Dream (DC Comics)

Dream is one of the Endless, fictional characters from Neil Gaiman's comic book series, The Sandman. He is the personification of dreams and storytelling.

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The Endless - Fictional character - Neil Gaiman - The Sandman

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He is given many names in the series, including Morpheus and Oneiros (within Wikipedia he is generally referred to as Morpheus). It is known that the Endless have many aspects, one of which is the personification active at any one time, and if one aspect dies, another replaces it. One particular aspect of Dream is the central character of the series, so referring to this aspect of Dream as Morpheus differentiates him from Dream as a whole. When the aspect known as Morpheus dies at the end of ', the ninth collection of issues in the series, he is replaced by a new aspect, which used to be a child of Morpheus' aspect called Daniel. This is a tricky concept, encapsulated in the tenth and final collection, ', when one character at Morpheus' wake, perplexed by the question of who exactly has died, is told by another that the purpose of the wake is to mourn "a p-p-point of view". The other Endless remain personified by the same aspect throughout the series, so they are simply referred to by the generic names.

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Morpheus - Oneiros

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