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The sandman vol 6 fables and reflections5/30/2023 In Gaiman’s mythology, Orpheus is the son, not of Apollo, but of Morpheus, and Dream’s entire family, who attends Orpheus’ wedding, are caught up in the tragic events surrounding the death of his wife Eurydice. The second most powerful story in Fables and Reflections is the life of the poet and musician Orpheus. Gaiman wrote it during Operation Desert Storm, and, although the tale is not only filled with magic but also inked in a marvel of colors suited to the city of the Arabian Nights, it is touched with melancholy and loss rooted in the devastation of war in Iraq. The best of these four-in fact, the best of the entire collection-is the story of the Caliph of Baghdad and the bargain he makes with the Lord of Dreams. Just, Caliph Harun al-Rashid, and San Francisco native Joshua Norton (self-proclaimed Emperor of America)-all of whom led lives profoundly affected by dreams. Still, there are a couple of themes present here: 1) the fate of empires and emperors, and 2) the ways in which narrative-in dream and song-can sustain hope and foster illusion.įour of the stories feature historical rulers-Emperor Caesar Augustus, revolutionary leaders Robespierre and St. The sixth collection-as its title suggests-is a somewhat random grab-bag of tales, only tenuously connected with the Sandman story.
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