![]() ![]() The primary reference for The Sandman’s Cain and Abel isn’t biblical at all, but something much, much trashier. Cain and Abel? Well obviously they’re Cain and Abel from the book of Genesis, right? ![]() ![]() Those massive gates at the entrance to the Dreaming? A reference to an ancient Greek literary trope with origins in The Odyssey. Fiddler’s Green? Thats a legendary afterlife realm of British folklore. John Dee? That’s the given name of the dream-controlling Justice League foe Doctor Destiny. Watching The Sandman on Netflix (or reading the DC comic) can be an exercise in “spot the reference.” The story hangs together perfectly even if you don’t know that Dream’s raven Matthew is a resurrected Swamp Thing character or that the guy with Shakespeare in the pub is supposed to be Christopher Marlowe - but it can still be fun to trace everything back to its origin. ![]()
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