Dream A Little Dream of Me

(Please note that I did not create a post on May 14, 2004. In lieu of said post, here's some crap I pulled from my computer.)

Page 6 panel 4: Burgess gives the name of "old lords": Namtar, Allatu, Morax, Naberius, Klesh, Vepar, Maymon. Morax is certainly the name of a bull-headed demon appearing in _The Demon_. Maymon may be a reference to Mammon, a Greek word for riches. Mammon is also the name of a devil in the Key of Solomon,
based on the line "one cannot serve God and Mammon" in the scripture.

Panel 5: More names: Ashema-Deva, Maborym, Horvendile. Ashema-Deva is Persian, a god or devil in the Zoroastrian pantheon. He is more familiar to Westerners under the name Asmodeus. Horvendile is a name that appears in both Lord Dunsany and James Branch Cabell. In Dunsany (an early fantasist and
playwright, active in the early decades of this century, best known work perhaps _The King of Elfland's Daughter_), Horvendile is a god. In Cabell's "Poictesme" cycle, he is referred to as a demiurge, a being who, though walking through the story, is above it, and possibly pulling the strings. He also keeps swine that feed on human flesh.

Page 7 panel 6: First known appearance of Morpheus, the Sandman. Morpheus has many different names, since every culture has known of him in some form. Morpheus is fairly rarely referred to directly as the Sandman, with the major exception being issue #3. In this shot, he is wearing a helmet; that is not his head.

Page 8-9: We clearly see here the removal of the helmet, ruby, and pouch of sand, whose recovery will occupy most of _More than Rubies_.

Page 10 panel 1: Ellie is holding a copy of _Through the Looking Glass_, and her appearance bears some resemblence to Alice, the heroine of that book.

Page 11 panel 2: The word "morphine" is derived from the name "Morpheus".

Page 14 panel 3-4: "Sleepy sickness" appears to have been a real phenomenon in the early part of this century. It can also be seen in the Williams-De Niro movie _Awakenings_ and various texts.

Page 15 panel 4: Who or what are the Endless? They include Death, Destiny, Desire, and Dream. We will find out more in later issues.