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Sanctuaries and shrines for promoting dreams were also adopted by the Greeks, who in addition had specific dream rituals. Those entering the Shrine of Apollo at Delphi were required to abstain from sex, or eating meat, fish and fowl two days before. Once in the shrine, they made an animal sacrifice to the god from whom they wanted to receive the dream and would then sleep on the skin of the sacrificed animal, sometimes near the statue of the appropriate deity. The Greek god Hypnos was thought to bring sleep to mortals and his son Morpheus was said to send warnings and prophecies to those sleeping in the temples.