eternal sleep

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eternal sleep (uncountable)

1. (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 from "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.

2. (idiomatic, euphemistic) Death, eternal oblivion

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