Introduction
The Sandman Inspired Dog Names In Pop Culture
Barnabas and Destruction's tale is long and complex, making up the bulk of the Brief Lives storyline. Dream, the titular Sandman and main character of the series, embarks on a journey with his younger sister Delirium to find their older brother Destruction. For those of you who don't know, Dream, Delirium, and Destruction are a part of a group known as the Endless - alongside their other siblings Destiny, Despair, Desire, and Death. Each of them embodies a particular aspect of reality but their input isn't needed for the aspect they preside over to take effect - in other words, Death doesn't have to be around for people to pass away. This concept is meditated on heavily during the Brief Lives story and is the crux of Barnabas and Destruction's story.
You see despite his name, Destruction is actually a kind-hearted soul who became disillusioned with the metaphysical concept he embodied sometime during the 17th century - when man created the Atomic Bomb. Destruction didn't want any part of the wanton carnage and bloodshed that such a weapon could cause, so he abandoned his post. Barnabas, being the loyal dog that he was, followed his master and stayed by Destruction's side as the latter tried his hand at creating art rather than taking lives.
Dream and Delirium eventually manage to track Destruction down and ask him why he abandoned his position. Destruction replied that he didn't want to be associated with the sort of widespread damage industrialized warfare could cause - something that infuriated Dream. Realizing that he wouldn't be able to find peace with the others hounding after him, Destruction set off to parts unknown once again - this time leaving Barnabas in the care of Delirium in the hopes of giving his faithful furry friend over to someone much warmer and delightful than himself.
The Sandman Inspired Dog Name Considerations
Male The Sandman Inspired Dog Names
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Dream
The main character of the series
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Sandman
One of Dream's many aliases
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Morpheus
The Greek God of Sleep and Dreams
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Murphy
Another of Dream's other aliases
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Oneiros
The Minor Greek God of Dreams
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Shaper
Dream is also known as the Shaper
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L'Zoril
Dream is also known as Lord L'Zoril
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Darkness
Dream is formally addressed as His Darkness
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Sultan
The Sultan of Sleep is one of Dream's aliases
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Dreamweaver
An accurate description of Dream's job
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Destiny
The oldest of the Endless
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Potmos
One of Destiny's other names
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Fate
Another word for Destiny
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Will
Destiny is sometimes called the Will of the Universe
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William
Longer form of Will
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Destruction
The peace loving embodiment of destruction
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Olethros
The Greek God of Havoc
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Corinth
Olethros is mentioned in the Book of Corinthians
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Timothy
Olethros is also mentioned in the Book of Timothy
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Tim
Shortened form of Timothy
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Matthew
The name of Dream's raven familiar
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Matt
Matt Cable is the raven's real name
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Barnabas
Destruction and Delirium's talking dog
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Barney
Based on Barnabas
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Lucien
Dream's first raven familiar and librarian of his realm
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Corinthian
A nightmare that represented the dark aspects of man
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Cain
The first murderer, lives in Dream's realm
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Abel
Cain's brother who also lives in Dream's realm
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Daniel
Dream's successor and heir to the Dreaming
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Dan
Shortened form of Daniel
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Female The Sandman Inspired Dog Names
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Death
A member of the Endless and Dream's older sister
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Kalma
The Finnish Goddess of Death and Decay
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Brigitte
Maman Brigitte is a Vodoo Goddess of Death
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Hel
The Norse Goddess of Death
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Morrígan
The Morrígan was an Irish Witch Goddess associated with Death
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Alecto
One of the Greek Furies
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Tisiphone
One of Alectio's sisters who punished wrongdoers
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Megaera
The Fury also known as the shrew
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Erinyes
The Greek name for the Furies as a whole
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Kindly
The Furies were known as the Kindly Ones in The Sandman
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Despair
The twin sister of Desire
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Des
A nickname for Despair
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Dez
Another nickname for Despair
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Anobaith
Welsh for despair
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Obup
Slovenian for Despair
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Desire
Despair's twin who's gender changes based on what people want
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Desiree
A name based on desire
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Envie
French for desire
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Rose
Rose Walker was a dream vortex whose existence threatened Dream's
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Thessaly
An ancient witch Dream had a fling with
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Delirium
The youngest member of the Endless
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Delight
Delirium's old name
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Deli
Nickname based on Delight
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Bast
A cat goddess who had a thing for Dream
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Hippolyta
The name of Wonder Woman's mother and daughter
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Lyta
Hippolyta 's nickname
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Killala
One of Dream's most passionate love interests
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Layla
Derived from Killala
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Nuala
A housekeeper of Dream's realm
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Eve
The first woman and wife of Adam
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