The god of sleep, son of Nox, represented as a child in a profound sleep, holding in his hand, poppies, which serve also for his pillow. […] To this was added the belief of a future state, in which they were rewarded with numberless joys, who fulfilled the three fundamental maxims of the religion, to serve the Supreme Divinity with sacrifice and prayer, to do no wrong to others, and to be brave and intrepid themselves; while they who violated them, suffered the severest tortures.