Snakes (illustrated by Max Rugers)

When Morpheus decides to call on the three witches to determine the location of his stolen tools he needs to travel through dreams finding references to certain things within the minds of those asleep. He encounters the gallows, the honey, the crescent moon and the snakes easily enough.

This portrait is of the dream snakes that Dream uses to call upon The Hecateae.

The Snakes appear in Sandman # 2, on page 17 in panel 4.

Max did a great job with this portrait. I like that his snake had a colorful pattern on it that resembles fire.