Extreme cold, hunger, sickness, and death were unknown. […] In his anger he vowed he would make the rash mortal expiate his presumption by immediate death. […] When she arrived, she found her beloved Adonis cold in death, and her passionate caresses met with no response. […] His statues were considered sacred boundary marks, and their removal punished by death. […] Mors, god of death, occupied one of the corners of Somnus’ cave.