It is crucial, however, not to underestimate the creative and transforming power of subsequent tradition: for instance, Achilles, the most important character of the Iliad, is strongly associated with southern Thessaly, but his legendary figure is interwoven into a tale of war whose kings were from the Peloponnese.

This series introduces the character of Thessaly, who will play a key role in Morpheus ' eventual fate.

| 28978 Ixion || || Greek mythological character, a king of Thessaly, mostly famous for his terrible punishment for kin-slaying *

Literary critic Neil Philip also argued that further folkloric and mythological influences could be seen in the character of Nastrond, who had both a foul smell and an aversion to fresh water, characteristics traditionally associated with the Nuckalevee, a creature in Scottish folklore.

In Fables and Reflections, the seventh volume of Neil Gaiman's comic series The Sandman, the maenads feature in the story Orpheus, in which they gruesomely murder the titular character after he refuses to cavort with them ( echoing the events of the actual Greek myth of Orpheus ).

Dream is a fictional character and the protagonist of DC Comics ' Vertigo comic book series The Sandman, written by Neil Gaiman.

Joanna Scanlan plays a character called Mormo in the 2007 movie Stardust, which is based on a novel by Neil Gaiman.

The Corinthian is a fictional character in Neil Gaiman's comic book series The Sandman.

Kaufman's Tony Clifton character has influenced other " anti-comedy " acts, notably stand-up comedian Neil Hamburger, singer / comedian Unknown Hinson, and Canadian singer / comedian Corey Mystyshyn.

* Mr. Punch, a fictional character in The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch graphic novel by Neil Gaiman

* The main character of Neil LaBute's play Wrecks is originally from Coeur d ' Alene.

During the mid-1970s, DC Comics published an " atmospheric interpretation " of the character by writer Dennis O ' Neil and artist Michael Kaluta in a 12-issue series ( Nov. 1973-Sept. 1975 ).

Neil Gaiman's preferred Sandman spin-off had not had an easy time being published, due to its title and main character, but Carey was able to helm it for a Sandman-equalling 75 issues ( and a 2002 one-shot-Nirvana ) for 6 years.

Foxglove ( Donna Cavanagh ) is a fictional character from the Sandman graphic novels, written by Neil Gaiman.

In 1989 reportedly Phoenix wanted the role of Neil Perry, the main character of Dead Poets Society, but the role was instead given to Robert Sean Leonard.

Johnny Appleseed is a character in Neil Gaiman's American Gods.

Also, in The Sandman issue " Calliope " written by Neil Gaiman and pencilled by Kelley Jones, a character, Richard Madoc, writes a book " The Cabaret of Dr. Caligari ", an obvious pseudonym.

In 1984, after the second season, Planer ( in character as Neil ) reached No. 2 in the UK charts with a version of Traffic's " Hole In My Shoe ".

* Crowley, a character in Good Omens, a novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

In American Gods by Neil Gaiman, main character Shadow discovers pasties at Mabel's restaurant in the fictional town of Lakeside.

* The character Old Bailey camps on top of Centre Point at one point in Neil Gaiman's novel Neverwhere.

The Kobold Heinzelmann is an important character in the novel American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

* The book Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman has a character named Old Bailey.

In literature, he appears in American Gods by Neil Gaiman, as " Czernobog ", and much later in the novel as " Bielebog " ( it is implied that the two are different aspects of the same character, sharing the same existence, but represent symbolic seasons ).

In Neil Marshall's Dog Soldiers the last words that the character Cooper says are, " You think it's all over?

Also in 2011, Sheen starred in Beautiful Boy, an independent drama focusing on the aftermath of a school shooting, voiced a character in a Doctor Who episode written by his friend Neil Gaiman and made cameo appearances in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 and Resistance.

Among his theater credits are Wendy Wasserstein's Third at Lincoln Center, for which he won the Clarence Derwent Award and the Martin E. Segal Award for his portrayal of the title character ; the Off Broadway production of The Beginning of August, and the role of Tim in the world premiere of Neil LaBute's play The Distance From Here at London's Almeida Theatre.

** Dream of The Endless, the main character of Gaiman's book, sometimes referred as The Sandman

Although created before the two met, the character Delirium from Gaiman's The Sandman series ( or even her sister Death ) is inspired by Amos ; Gaiman has stated that they " steal shamelessly from each other ".

The character, who appeared three times in Gaiman's series, was revived due to the popularity of Gaiman's series.

Dream originally began as a mainstream DC character able to interact with DC superheroes, and Gaiman's versions of Dream have appeared in DC superhero titles written by Keith Giffen and by Grant Morrison, as well as in Gaiman's own The Books of Magic series and in a Rick Veitch-authored issue of Swamp Thing ( where he meets Matthew Cable ).

Dringenberg points out the primary difference between their vision for Desire being that Gaiman's idea for the character was essentially sexless and unsatisfying.

* Morpheus, under the name of Dream, is the principal character in Neil Gaiman's comic book series, The Sandman.

Mervyn " Merv " Pumpkinhead is a fictional character in Neil Gaiman's popular comic book series, The Sandman.

Gaiman's Dream more closely resembles the concept of the Sandman as he is portrayed in mythology than a traditional superhero genre character.

Sweeney also appears as a character in Neil Gaiman's novel, American Gods.

* Odin, a character, based on the Norse god, in Neil Gaiman's comic book series The Sandman

Lucien the Librarian, a character later used in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman series, was created by Levitz and artist Nestor Redondo.

An incidental character called Ruthven appears in later issues of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman comic ; this Ruthven is a man with a rabbit's head, as well as prominent " vampire " fangs.

A character called Jack in the Green has appeared in a number of comic books, including Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days, Swamp Thing Vol. 2 # 47 and Hellblazer: Lady Constantine # s 1, 2 and 3, as an early incarnation of the Swamp Thing character.

The character was revived briefly in the 1990s, first in a short story by Neil Gaiman in Swamp Thing Annual # 5 ( reprinted in Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days ), and then a Vertigo one-shot by Rachel Pollack and Mike Allred titled Corruption of the Innocent or " Homelands of the Dolls ".

* In Neil Gaiman's comic, The Sandman, the character Desire is gender-fluid.

* Goldie ( DC Comics ), a gargoyle character in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman comic book series