~ SLEEP  see> HYPNOS
^u       id+ | REVERSIBLE DEATH |         sug> DORMANT
         id+ | REST OF BODY AND MIND |    sug> ASLEEP
         id+ | SUSPENDED CONSCIOUSNESS |  sug> TORPID
  lit+ idiom or expression
       " HE ENTERED THE KINGDOM OF SLEEP " or
  the kingdom of see> SOMNUS or
  implies to become DORMANT               sug> DORMITORY
  thus UNCONSCIOUS                        sug> ASLEEP
  INACTIVE or SLUGGISH  INERT  NUMB       sug> DORMER
  INOPERATIVE  INACTIVE  STAGNANT         sug> IDLE
  or LETHARGIC                            sug> LETHAL
  for etymology and more see> DREAM       sug> MUSE
  the ideas are complex and not constrained to a few
  words nor ideas but spread across concepts of
  CONSCIOUSNESS   DREAM  FANTASY  REST  HEALING  etc
  gr  HYPNOS  = SLEEP                     sug> HYPNOSIS
  ukr SLYPYJ    BLIND                     sug> ASLEEP
      SLABYJ    INFIRM                    sug> SLAB
      SLAB      WEAKENED                  sug> FEEBLE
  myth> the TWINS HYPNOS and THANATOS were DEALERS or DEALT
        with REVERSIBLE and IRREVERSIBLE FORMS OF LETHARGY
  APATHY  AMNESIA  UNCONSCIOUSNESS          sug> COMA
  lat SOPOR         =  LETHARGY SLEEP       sug> SOMNOLENCE
      SOPORIFIC        SLEEP INDUCING       sug> HYPNOTIC
      THANATOPHORIC    DEATH DEALING        see> STUPOR
      THANATOS         DEATH                sug> EUTHANASIA
  ply> | THOSE PROFOUNDLY ASLEEP often are described as
         BEING IN THE KINGDOM OF SLEEP or HYPNOS |
  ply> | THOSE WHO DREAM or DAYDREAM often are
         under the spell of MORPHEUS |
  see> HYPNOS
  see> MORPHEUS
  note that MERCURY or HERMES
       USED A CADUCEUS as a
  SLEEP INDUCING WONDER WAND
  in the same fashion as did ISIS
  note the CADUCEUS is also known as "THE OPIATE ROD"
  OPIUM induces FALLING SLEEP              sug> CADENCE
  DEEP SLEEP can be described as           sug> OBLIVION
  " DEAD TO THE WORLD "                    sug> LETHARGY
  SLEEP CAN INDUCE DREAMS OF               sug> FANTASY
  VISIONS or DREAD ascribed to             sug> NIGHTMARE
  MORPHEUS SHAPING DREAMS                  sug> MORPHOGENESIS
  the above ideas can be found in          sug> AMORPHOUS
  for more MYTHOLOGY
  see> NYX  see> HYPNOS  see> MORPHEUS
  note SLEEP linking with ideas regarding
  see> VISION and see> below               see> AMUSING
  eng       DREAM     = FANTASY            see> MUSE
  old Saxon DREMATI      SLEEP             sug> SLUMBER
  skt       DRAYATY     idem               sug> DREAMING
  gr        DARTHANEIN  idem               sug> FLABBY
  lat       DORMIRE     idem               sug> DORMANT
  sp        DORMIR      idem               sug> DORMITORY
  ukr       SPATY       idem               sug> LETHARGY
            PADAI       TO FALL            sug> LANGUOR
  ger       SCHLAF      SLEEP              sug> LAX  RELAX
  skt       LAMBATE     SLUMBER            sug> DOZE
  old Irish LOBUR       WEAK               sug> ENNUI
  ukr       SLABYJ      SICK and WEAK      sug> SLUMBER
  old Norse SLOTA       HAND DOWN          sug> SLEET
  ukr       SLYPYJ      BLIND              sug> NO VISION
  Dutch     SLUIPEN     SLIP               sug> SLIDE
  sp        SUEN~O      SLEEP and DREAM    sug> STUPOR
  lat       SOMNUS      SLEEP              sug> SOMNOLENT
            SOMNIUM     DREAM              sug> INSOMNIAC
  ukr       SON         DREAM              sug> FANTASY
  sp        SON~AR      DREAM              sug> VISION
            SANABULO    SOMNAMBULIST       sug> INSOMNIA
  med> AGENTS THAT INDUCE SLEEP ARE HYPNOTIC
       AGENTS THAT ALTER CONSCIOUSNESS ARE NARCOTIC
  BOTH MAN INDUCE LETHARGY and SLEEP and overdoses may
  induce DEATH  or LETHAL LETHARGY
  SLEEP HAS AND IS CONSIDERED
  TO BE PART OF A RESTORATION OF HEALTH and
  PROBABLY AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF HEALING
  SLEEP DEPRIVATION IS LETHAL
  INSOMNIA denotes LACK OF SLEEP
  note expressions
  " REST THERAPY " or RELAXATION
  " SLEEPING THERAPY "
  " BEAUTY SLEEP "       CADUCEUS
      CAER      FALL                       sug> FITFUL
  ukr SPATY     SLEEP                      sug> SLUMBER
       PADAI    TO FALL                    sug> SLUMP
  sp  SOPOR     SOMNOLENT                  sug> SOPORIFIC
  ukr NARCOSA   ANESTHETIC                 sug> PAIN
  eng NARCOTIC  SLEEP INDUCER              sug> NARCOLEPSY
  THE CADUCEUS REPRESENTED A TRAVELING or  sug> FIT
  WALKING STAFF or STICK                   sug> STAFFING
  THE SNAKES REPRESENT KNOWLEDGE           sug> DOUBT
  ITS WINGS ARE SYMBOLIC FOR SPEED         sug> MERCURIAL
  THE CUP REPRESENTS HEALING or            sug> CURATIVE
  SLEEP POTION                             sug> SEDATIVE
  THE WHITE RIBBONS SHOW RESPECT FOR       sug> REVERENCE
  THE MESSAGES FROM GODS or ZEUS           sug> DREAM
  note how until recent times " HOSPITAL STAFF " implied
  A COMPLEX MEDICAL TEAM CHARGED TO OPENLY REVIEW THE TREATMENT
  OF EACH PATIENT BY MAKING WALKING WARD ROUNDS WHICH
  ALLOWED PATIENTS TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS DIRECTLY
  the idea of "STAFF NURSE" persists but
  "WARD ROUNDS" HAVE GIVEN WAY TO MODERN PRACTICE STYLES
  WHERE A LONE MEDICAL PRACTITIONER ON HIS OWN
  "PRIVATE" ROUNDS CAN MAKE DECISIONS WITHOUT BEING
  EXPOSED TO THE JUDGMENT OF HIS PEERS
  ply> | HYPNOS leads to HYPNOTIC DREAMS AND FLABBINESS
         SOMNUS       to SOMNOLENT DORMITORIES
         SLEEP        to BLINDNESS and
         THANATOS     to EUTHANASIA |
  ply> | TREES in SLUMBER become LUMBER |
  see> CADUCEUS  HYPNOS  MORPHEUS  SOMNUS
 

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