture.. i saw this in a book and i would like to post it so that by the time i return this book, i will have this picture with me.

 

The Dream Tree by Daniel Nevins

"If the mind, which rules the body, ever forgets itself as to trample upon its slave, the slave is never generous enough to forgive the injury; but will rise and smite its oppressor."

Morpheus - was the god of dreams in Greek mythology. He was the son of Hypnos and Pasithea.

"King Sleep was father of a thousand sons -
indeed a tribe - and of them all, the one
he chose was Morpheus, who had such skill
in miming any human form at will.
No other Dream can match his artistry
in counterfeiting men: their voice, their gait,
their face - their moods; and, too, he imitates
their dress precisely and the words they use
most frequently. But he mimes only men…"

-Ovid's Metamorphoses

Ovid therefore suggests that Morpheus only sends images of humans in dreams or visions, while his brothers Phobetor and Phantasos are in charge of depicting dream images of animals and inanimate objects. Together these three sons of Sleep - Morpheus, Phobetor, and Phantasos - rule the realm of dreams. 
 

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Angus: the Celtic god of dreams

www.promotega.org/hgr07014/celtic.html


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hi, prosperpina! i’m so happy i found you again. i thought i lost the link to your blog. i’m lovin’ the new layout and the pinkness.

that’s a beautiful painting. :)

Posted by aCey at December 10, 2007, 12:01 am

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