Each ancient nation had its own “Vedas” —a certain set of wise thoughts, prohibitions, and charms that accompany races throughout their existence. The forerunners of Christians, Muslims, or pagan polytheists, the ancient Chinese, did not know why the Sun was born in the east, but was dying in the west, but they already firmly connected the movement of the permanent light with the cycle of human life. Identification occurred not only with the level of the daily regimen, but also with the initial stage of existence itself - birth, and the final - dying.
The interval between morning and night was delimited by periods of activity and pauses, during which rest was allowed. But the most amazing thing is that in the knowledge that has reached us of extinct civilizations and ancient peoples, the time, leaning towards evening, was considered the most alarming, forcing to be on the alert. Why can not you sleep at sunset, based on the strict prohibition of Islam, the warning of the Slavic Vedas or hints of the mysterious Egyptian Book of the Dead?
We will understand in detail.
Slavic and Christian versions
Danger for the sleeper - is this not the most effective justification for the ban, why can’t you sleep in the evening at sunset, from our ancestors, Slavs? Finding no more accessible explanation for the testimonies of the poor health of people who fell asleep at sunset, the Christians, composing the Holy Scripture, with these words almost derived their formula for health.
In pagan teachings preceding Christianity, the Sun, awakening every morning from death, endowed with life everything that met his coming in wakefulness. However, in the same way, in wakefulness, it was necessary to carry out the departure of the luminary, since the discontented shining deity was seen off the horizon by the dark demons of the night, who did not disdain human souls.
And here is another answer to the same question, why one should not go to bed at sunset: it was with the moment when the heavenly disk touched the horizon that all funeral rituals were hastily completed, and the souls of the deceased were in a hurry to go into another world, so as not to get lost in the dark.
The very side of the world - the west, the place of death of the Sun, implied a direct path to the world of the dead. For this reason, not a single dwelling in antiquity was built by the entrance to that side, and inside the house a corner pointing to the west, without fail, was engaged in a large furnace with the obligatory attribute - a horn-grip set up.
Islamic version
According to such an enlightened Muslim scholar as Imam al-Ghazali, a person is not supposed to sleep more than eight hours a day, including an hour and a half afternoon rest, which the Prophet Muhammad himself willingly used. Such a beneficial dream had its name - Kailulya. By its permissibility, it was opposed to other types of dreams, which were extremely undesirable - Gail, that is, the sleep that accompanies the hour of sunrise, and Failule - to the previous sunset. The answer to the question why one should not sleep at sunset, according to the Islamic religion, lay at the basis of scientific research of that period.
The latter factor was considered the most dangerous, since the wise men of that time held a clear parallel between the deterioration of a person’s brain activity and his tendency to take a nap between the afternoon Asr namaz and evening Maghrib namaz.
Mythological versions
The sunny Egyptian god Ra ruled the rook with the solar disk, heading towards the west. Following him, in the wake of the solar boat, the shadows of the spirits of death and the restless deceased stretched. The black demons crawling behind the boat were in a hurry to capture the souls of those who were “between the worlds,” that is, in the territory of sleep. The closer the boat moved to the west, the stronger and more greedy the demons became - the more than another answer to the question, why can’t you sleep at sunset, according to ancient Egypt?
According to another theory, a native of Kazakh myths, during sunset, a grandiose battle unfolds between the forces of Light and Darkness, and its result is a foregone conclusion - the complete victory of the dark side. The indemnity of the winners is expected - of course, these are souls who inadvertently got lost in a dream during the battle. How do you like this version of the explanation of why you can’t sleep at sunset?
In the nomination of various fantastic versions, only Chinese ancient scientists distinguished themselves. As to why one should not sleep at sunset, they simply stated that the biological rhythm of the body is set up in such a way that in the evening the person’s kidneys work in a more intensive mode. At the same time, the general relaxation of the body that accompanies sleep will add unnecessary stress to the kidneys and lead to edema, of course, with unpleasant consequences in the form of worsening general condition.
According to astrologers
Astrology as a science, carefully and delicately enveloping the sharp reefs of the exact sciences, explains the situation simply: the human brain is like the Sun in a closed system that energizes even the most distant corners of its possessions. He has periods of activity and decline when he is more likely to take than give.
Sunset time is just such a period when the brain does not fill the body with life-giving prana, but, on the contrary, drains the energy channels. The activity of the brain, as is known, practically does not decrease in a dream, which means that instead of the expected relaxation during pre-sunset sleep, the physical body of a person weakens even more.
On the part of medicine
Melatonin is a substance vital to a person’s normal mental health. The lack of this element, which is produced in the body only in complete darkness (any light prevents its formation), leads to depressive states, a decline in moral strength and even serious mental disorders.
It is noticed that people who are prone to stress prefer night time for work activities, and at the same time, they have the rash time just in the most unpleasant period - in the late afternoon. By the same principle, sleep disturbance often occurs in the elderly. Unfortunately, this sometimes leads to the death of a person suffering from sleep disturbance. Due to the fact that the body can not cope with the failure of the biological rhythm due to old age, a dangerous nervous disease such as epilepsy can occur.