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What is the origin of 'Sandman'?The sandman is a fantasy or folk figure associated with sleep and dreaming.
The Sandman is a very small man who wears a long nightcap, and if you've been very good, he comes in the night and makes you sleepy by sprinkling sand in your eyes, which will give you very good dreams. I think the actual legend is slightly different. According to various sources (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandman), the sandman is really a sort of fairy that comes into the bedroom of sleeping children and drops his magic sand onto them, giving them fantastic dreams. He is usually depicted a carrying around a big sack full of sand, and sometimes represented as a fairy, a jolly little man in costume, or even the grim reaper. (The Roman Dirge illustrated story "Something at the Window is Scratching" shows him as a cute little monster creature.)
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You might be familiar with the song "Mr. Sandman" by the Chordettes (featuring prominently in the movie Back to the Future). The story of the sandman has been borrowed and recast into a number of popular songs, stories, movies, and comic books. The name has been borrowed for wrestling names, song titles, album titles, and several superheroes.
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When was Sandman born?Honestly, no one knows for sure when the Sandman was born. Originally, Hans Christian Andersen's 1841 folk tale Ole Lukøje introduced the Sandman, named Ole Lukøje.
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Where did Sandman come from?
The sandman Legend is a mythical character from Western Folklore. He is said to bring good dreams by sprinkling magical sand onto the eyes of children while they were deep asleep at night.
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Why did Sandman go from good to evil?The story lends itself, well to more sinister variations (he sneaks into your room in dark of night and throws things at your innocent, oblivious head!), and has been recast in a number of darker versions, including some where the Sandman steals your eyes and eats them, puts you to sleep for ever, or suffocates you under his mountain of sand.
The impatiences of the Sandman, grows further from just causing a turmoiled and uncomfortable night sleep. He has been known to cause so much irritability/irritation from his course sand for those children whom can not or will not sleep there eyes will fallout. He will then collect and take 'The Children's Eyes with him to feed his own children on the mood. Where he Resides
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How was The Sandman's methods for getting children to sleep created?
The Sandman uses two different types of fairy type dust that he uses on children. The first one is: for the purpose's of causing a calming affect for a restful and graceful sleep. The second one is: restless sand that causes restless, the inability to calm down and get comfortable for a good night sleep. Similar to one who suffers insomnia.
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Does Sandman Exist?Yes- 41%
No- 83%
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- ECW Wrestler: The Sandman
- Charmed Season 5 Episode 14 "Sand Francisco Dreamin'"
- The 1954 song "Mr. Sandman" popularized by The Chordettes (Featuring prominently in the movie Back to the Future)
- The 1933 Walt Disney Silly Symphonies cartoon Lullaby Land ends with the Sandman putting the baby to sleep
- The 1934 Laurel and Hardy film Babes in Toyland (1934 film) depicts the Sandman putting Little Bo-Peep and Tom-Tom Piper to sleep
- In East Germany on Deutscher Fernsehfunk, Sandmännchen survived through the end of the Iron Curtain, which was really popular for many kids in The GDR and Reunified Germany today.
- In the Apollo Theater talent television show, a stage name for Howard Sims, who comedically ushered failed acts offstage with a shepherd's crook
- In 1986 the TV cartoon series The Real Ghostbusters featured the Sandman in an episode entitled "Mr. Sandman, Dream Me a Dream"
- The 2012 Dreamworks film Rise of the Guardians features the Sandman as a main character
- The 2013 TV series Sleepy Hollow depicts the Sandman in an episode entitled "For the Triumph of Evil"
- The 1920 song "The Japanese Sandman" by Raymond B. Egan and Richard A. Whiting
- The 1957 song Morningtown Ride, recorded by The Seekers among others, in which the Sandman features as a character
- The 1963 song In Dreams, by Roy Orbison, which mentions the Sandman
- The 1971 song "Sandman" by America (band)
- The 1991 song "Enter Sandman" by Metallica
- The 2004 song "Blood Red Sandman" by Lordi
- The 2009 song "Sandmann" by Oomph!
- The 2013 song "Sandman" by HURTS (from their 2013 album "Exile")
- The 2013 song "Sandman" by Kirsty McGee
- The Sandman graphic novel series by Neil Gaiman, depicts the Sandman as protagonist, Dream
- Morpheus – Greek god of dreams
- Wee Willie Winkie – A Scottish nursery rhyme's personification of sleep
The Legend of Sandman S1E8
Doctor Who/Supernatural: Enter Sandman
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The Chordettes - Mr. Sandman Lyrics
Artist: The ChordettesAlbum: Miscellaneous
Genre: Vocal
Bung, bung, bung, bung, bung
Bung, bung, bung, bung, bung
Bung, bung, bung, bung, bung
Bung, bung, bung, bung, bung
Bung, bung, bung, bung, bung
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
(Bung, bung, bung, bung)
Make him the cutest that I've ever seen
(Bung, bung, bung, bung)
Give him two lips like roses and clover
Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over
Sandman, I'm so alone
Don't have nobody to call my own
Please turn on your magic beam
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
Bung, bung, bung, bung
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
Make him the cutest that I've ever seen
Give him the word that I'm not a rover
Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over
Sandman, I'm so alone
Don't have nobody to call my own
Please turn on your magic beam
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
Bung, bung, bung, bung
Mr. Sandman bring us a dream
(Yes)
Give him a pair of eyes with a come-hither gleam
Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci
And lots of wavy hair like Liberace
Mr Sandman, someone to hold
(Someone to hold)
Would be so peachy before we're too old
So please turn on your magic beam
Mr Sandman, bring us, please, please, please
Mr Sandman, bring us a dream
Bung, bung, bung, bung
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Chira's Links:
http://slumberwise.com/trivia/why-is-the-sandman-in-my-bedroom-the-weird-ways-we-talk-about-sleep/
http://vgperson.com/games/sandman.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandman
http://www.narcomed.com.au/page1.html
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0539418/
http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_bf37.htm
http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Sandman_(audio_story)
Richard's Links:
http://www.narcomed.com.au/page1.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandman
http://www.examiner.com/article/the-sandman
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