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Everyone who looks at Dream sees him according to their own frame of reference. Remember Nada, the African queen from 10,000 years ago trapped in Hell who looked at Dream and saw him as a black guy? If a cat looks at Dream, they see a cat. But Dream is the same guy either way. Dream has lots of names and titles from different cultures - Morpheus, Kai'kul, Oneiros, etc. I wouldn't call any of them "original." Also, the Endless weren't "created" by any God. If cats dreaming together can make the world theirs, imagine a convention hall full of people dreaming the same dream while a nearby vortex combines them all together. The Corinthian had an endgame to his plan.
Fun Easter eggs in the voices in the Dream of a Thousand Cats: As has been noted, the dead crow was voiced by Neil Gaiman himself. The two different male co-owners of the cats were voiced by David Tennant (kitten’s owner) and Michael Sheen (Siamese’s owner): Those two star in Good Omens, a show based on a book that Neil co-wrote. Bonus mini-egg: The woman who co-owns the kitten is Georgia Tennant, David’s real life wife. Finally, the man who led men to dream to change the world is played by James McAvoy…who plays Morpheus in the audio play of The Sandman on Audible! He also voiced the lead role in the audio performance of Neverwhere, another book by Neil. Lots of Neil connections there…
Oh, Christian, you are a good dude - the ONLY one I've seen mention the idea "Just let her go, end even if she doesn't give you anything, you've still got a a crazy story to tell." You're 100% right, of course, but most don't think like that...
Calliope call Dream "Oneiros" because that's means Dream in ancient Greek, and she is an Ancient Greek goddess. Her son in Greek mythology is Orpheus. Neil is incorporating those myths into his story. The things the Fates mention happening to Orpheus are straight out of Greek mythology.
Also, I am so happy how attitudes have changed towards animals. The casual cruelty that unwanted dogs and cats were treated with was so commonplace, they made fun of it in cartoons. I think it was a Tom & Jerry I remember that had a bag of kittens show up at heaven's pearly gates. It was just a "matter of fact" that you got rid of unwanted babies that way. 😫😭 So insane to think about now.
The real question of the first story (to me at least) is did Morpheus tell the Siamese cat the truth? Or did he give her a dream, hope, something to live for rather than living with the grief of her dead kittens for the rest of her life?
It fits with what Morpheus said in the episode 24/7 where he pointed out to John that the people in the diner all had dreams of doing something different than their real lives and when you take that away, when you take away hope, humanity becomes nothing more than violence and death.
From what the comics tell us, he was telling the truth. There may have once been a world where cats ruled, but once mankind managed to dream the same dream all at once, they reshaped that world in past, present and future. It's "wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey stuff" really; it existed until something happened, then it never really existed, because collective dreams alter what is, what will be and what has been. That's why Dream is so high in the "hierarchy" of the Endless, the only two things more powerful than Dreams, which shape reality, are Death (because once there is nothing else left in the universe, even the Endless will cease to be) and Destiny (because all things, even the Endless, follow a path, even if they don't realize it)
@@pabloc8808 While you are correct I'd argue Destiny being bound, well by destiny means that while technically more powerful he's in reality less simply because he can't use his power unless ordained. Just as Delirium, perhaps the weakest, in reality is more powerful than most due to her ability to go outside the rules that constrain the rest of the Endless, such as knowing things that aren't in Destiny's book.
@@coreyc756 As an anthopomorphic personification of a concept, Destiny is the "most powerful", as even Death has to follow the path determined for her, but since The Sandman isn't a typical superhero comic, where everyone dukes it out until the "most powerful" emerges victorious, we can't look at it as a "who can overpower who in a fight", but rather "how much does each of the Endless influence existence"
Specifically the myth of Orpheus (son of Apollo in the legend, not Oneiros) and Eurydice, his beloved wife, who died tragically shortly after their marriage. Orpheus descended to Tartarus after her, and with his music wooed Cerberus, Persephone, and even Hades, to the point that the god of the underworld let him take her back, under one condition: that she would follow behind him in silence until they were back in the world of the living, and that he wouldn't look back at her until they were out. Alas, only a few feet before the exit Orpheus' faith wavered, and he turned back, seeing Eurydice behind him one last time before she was dragged back into the depths to be trapped forever. This caused him to become mad with guilt and grief, and to seek his own death, eventually being torn apart by beasts, or maenads (female followers of Dionysus; extra-gory death by snu-snu, with a side of alcohol and any hallucinogenics ancient Greeks might have had access to), or struck down by Zeus' lightning so he wouldn't reveal the secrets of the underworld. At any rate, apparently his head somehow survived, either by chance or by intervention of the Muses, and kept singing forever. Ancient Greeks really liked tragedies, it seems.
Blonde was not that of an uncommon hair colour for classical or pre-classical greeks. Specially when you have in mind the post-minoic invasion tribes that would end up making up most of the ethnic composition of classical Greece, ionians, dorians and ionians which were clearly more northern origined. It's more rare nowadays when you have in mind the recent centuries of Greece under the rule of the Ottoman empire, where contact with turkic people and middle eastern would have been more common. There's the eternal example of Alexander of Macedon, who was very famously blonde, and while it has been argued macedonians where only half considered greeks in the classical period, the macedonian royal family itself was regarded as Greek (and had clearly intermarried in the past with other greek nobility).
Yes, I was also going to comment that some of the pantheon are traditionally depicted as blonde. However, there is ancient art depicting Calliope with dark hair, so I like that change for the show version.
I truly hope you keep your innocence as to certain cruelties afflicted towards animals, but just know that shelters and the ability to adopt "wild" animals is not something that is, or were, available to all at all times.
Oneiros is the Greek name for the god of dreams. Morpheus is the Roman name. As one of the Endless, Dream has had many names in many languages and cultures.
Something has been on my mind since I've been watching Sandman reactions. Did anyone else notice that the Tabby cat that seduced the Siamese had "golden eyes"?
Morpheus contains and is all the dreaming of all creatures. His form that is perceived is normally one according to the viewers understanding or culture.
One thing that disappointed me about the series so far was that they didn't change the shape of the castle almost every episode like they did in the comics. But of course that would probably have been too expensive. The series is expensive enough as it is. Well, at least here we got one instance.
11:50 to answer your question, no one created the Endless, they were "born" at the birth of all things. In fact it's the opposite, Gods only exist because people dream of them
Not exactly at the birth of all things, but at the birth of whatever concept they represent. Death was born when the first living thing died, Dream when the first sentient being dreamt for the first time, and so on. That said, they also _do_ have parents: the cosmic entities Night and Time. It's complicated, and left intentionally vague by the author.
It is not to be taken literally. "Dreams shape reality" means that OUR dreams shape our reality. "An author raping his muse in order to be successiful" is very much what was happening to Gaiman at that point. He was forcing his stories to fit DC universe. It gave him fame and money...but he most have felt violating his stories. Sandman is not "Avengers". It is something that demands after thought.
Also. When Dream tells his sister Death that it is funny mortals fear her but not him "because I am far more terrible than you" he was *not* joking. Though Richard deserved it. Gaiman just likes making Arthur Darvill (the actor) write on the wall in blood. He did it in the episode of Dr. Who Gaiman wrote too.
11:41 no dream doesn't have a cat bias, he just says what it is and things will turn out how they turn out. He's not good or bad, doesn't have any allegiance.
So one of the things they have established is that often characters would see Morpheus in their own context, which could match the lore of their culture etc. In the episode where he went to Hell, we saw an example of this where he saw his former lover Nada, and she saw him as an African. The story of Orpheus has been covered in the full cast Audible production so far, so that's another avenue you can explore. But for more content you could react to in the Sandman universe, I would recommend the animated short story, DC Showcase: Death
The animation for that episode was done with oil paintings instead of pen and ink drawings. Not sure if that was a first, but I'd never seen it before. What beautiful results.
I love how Madoc is about to call the police, but the moment Dream speaks, he stops, as if he knows he's not supposed to or that he's in the presence of a higher power. That's just how terrifying Dream is
In the episode when Dream & Death visit each other, and he's being all whiny, Death refers to him as an anthromorphic personification. It's because the Endless emobody each idea and so to a cat, they would view Morpheus as a giant cat, just like in Hell, Nada saw him as a young black man. Also explains why Desire comes across as being genderfluid.
The endless are not create by any God, they just exist - that is why they are the 'endless'. When the first living being came to be, whether that is Gods or mortals, the endless exist. But they do have parents though - mother Night and father Time. The endless also not a god because they are more than a god. They are the function/concept. So Morpheus is not a god of dream, he is Dream. Destiny is the oldest because every being has destiny the moment it exists. It can died before it can dream or have any desire, so Death is the second oldest. Dream also not really have any bias. He is dream, he is whatever the dreamer portray him to be. The cat want to know the the truth so he shows her how reality work, the same goes for the human that start dreaming the world ruled by human. Dream and Reality is reflecting each other so when enough people/cats dream the same thing, the reality is also affected. Ps. I think the dead bird is voiced by Neil Gaiman himself.
i would like to highly recommend the following classic movies: Phantoms (1998) From Hell (2001) Red Planet (2000) The Blob (1988) Color out of Space (2019) The Void (2017) Rubikon (2020) Angel's Heart (1987) The Colony (2013) Altered States (1980) Last Days on Mars (2013) Event Horizon (1997) Young Sherlock Homes & enigma of the Pyramid (1985) League of Extraordinary Gentleman (2003)
As someone with trichotillomania (compulsive hairpulling) and all its ins and outs, on my worst mental health periods, I sometimes wonder if I die, will they cut one of those hair balls out of my stomach. Fun stuff, body focused repetitive behaviors. And yeah, different people/cultures/creatures see Dream differently. Sandman was a DC book, so like Martian Manhunter's vision of Dream was pretty amazing. (Also a difference in Calliope is Rick did sexually assault her in the comic. It wasn't just Fry. I was glad they cut that, honestly. Like you can be a terrible person and it doesn't always have to go straight to rape. Or even if you want to still read it that way, it doesn't always have to be shown.)
It's very heavily implied that he did sexually assault her in the show. He "all of a sudden" got his inspiration and his clothes were fucked up... But yeah, they could just imply it without showing it explicitly. I honestly don't care if they show it or not because it's not a trigger of mine. But yeah, I think it was clear enough in the show that that's absolutely what they were implying happened. Especially, with Dreams comment at the end of her being violated/defiled and how what she went through was worse than his imprisonment of solitude.
lot of people didn't like this episode I absolutely love it to me it was on par with first half of the season, brought back all the mystery and magic for me :) Caliope story was especially touching I'd love to see more of hers and Morpheus backstory :)
The story of Orpheus, if you want it. This is just mythology by the way, not anything specific to The Sandman. I just want to clear things up about Hades doing anything evil. Orpheus was the child of a muse and was the most gifted musician and singer of his time, his music able to charm anything. Orpheus fell in love with a woman named Eurydice and married her, but not long after the wedding, she died of a snake bite. Overwhelmed by grief, Orpheus went to the Underworld to get her back, using his music to quiet the monsters along the way. He got an audience with Hades and Persephone, and plead his case. He even sang for them. His music moved the two gods, and even got Hades to cry (tears of iron). Now, Hades couldn't just LET someone go flat out. It sets a bad precedent, asking for the dead and getting them back just like that. But Hades was a fair guy (yes, really), and offered Orpheus a deal. Orpheus would have to lead Eurydice's ghost back out of the Underworld, and if Orpheus could get her out without looking back at her even once, she'd come back to life. If not, well, he'd just have to wait like all the other mortals who grieve their loved ones. Orpheus made it back out, but unfortunately, he got too excited and looked back before Eurydice actually crossed the threshold. Afterwards, Orpheus stopped worshiping any gods other than Apollo, and while at the oracle of Dionysus, Orpheus was ripped to pieces by the Maenads, the female followers of Dionysus, for not honoring their patron deity. The Maenads' thing was whipping themselves into a violent drunken stupor, and is where the word "maniac" comes from. And THAT'S how Orpheus died.
*[The Sandman: Overture spoilers below]* No, but close. In the Overture prequel we see that event: Dream failing to destroy a vortex, and it leading to the destruction of the whole universe, and how it was "saved" by Dream, with the collaboration (for lack of a better word) of a couple of his siblings, gathering the one thousand last survivors of that universe and having them dream of one where he had done his job properly (which is the one the main series takes part in). Even then, it took a lot out of Dream, and it was only by his diminished state immediately after that ordeal that Burgess was able to capture him.
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Everyone who looks at Dream sees him according to their own frame of reference. Remember Nada, the African queen from 10,000 years ago trapped in Hell who looked at Dream and saw him as a black guy? If a cat looks at Dream, they see a cat. But Dream is the same guy either way. Dream has lots of names and titles from different cultures - Morpheus, Kai'kul, Oneiros, etc. I wouldn't call any of them "original." Also, the Endless weren't "created" by any God.
If cats dreaming together can make the world theirs, imagine a convention hall full of people dreaming the same dream while a nearby vortex combines them all together. The Corinthian had an endgame to his plan.
Well I guess technically they got created by their parents, Night and Time
The Dead Crow is voiced by Neil Gaiman himself
Fun Easter eggs in the voices in the Dream of a Thousand Cats:
As has been noted, the dead crow was voiced by Neil Gaiman himself.
The two different male co-owners of the cats were voiced by David Tennant (kitten’s owner) and Michael Sheen (Siamese’s owner): Those two star in Good Omens, a show based on a book that Neil co-wrote.
Bonus mini-egg: The woman who co-owns the kitten is Georgia Tennant, David’s real life wife.
Finally, the man who led men to dream to change the world is played by James McAvoy…who plays Morpheus in the audio play of The Sandman on Audible! He also voiced the lead role in the audio performance of Neverwhere, another book by Neil.
Lots of Neil connections there…
Staged but they're doing voiceover work.
Oh, Christian, you are a good dude - the ONLY one I've seen mention the idea "Just let her go, end even if she doesn't give you anything, you've still got a a crazy story to tell." You're 100% right, of course, but most don't think like that...
Calliope call Dream "Oneiros" because that's means Dream in ancient Greek, and she is an Ancient Greek goddess. Her son in Greek mythology is Orpheus. Neil is incorporating those myths into his story. The things the Fates mention happening to Orpheus are straight out of Greek mythology.
The realness of the cats, both the animation style and the sounds they made, got kitties all over watching this episode intently. 🥰
Also, I am so happy how attitudes have changed towards animals. The casual cruelty that unwanted dogs and cats were treated with was so commonplace, they made fun of it in cartoons. I think it was a Tom & Jerry I remember that had a bag of kittens show up at heaven's pearly gates. It was just a "matter of fact" that you got rid of unwanted babies that way. 😫😭 So insane to think about now.
The real question of the first story (to me at least) is did Morpheus tell the Siamese cat the truth? Or did he give her a dream, hope, something to live for rather than living with the grief of her dead kittens for the rest of her life?
It fits with what Morpheus said in the episode 24/7 where he pointed out to John that the people in the diner all had dreams of doing something different than their real lives and when you take that away, when you take away hope, humanity becomes nothing more than violence and death.
@@PatternRecsc2 Prequel comic doesn't outright confirm it, but does hint he was indeed telling the truth.
From what the comics tell us, he was telling the truth. There may have once been a world where cats ruled, but once mankind managed to dream the same dream all at once, they reshaped that world in past, present and future. It's "wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey stuff" really; it existed until something happened, then it never really existed, because collective dreams alter what is, what will be and what has been.
That's why Dream is so high in the "hierarchy" of the Endless, the only two things more powerful than Dreams, which shape reality, are Death (because once there is nothing else left in the universe, even the Endless will cease to be) and Destiny (because all things, even the Endless, follow a path, even if they don't realize it)
@@pabloc8808 While you are correct I'd argue Destiny being bound, well by
destiny means that while technically more powerful he's in reality less simply because he can't use his power unless ordained. Just as Delirium, perhaps the weakest, in reality is more powerful than most due to her ability to go outside the rules that constrain the rest of the Endless, such as knowing things that aren't in Destiny's book.
@@coreyc756 As an anthopomorphic personification of a concept, Destiny is the "most powerful", as even Death has to follow the path determined for her, but since The Sandman isn't a typical superhero comic, where everyone dukes it out until the "most powerful" emerges victorious, we can't look at it as a "who can overpower who in a fight", but rather "how much does each of the Endless influence existence"
Orpheus' story has been the inspiration for MANY films, poems, novels, ballets, operas, paintings, etc.
Specifically the myth of Orpheus (son of Apollo in the legend, not Oneiros) and Eurydice, his beloved wife, who died tragically shortly after their marriage.
Orpheus descended to Tartarus after her, and with his music wooed Cerberus, Persephone, and even Hades, to the point that the god of the underworld let him take her back, under one condition: that she would follow behind him in silence until they were back in the world of the living, and that he wouldn't look back at her until they were out. Alas, only a few feet before the exit Orpheus' faith wavered, and he turned back, seeing Eurydice behind him one last time before she was dragged back into the depths to be trapped forever.
This caused him to become mad with guilt and grief, and to seek his own death, eventually being torn apart by beasts, or maenads (female followers of Dionysus; extra-gory death by snu-snu, with a side of alcohol and any hallucinogenics ancient Greeks might have had access to), or struck down by Zeus' lightning so he wouldn't reveal the secrets of the underworld.
At any rate, apparently his head somehow survived, either by chance or by intervention of the Muses, and kept singing forever. Ancient Greeks really liked tragedies, it seems.
My cat is looking at me funny😹
🤘😝🤘
Hades is both a place and a god. So when she said their son died in Hades she meant the Underworld
Blonde was not that of an uncommon hair colour for classical or pre-classical greeks. Specially when you have in mind the post-minoic invasion tribes that would end up making up most of the ethnic composition of classical Greece, ionians, dorians and ionians which were clearly more northern origined. It's more rare nowadays when you have in mind the recent centuries of Greece under the rule of the Ottoman empire, where contact with turkic people and middle eastern would have been more common. There's the eternal example of Alexander of Macedon, who was very famously blonde, and while it has been argued macedonians where only half considered greeks in the classical period, the macedonian royal family itself was regarded as Greek (and had clearly intermarried in the past with other greek nobility).
Yes, I was also going to comment that some of the pantheon are traditionally depicted as blonde. However, there is ancient art depicting Calliope with dark hair, so I like that change for the show version.
I truly hope you keep your innocence as to certain cruelties afflicted towards animals, but just know that shelters and the ability to adopt "wild" animals is not something that is, or were, available to all at all times.
Fun fact >> that bone vulture at the desert was voiced by the man himself, NEIL GAIMAN.... ^_^
Oneiros is the Greek name for the god of dreams. Morpheus is the Roman name. As one of the Endless, Dream has had many names in many languages and cultures.
That is a good idea. The author could have written a book based his interaction with the muse. I am sure that would have sold very well.
Fun fact: the actress who plays Calliope does the voice of Cassandra in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
Something has been on my mind since I've been watching Sandman reactions. Did anyone else notice that the Tabby cat that seduced the Siamese had "golden eyes"?
Morpheus contains and is all the dreaming of all creatures. His form that is perceived is normally one according to the viewers understanding or culture.
The parents of the Endless are Father Time and Mother Night.
One thing that disappointed me about the series so far was that they didn't change the shape of the castle almost every episode like they did in the comics. But of course that would probably have been too expensive. The series is expensive enough as it is.
Well, at least here we got one instance.
11:50 to answer your question, no one created the Endless, they were "born" at the birth of all things. In fact it's the opposite, Gods only exist because people dream of them
Not exactly at the birth of all things, but at the birth of whatever concept they represent. Death was born when the first living thing died, Dream when the first sentient being dreamt for the first time, and so on.
That said, they also _do_ have parents: the cosmic entities Night and Time. It's complicated, and left intentionally vague by the author.
It is not to be taken literally.
"Dreams shape reality" means that OUR dreams shape our reality.
"An author raping his muse in order to be successiful" is very much what was happening to Gaiman at that point. He was forcing his stories to fit DC universe. It gave him fame and money...but he most have felt violating his stories.
Sandman is not "Avengers". It is something that demands after thought.
MALAKA, what was that?
Are yall going to react to the last 3 episodes of clone wars? It's been so long its kinda lost the momentum. I check back every few days for it.
Oh you mean tales of the jedi? Yes I'm working on it later tonight. Well be posting Spy Family tomorrow, then Tales of the Jedi the next day.
react to blue lock !!!!!
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Just as general info, Orpheus was a character from Greek mythology, a singer with a voice beautiful enough to charm the gods.
Also. When Dream tells his sister Death that it is funny mortals fear her but not him "because I am far more terrible than you" he was *not* joking. Though Richard deserved it.
Gaiman just likes making Arthur Darvill (the actor) write on the wall in blood. He did it in the episode of Dr. Who Gaiman wrote too.
11:41 no dream doesn't have a cat bias, he just says what it is and things will turn out how they turn out. He's not good or bad, doesn't have any allegiance.
The form the cat sees Sandman in is that of a Maine Coon. And they are really that big.
So one of the things they have established is that often characters would see Morpheus in their own context, which could match the lore of their culture etc. In the episode where he went to Hell, we saw an example of this where he saw his former lover Nada, and she saw him as an African.
The story of Orpheus has been covered in the full cast Audible production so far, so that's another avenue you can explore.
But for more content you could react to in the Sandman universe, I would recommend the animated short story, DC Showcase: Death
The animation for that episode was done with oil paintings instead of pen and ink drawings. Not sure if that was a first, but I'd never seen it before. What beautiful results.
If you go back to episode one; Alex sees Morpheus as a cat before they talk.
Enjoyed your Sandman season 1 reactions. Can’t wait for season 2.
We need Calliope back.
Their son was Orpheus from Greek mythology. If you've heard of the musical "Hadestown", it's an adaptation of his story.
I love how Madoc is about to call the police, but the moment Dream speaks, he stops, as if he knows he's not supposed to or that he's in the presence of a higher power. That's just how terrifying Dream is
In the episode when Dream & Death visit each other, and he's being all whiny, Death refers to him as an anthromorphic personification. It's because the Endless emobody each idea and so to a cat, they would view Morpheus as a giant cat, just like in Hell, Nada saw him as a young black man. Also explains why Desire comes across as being genderfluid.
The endless are not create by any God, they just exist - that is why they are the 'endless'. When the first living being came to be, whether that is Gods or mortals, the endless exist. But they do have parents though - mother Night and father Time.
The endless also not a god because they are more than a god. They are the function/concept. So Morpheus is not a god of dream, he is Dream.
Destiny is the oldest because every being has destiny the moment it exists. It can died before it can dream or have any desire, so Death is the second oldest.
Dream also not really have any bias. He is dream, he is whatever the dreamer portray him to be. The cat want to know the the truth so he shows her how reality work, the same goes for the human that start dreaming the world ruled by human. Dream and Reality is reflecting each other so when enough people/cats dream the same thing, the reality is also affected.
Ps. I think the dead bird is voiced by Neil Gaiman himself.
i would like to highly recommend the following classic movies:
Phantoms (1998)
From Hell (2001)
Red Planet (2000)
The Blob (1988)
Color out of Space (2019)
The Void (2017)
Rubikon (2020)
Angel's Heart (1987)
The Colony (2013)
Altered States (1980)
Last Days on Mars (2013)
Event Horizon (1997)
Young Sherlock Homes & enigma of the Pyramid (1985)
League of Extraordinary Gentleman (2003)
As someone with trichotillomania (compulsive hairpulling) and all its ins and outs, on my worst mental health periods, I sometimes wonder if I die, will they cut one of those hair balls out of my stomach. Fun stuff, body focused repetitive behaviors. And yeah, different people/cultures/creatures see Dream differently. Sandman was a DC book, so like Martian Manhunter's vision of Dream was pretty amazing. (Also a difference in Calliope is Rick did sexually assault her in the comic. It wasn't just Fry. I was glad they cut that, honestly. Like you can be a terrible person and it doesn't always have to go straight to rape. Or even if you want to still read it that way, it doesn't always have to be shown.)
It's very heavily implied that he did sexually assault her in the show. He "all of a sudden" got his inspiration and his clothes were fucked up... But yeah, they could just imply it without showing it explicitly. I honestly don't care if they show it or not because it's not a trigger of mine. But yeah, I think it was clear enough in the show that that's absolutely what they were implying happened. Especially, with Dreams comment at the end of her being violated/defiled and how what she went through was worse than his imprisonment of solitude.
lot of people didn't like this episode I absolutely love it to me it was on par with first half of the season, brought back all the mystery and magic for me :)
Caliope story was especially touching I'd love to see more of hers and Morpheus backstory :)
The story of Orpheus, if you want it. This is just mythology by the way, not anything specific to The Sandman. I just want to clear things up about Hades doing anything evil.
Orpheus was the child of a muse and was the most gifted musician and singer of his time, his music able to charm anything. Orpheus fell in love with a woman named Eurydice and married her, but not long after the wedding, she died of a snake bite. Overwhelmed by grief, Orpheus went to the Underworld to get her back, using his music to quiet the monsters along the way. He got an audience with Hades and Persephone, and plead his case. He even sang for them. His music moved the two gods, and even got Hades to cry (tears of iron).
Now, Hades couldn't just LET someone go flat out. It sets a bad precedent, asking for the dead and getting them back just like that. But Hades was a fair guy (yes, really), and offered Orpheus a deal. Orpheus would have to lead Eurydice's ghost back out of the Underworld, and if Orpheus could get her out without looking back at her even once, she'd come back to life. If not, well, he'd just have to wait like all the other mortals who grieve their loved ones.
Orpheus made it back out, but unfortunately, he got too excited and looked back before Eurydice actually crossed the threshold. Afterwards, Orpheus stopped worshiping any gods other than Apollo, and while at the oracle of Dionysus, Orpheus was ripped to pieces by the Maenads, the female followers of Dionysus, for not honoring their patron deity. The Maenads' thing was whipping themselves into a violent drunken stupor, and is where the word "maniac" comes from.
And THAT'S how Orpheus died.
4:49 That's Neil Gaiman, the author of the Sandman graphic novels!
The actress playing Calliope is actually half-Greek!
Calliope was played by the actress Melissanthi Mahut
YeeeeeeY!!!!
As I have finished off this series for the second time, I realize that Neil Gaiman and Company saved the best for last.
"their in a bag bro I'm kinda worried" is way to relatable to how I felt during this scene
where is the tales of the jedi?
2 days away. Tomorrow will be Spy Family and then Tales of the Jedi next.
@@MACReact thnk youu
7:05, this may have been the event that changed the world Dream mentioned to Rose?
I wondered about that. was the man that convinced everyone to dream the same dream a vortex.
*[The Sandman: Overture spoilers below]*
No, but close. In the Overture prequel we see that event: Dream failing to destroy a vortex, and it leading to the destruction of the whole universe, and how it was "saved" by Dream, with the collaboration (for lack of a better word) of a couple of his siblings, gathering the one thousand last survivors of that universe and having them dream of one where he had done his job properly (which is the one the main series takes part in). Even then, it took a lot out of Dream, and it was only by his diminished state immediately after that ordeal that Burgess was able to capture him.
Who knows, we might get the story of their son since it was in the comics.
Two old ladies taking a weasel on holiday is a very British thing.
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