![]() ![]() Nyx and Erebus, the goddess of the night and the god of darkness were primordial deities. The clan of Hypnos were the gods and goddesses of Greek mythology that controlled dreams and sleep, as well as death and fear. The Greeks won the war, and Zeus never found out that he had been fooled once again. Hera then transformed Hypnos into a bird and he quickly flew to Poseidon to inform him that he could help the Achaeans while Zeus was sleeping. Just as he reached out to put his arms around her, Hypnos made Zeus fall asleep. Perfumed and coifed, she looked so beautiful that Zeus could not resist her charms. Hera went to see Zeus under the pretense of wanting to discuss her arguing parents. Finally, he agreed to do it, on the condition that he would be awarded the grace goddess Pasithea as his bride. Hera tried to persuade him with gifts, but Hypnos was reluctant to push his luck again with Zeus and initially refused. Hypnos was reluctant to use trickery once again on the father of the gods. Much later, the constantly plotting Hera wanted to help the Achaeans who were losing the Trojan War, so she asked Hypnos the very dangerous favor of putting her husband to sleep again so she could proceed with her plan. When Zeus woke up and became aware he had been tricked, he was very angry with Hypnos, who managed to avoid his wrath by hiding in the underworld cave of his mother. Next, she proceeded to send storm winds over the waters during the time when Heracles and his men were navigating their ship home. Hera summoned Hypnos and asked him to put Zeus to sleep. They destroyed much of the city, and killed the king. Years before the Trojan War began, he took his men on an expedition to Troy. His mother was Zeus’s human mistress, Alcmene, and Heracles soon grew big and strong. Heracles was conceived during one of her husband’s numerous affairs. Hera didn’t care for Zeus’s son Heracles from the time he was born. Two of the most famous tales are based on text from Homer’s Iliad and reveal how Hypnos outsmarted and overpowered Zeus, the king of the gods, under the direction of the goddess Hera, the wife of Zeus. There are numerous myths related to the god of sleep. Another myth suggests that he lived under the Greek island of Lemnos, in a cave that had the river of forgetfulness flowing through it. Some believe he lived in the underworld in a dark cave lined with opiate blooms. She is a winged figure and her gaze is represented in a triangular mirror fragment.There are different stories regarding the home of Hypnos. She uses a yardstick to measure destinies and a rudder to correct the uprightness of life. We see him through the shell, caressing the strings. Hermes, indomitable and enterprising, discovers that he can produce wonderful sounds out of a turtle shell. His symbols are the cup, the bunch of grapes, the vine and the leaf. These are the emblems of our heaven.ĭionysus, the god of the vital force, of ecstasy and dance, the god of vine and ivy, of the earth and the ripening fruit. ![]() In a mirror fragment, her gaze is turned towards us. She has wings and a dark veil with which she envelops the world. Nyx, the goddess of the night, the queen of the interruption of life. With wings in his hair, his image is always dreamy. Hypnos, the god of sleep who brings dreams. Her symbols: the flower and leaf on a branch, the pistil, the seed. Neptunus, god of the sea depths, represented by two symbols: a fragment of a Trident and a drop which signifies the sandy sea floor.įlora, the goddess with her hair in the wind, whose reflection appears in a mirror fragment. The meanings she bestows on objects enable them to retrace the lost path to myth and magic: they metamorphosize into amulets. She lovingly engraves the images in precious materials, which become imbued with meaning. She converts the "logos" into images, faces and symbols. Madalena is interested in mythological figures. And yet, when fears or anxieties - hidden deep in our subconscious - resurface, some objects magically become fetishes and amulets endowed with powers that we did not fathom: they revive myths whose origins are inscribed somewhere in the beginning of time. We are surrounded in our modern society by objects of yearning and emulation, whose meaning is limited to this: to be objects of desire, which we would like to posses. With the exhibition "Carte Blanche to Maddalena Rocco", which presents a wide-ranging sample of the artist's works, the design-e-space gallery provides an insight into this enchanted universe. Maddalena's universe is populated with mythological figures, each of whom recounts its own legend. The Milano-based artist and designer Maddalena Rocco creates everyday objects: walking sticks, decorative boxes, table arts, jewelry but these objects have a soul. From Decemto Januthe design-e-space gallery presents "Carte Blanche to Maddalena Rocco". ![]()
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