Puck is a brown-furred trickster and hobgoblin appearing several times in The Sandman. The Puck aids the Norse God Loki in kidnapping Daniel, playing a small role in the death of the Sandman and Daniel's subsequent assuming of the title. The character is implied to be the inspiration for the Puck of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Mortals. ...

See also:

Characters of The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Cain and Abel, Characters of The Sandman - Before The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - The Corinthian, Characters of The Sandman - Eve, Characters of The Sandman - Fiddler's Green, Characters of The Sandman - Gregory, Characters of The Sandman - Goldie, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Lucien, Characters of The Sandman - Matthew, Characters of The Sandman - Mervyn Pumpkinhead, Characters of The Sandman - Minor dreams, Characters of The Sandman - The Basanos, Characters of The Sandman - Bast, Characters of The Sandman - The Creator, Characters of The Sandman - The Endless, Characters of The Sandman - Loki, Characters of The Sandman - Odin, Characters of The Sandman - The Three, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Minor gods, Characters of The Sandman - Duma, Characters of The Sandman - Before The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Azazel, Characters of The Sandman - Beelzebub, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Choronzon, Characters of The Sandman - Lucifer, Characters of The Sandman - Mazikeen, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Remiel, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Minor angels and demons, Characters of The Sandman - Hob Gadling, Characters of The Sandman - Orpheus, Characters of The Sandman - Thessaly, Characters of The Sandman - Minor immortals, Characters of The Sandman - The Cluracan, Characters of The Sandman - Nuala, Characters of The Sandman - Oberon, Characters of The Sandman - Titania, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Puck, Characters of The Sandman - Alex Burgess, Characters of The Sandman - Roderick Burgess, Characters of The Sandman - Johanna Constantine, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - John Constantine, Characters of The Sandman - After and/or Before The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Ethel Cripps, Characters of The Sandman - Doctor Dee, Characters of The Sandman - Wesley Dodds, Characters of The Sandman - Foxglove, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Daniel Hall, Characters of The Sandman - Lyta Hall, Characters of The Sandman - John Hathaway, Characters of The Sandman - Unity Kinkaid, Characters of The Sandman - Prez Rickard, Characters of The Sandman - Ruthven Sykes, Characters of The Sandman - Jed Walker, Characters of The Sandman - Rose Walker, Characters of The Sandman - Historical figures, Characters of The Sandman - Minor mortals

Read more here: » Characters of The Sandman: Encyclopedia II - Characters of The Sandman - Puck

Art by P. Craig Russell This story is about the ruler of an island off the coast of Venice who changes things so that his island and his people keep living the same day over and over again, always staving off Death. ...

See also:

Endless Nights, Endless Nights - Chapter 1: Death - Death and Venice, Endless Nights - Chapter 2: Desire - What I've tasted of Desire, Endless Nights - Chapter 3: Dream - The Heart of a Star, Endless Nights - Chapter 4: Despair - Fifteen Portraits of Despair, Endless Nights - Chapter 5: Delirium - Going Inside, Endless Nights - Chapter 6: Destruction - On the Peninsula, Endless Nights - Chapter 7: Destiny - Endless Nights

Read more here: » Endless Nights: Encyclopedia II - Endless Nights - Chapter 1: Death - Death and Venice

Orpheus is the son of Dream in The Sandman. He is based on the Orpheus of Greek mythology After travelling through Hades, losing his beloved (twice), and being torn apart by the Bacchante (the beloved of Dionysos), as in the legend, Orpheus spent a long time travelling around the world as a disembodied head. Johanna Constantine helped him through France. He was eventually 'put out of misery' by his father, an event which fulfilled the prophecy of Desire, Dream's sibling, that he would spill family blood and tri ...

See also:

Characters of The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Cain and Abel, Characters of The Sandman - Before The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - The Corinthian, Characters of The Sandman - Eve, Characters of The Sandman - Fiddler's Green, Characters of The Sandman - Gregory, Characters of The Sandman - Goldie, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Lucien, Characters of The Sandman - Matthew, Characters of The Sandman - Mervyn Pumpkinhead, Characters of The Sandman - Minor dreams, Characters of The Sandman - The Basanos, Characters of The Sandman - Bast, Characters of The Sandman - The Creator, Characters of The Sandman - The Endless, Characters of The Sandman - Loki, Characters of The Sandman - Odin, Characters of The Sandman - The Three, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Minor gods, Characters of The Sandman - Duma, Characters of The Sandman - Before The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Azazel, Characters of The Sandman - Beelzebub, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Choronzon, Characters of The Sandman - Lucifer, Characters of The Sandman - Mazikeen, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Remiel, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Minor angels and demons, Characters of The Sandman - Hob Gadling, Characters of The Sandman - Orpheus, Characters of The Sandman - Thessaly, Characters of The Sandman - Minor immortals, Characters of The Sandman - The Cluracan, Characters of The Sandman - Nuala, Characters of The Sandman - Oberon, Characters of The Sandman - Titania, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Puck, Characters of The Sandman - Alex Burgess, Characters of The Sandman - Roderick Burgess, Characters of The Sandman - Johanna Constantine, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - John Constantine, Characters of The Sandman - After and/or Before The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Ethel Cripps, Characters of The Sandman - Doctor Dee, Characters of The Sandman - Wesley Dodds, Characters of The Sandman - Foxglove, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Daniel Hall, Characters of The Sandman - Lyta Hall, Characters of The Sandman - John Hathaway, Characters of The Sandman - Unity Kinkaid, Characters of The Sandman - Prez Rickard, Characters of The Sandman - Ruthven Sykes, Characters of The Sandman - Jed Walker, Characters of The Sandman - Rose Walker, Characters of The Sandman - Historical figures, Characters of The Sandman - Minor mortals

Read more here: » Characters of The Sandman: Encyclopedia II - Characters of The Sandman - Orpheus

Orpheus is the son of Dream in The Sandman. He is based on the Orpheus of Greek mythology After travelling through Hades, losing his beloved (twice), and being torn apart by lunatics, as in the legend, Orpheus spent a long time travelling around the world as a disembodied head. Johanna Constantine helped him through France. He was eventually 'put out of misery' by his father, an event which fulfilled the prophecy of Desire, Dream's sibling, that he would spill family blood and tri ...

See also:

Characters of The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Cain and Abel, Characters of The Sandman - Before The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - The Corinthian, Characters of The Sandman - Eve, Characters of The Sandman - Fiddler's Green, Characters of The Sandman - Gregory, Characters of The Sandman - Goldie, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Lucien, Characters of The Sandman - Matthew, Characters of The Sandman - Mervyn Pumpkinhead, Characters of The Sandman - Minor dreams, Characters of The Sandman - The Basanos, Characters of The Sandman - Bast, Characters of The Sandman - The Creator, Characters of The Sandman - The Endless, Characters of The Sandman - Loki, Characters of The Sandman - Odin, Characters of The Sandman - The Three, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Minor gods, Characters of The Sandman - Duma, Characters of The Sandman - Before The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Azazel, Characters of The Sandman - Beelzebub, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Choronzon, Characters of The Sandman - Lucifer, Characters of The Sandman - Mazikeen, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Remiel, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Minor angels and demons, Characters of The Sandman - Hob Gadling, Characters of The Sandman - Orpheus, Characters of The Sandman - Thessaly, Characters of The Sandman - Minor immortals, Characters of The Sandman - The Cluracan, Characters of The Sandman - Nuala, Characters of The Sandman - Oberon, Characters of The Sandman - Titania, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Puck, Characters of The Sandman - Alex Burgess, Characters of The Sandman - Roderick Burgess, Characters of The Sandman - Johanna Constantine, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - John Constantine, Characters of The Sandman - After and/or Before The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Ethel Cripps, Characters of The Sandman - Doctor Dee, Characters of The Sandman - Wesley Dodds, Characters of The Sandman - Foxglove, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - After The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Daniel Hall, Characters of The Sandman - Lyta Hall, Characters of The Sandman - John Hathaway, Characters of The Sandman - Unity Kinkaid, Characters of The Sandman - Prez Rickard, Characters of The Sandman - Ruthven Sykes, Characters of The Sandman - Jed Walker, Characters of The Sandman - Rose Walker, Characters of The Sandman - Historical figures, Characters of The Sandman - Minor mortals

Read more here: » Characters of The Sandman: Encyclopedia II - Characters of The Sandman - Orpheus

It is a common tendency for people to think of inanimate objects as having human-like characteristics. Few, if any people, believe this to have real significance. Common examples of this tendency include naming one's car or begging a machine to work. Advances in artificial intelligence are beginning to identify such foibles as a potentially more significant phenomenon; however, as computers begin to reach the point where they can recognize spoken language. Some computers are already very good at displaying very specific and specialized categ ...

See also:

Anthropomorphism, Anthropomorphism - In religions and mythologies, Anthropomorphism - Biblical literalism, Anthropomorphism - Hinduism, Anthropomorphism - Condemnation, Anthropomorphism - In rhetoric, Anthropomorphism - In literature, Anthropomorphism - Common usage, Anthropomorphism - Technical use, Anthropomorphism - Modern occurrences, Anthropomorphism - In logical reasoning, Anthropomorphism - Opposite view, Anthropomorphism - Slang use

Read more here: » Anthropomorphism: Encyclopedia II - Anthropomorphism - Common usage

While anthropomorphism is the practice of giving animals human qualities, Zoomorphism is the practice of giving humans animal qualities. These qualities can include everything from physical shape or movements ("She moves like a cat", "He looks as strong as a bear") to mentalities ("He is savage as a lion", "She's a dumb bunny") or a mix of the two ("I sting like a bee"). In the sense that anthropomorphism can include the giving of human qualities to a deity or deities, the opposite is Theom ...

See also:

Anthropomorphism, Anthropomorphism - In religions and mythologies, Anthropomorphism - Biblical literalism, Anthropomorphism - Hinduism, Anthropomorphism - Condemnation, Anthropomorphism - In rhetoric, Anthropomorphism - In literature, Anthropomorphism - Common usage, Anthropomorphism - Technical use, Anthropomorphism - Modern occurrences, Anthropomorphism - In logical reasoning, Anthropomorphism - Opposite view, Anthropomorphism - Slang use

Read more here: » Anthropomorphism: Encyclopedia II - Anthropomorphism - Opposite view

Art by Miguelanxo Prado In the far distant past, Dream and his new romantic interest Killalla of the Glow travel to a meeting of astronomical phenomena. The mortal Killalla is astonished to learn that the beings with which she is mingling and chit-chatting with rather comfortably are, in fact, the very stars, galaxies, and dimensions which comprise her universe. After an encounter with her world's own sun, Sto-Oa, Killalla and the star fall into each other's arms, possibly thank ...

See also:

Endless Nights, Endless Nights - Chapter 1: Death - Death and Venice, Endless Nights - Chapter 2: Desire - What I've tasted of Desire, Endless Nights - Chapter 3: Dream - The Heart of a Star, Endless Nights - Chapter 4: Despair - Fifteen Portraits of Despair, Endless Nights - Chapter 5: Delirium - Going Inside, Endless Nights - Chapter 6: Destruction - On the Peninsula, Endless Nights - Chapter 7: Destiny - Endless Nights

Read more here: » Endless Nights: Encyclopedia II - Endless Nights - Chapter 3: Dream - The Heart of a Star

Art by Barron Storey, designed by Dave McKean This collection of very short vignettes illustrate fifteen different people experiencing Despair in fifteen different ways. One is about an unemployed man who's feeding cats, only to have them end up eating each other to survive when he goes on an extended leave for work. Another is about a priest who's being forcibly defrocked due to a molestation scandal that he knows he can prove false. A third is about a woman who, after committing suicide ...

See also:

Endless Nights, Endless Nights - Chapter 1: Death - Death and Venice, Endless Nights - Chapter 2: Desire - What I've tasted of Desire, Endless Nights - Chapter 3: Dream - The Heart of a Star, Endless Nights - Chapter 4: Despair - Fifteen Portraits of Despair, Endless Nights - Chapter 5: Delirium - Going Inside, Endless Nights - Chapter 6: Destruction - On the Peninsula, Endless Nights - Chapter 7: Destiny - Endless Nights

Read more here: » Endless Nights: Encyclopedia II - Endless Nights - Chapter 4: Despair - Fifteen Portraits of Despair

He returned to England in 1967 to work for the offshore pirate radio station Wonderful Radio London. He was offered the midnight-to-two shift, which developed into a program called The Perfumed Garden (named after an erotic book famous at the time). It was on "Big L" that he first adopted the name John Peel. At the time I was coming to the end of a fairly catastrophic marriage ... my wife was amazingly aggressive and she hit me a lot and so I was pleased to be on the ship for two weeks out of three. ... It wasn't until [the Bea ...

See also:

John Peel, John Peel - Early life, John Peel - United States, John Peel - Beginning of British career, John Peel - BBC career, John Peel - BBC Radio 1, John Peel - Needle Time, John Peel - BBC World Service and foreign radio, John Peel - BBC Television, John Peel - Dandelion Records and Strange Fruit, John Peel - Family and home life, John Peel - Later years, John Peel - Awards and honorary degrees, John Peel - Health in later years and death, John Peel - John Peel Day, John Peel - Trivia

Read more here: » John Peel: Encyclopedia II - John Peel - Beginning of British career

In 1969 Peel founded Dandelion Records (named after his pet hamster) in order to release the debut album by Bridget St John, which he also produced. The label subsequently released 27 albums by 18 different artists before folding in 1972. Dandelion was however never a great success with only one release by Medicine Head charting. As Peel stated, It was never a success financially. In fact, we lost money, if I remember correctly, on every single release bar one. I did quite like it but it was terribly indulgent. Not as indulgent as it ...

See also:

John Peel, John Peel - Early life, John Peel - United States, John Peel - Beginning of British career, John Peel - BBC career, John Peel - BBC Radio 1, John Peel - Needle Time, John Peel - BBC World Service and foreign radio, John Peel - BBC Television, John Peel - Dandelion Records and Strange Fruit, John Peel - Family and home life, John Peel - Later years, John Peel - Awards and honorary degrees, John Peel - Health in later years and death, John Peel - John Peel Day, John Peel - Trivia

Read more here: » John Peel: Encyclopedia II - John Peel - Dandelion Records and Strange Fruit

Peel was born in Heswall on the Wirral Peninsula, near Liverpool, the son of an upper middle class cotton merchant, and educated as a boarder at Shrewsbury School. His housemaster, R. H. J. Brooke, whom Peel described as "extraordinarily eccentric" and "amazingly perceptive", wrote on one of his school reports: Perhaps it's possible that John can form some kind of nightmarish career out of his enthusiasm for unlistenable records and his delig ...

See also:

John Peel, John Peel - Early life, John Peel - United States, John Peel - Beginning of British career, John Peel - BBC career, John Peel - BBC Radio 1, John Peel - Needle Time, John Peel - BBC World Service and foreign radio, John Peel - BBC Television, John Peel - Dandelion Records and Strange Fruit, John Peel - Family and home life, John Peel - Later years, John Peel - Awards and honorary degrees, John Peel - Health in later years and death, John Peel - John Peel Day, John Peel - Trivia

Read more here: » John Peel: Encyclopedia II - John Peel - Early life

Art by Glenn Fabry This is a story about some archaeologists who uncover and explore a peninsula from many years in the future. Chronologically, this takes place after Delirium's Going Inside, the chapter preceding this one. ...

See also:

Endless Nights, Endless Nights - Chapter 1: Death - Death and Venice, Endless Nights - Chapter 2: Desire - What I've tasted of Desire, Endless Nights - Chapter 3: Dream - The Heart of a Star, Endless Nights - Chapter 4: Despair - Fifteen Portraits of Despair, Endless Nights - Chapter 5: Delirium - Going Inside, Endless Nights - Chapter 6: Destruction - On the Peninsula, Endless Nights - Chapter 7: Destiny - Endless Nights

Read more here: » Endless Nights: Encyclopedia II - Endless Nights - Chapter 6: Destruction - On the Peninsula

Art by Bill Sienkiewicz This story is about several mentally unbalanced people who are brought together on a quest to save Delirium from herself. It's possible at the end of this story that Delirium is somewhat healed in some fundamental way. ...

See also:

Endless Nights, Endless Nights - Chapter 1: Death - Death and Venice, Endless Nights - Chapter 2: Desire - What I've tasted of Desire, Endless Nights - Chapter 3: Dream - The Heart of a Star, Endless Nights - Chapter 4: Despair - Fifteen Portraits of Despair, Endless Nights - Chapter 5: Delirium - Going Inside, Endless Nights - Chapter 6: Destruction - On the Peninsula, Endless Nights - Chapter 7: Destiny - Endless Nights

Read more here: » Endless Nights: Encyclopedia II - Endless Nights - Chapter 5: Delirium - Going Inside

Anthropomorphism is a well established device in literature, notably in books for children, such as those by C.S. Lewis, Beatrix Potter and Lewis Carroll, which involve characters such as Peter Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, and the fantastical talking animals of Narnia. Also, Rev. W. Awdry's Railway Series depicts steam locomotives with human-like faces and personalities. Terry Pratchett is notable for having several anthropomorphic personifications in his Discworld books. Perhaps best known is the character Death. Piers Anthony al ...

See also:

Anthropomorphism, Anthropomorphism - In religions and mythologies, Anthropomorphism - Biblical literalism, Anthropomorphism - Hinduism, Anthropomorphism - Condemnation, Anthropomorphism - In rhetoric, Anthropomorphism - In literature, Anthropomorphism - Common usage, Anthropomorphism - Technical use, Anthropomorphism - Modern occurrences, Anthropomorphism - In logical reasoning, Anthropomorphism - Opposite view, Anthropomorphism - Slang use

Read more here: » Anthropomorphism: Encyclopedia II - Anthropomorphism - In literature

Blood on the Tracks - Side 1. "Tangled Up in Blue" - 5:40 "Simple Twist of Fate" - 4:18 "You're a Big Girl Now" - 4:36 "Idiot Wind" - 7:45 "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" - 2:58 Blood on the Tracks - Side 2. "Meet Me in the Morning" - 4:19 "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack Of Hearts" - 8:50 "If You See Her, Say Hello" - 4:46 "Shelter from the S ...

See also:

Blood on the Tracks, Blood on the Tracks - Writing and recording Blood on the Tracks, Blood on the Tracks - The Songs, Blood on the Tracks - Outtakes and alternate versions, Blood on the Tracks - Aftermath, Blood on the Tracks - Track listing, Blood on the Tracks - Side 1, Blood on the Tracks - Side 2, Blood on the Tracks - Personnel

Read more here: » Blood on the Tracks: Encyclopedia II - Blood on the Tracks - Track listing

Main article: The Endless The Endless are a family of seven anthropomorphic personifications of universal concepts who much of the series revolves around. They are: Death Delirium (formerly Delight) Desire Despair Destiny Destruction ("The Prodigal") ...

See also:

Characters of The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - Cain and Abel, Characters of The Sandman - Before The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - In The Sandman, Characters of The Sandman - The Corinthian, Characters of The Sandman - Eve, Characters of The Sandman - Fiddler's Green, Characters of The Sandman - Gregory, Characters of The Sandman - Goldie,