eternal sleep

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === eternal sleep (uncountable) (mythology, fiction, fantasy) A magical state of suspended animation, a state of ageless, deathless, everlasting sleep. Well-known examples are Endymion (the lover of the Greek moon goddess, Selene), and the princess Sleeping Beauty. 1959, Erdmann Penner, Sleeping Beauty (film) She is, indeed, most wondrous fair: Gold of sunshine in her hair. Lips that shame the red red rose. In ageless sleep, she finds repose. The years roll by, but a hundred years, to a steadfast heart, are but a day. (idiomatic, euphemistic) Death ==== Synonyms ==== ageless sleep eternal rest ==== Translations ====