What is the Dreaming?
Who are the Endless?
But you may also find yourself overwhelmed by the plethora of characters and concepts involved inThe Sandman.
Dream (Tom Sturridge) is not happy with the state of his castle in ‘The Sadnman’.Netflix
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Below that, you might find a glossary of important terms and names fromThe Sandman.
Dream:The protagonist ofThe Sandmanis known by many names.
Dream (Tom Sturridge) reunited with his magical helm and bag of dream sand in ‘The Sandman’.Liam Daniel/Netflix
The Endless:Dream and his six siblings are the anthropomorphic personifications of universal concepts.
Despite their cosmic importance, they also bicker and bond like a real family.
The Dreaming:This is Dream’s realm, where all mortals go when we go to sleep.
John Dee (David Thewlis) is up to no good with a magical ruby in ‘The Sandman’.Netflix
When he returns, he finds his realm looking a bit worse for wear.
The ruby contains much of Dream’s power and can make dreams real.
Hell:The Dreaming is just one of many dimensions in the world ofThe Sandman.
Another is Hell itself, ruled by Lucifer Morningstar (Gwendoline Christie).
Gaiman’s conception of the devil leans into the “fallen angel” aspect.
But some of them are nightmares, like the Corinthian (Boyd Holbrook).
These are particularly nasty dreams who are in charge of scaring mortals or teaching them something.
They can be quite frightening, but thankfully they can’t hurt us in the real world… right?
Hopefully, none of them ever escape the Dreaming!
Way back when, Lucienne (Vivienne Acheampong) was the very first raven before graduating to librarian.
