The VERY Messed Up Origins of The Sandman

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» 0:00 - The Sandman: Our MOST Messed Up Origin so far?
» 2:31 - Bring Me a Dream...
» 7:40 - The Evolution of the Sandman
» 11:59 - Why the Sandman?

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[tarisoala]

Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream (bom, bom, bom, bom)

[leeparenzee]

Neil Gaiman, s DC Comics Morpheus (Dream Of The Endless) Is by far my favorite version of Sandman. the storyline and his siblings is a trip to behold . the visual novel and art by Dave McKean is so captivating.

[ContagiousSponge]

I haven't seen the video yet, but I just wanna say how much I loved the Rise of The Guardians movie

[biancarichling]

Here in germany, we have a TV-show called 'Sandmännchen' since, the 70s or 60s, i think. The intro always shows the Sandmännchen coming by everchanging ways of transportation, like a tug-boat, rocket, unicorn, helicopter, you get the picture. He meets some kids/friends and then showing them a short film. In the ending he throws his sand and everyone gets tired and goes to sleep and the Sandmännchen leaves the same way he came. It's an east german icon and one of the few things that survived from GDR after german Reunion.

[thearmchairjournalist]

I told my son that dreams were our brain telling us stories and that’s why sometimes if we’re sad we may have bad dreams and then when we are happy we can have good dreams, that it was our brain telling us how we feel underneath.

[Spectral-Senpai]

The real life sandman: WHY THE HECK AIN'T YOU ASSLEEP YET!

[xdani_thethinkingneko]

I was actually told a scary sandman version growing up. My Mamama from Peru (her and my Papo immigrated to America in the 1970s), used to always tell me the story of a sandman that would come and get me if I didn't go to bed early. But, instead of it being a sandman, it was a sand woman.😅 She said she would come through the wall to come and get me, and pulling me in. Scared the crap out of me lol

[MorganMuffinMan]

I’ll never look at the sandman the same again 💀

[sandradermark]

The Andersen Sandman's twin brother being the Grim Reaper could be a reference to Greek myth of twins Hypnos (sleep) and Thanatos (death).

[ThatGuyLondon]

I grew up in Germany and I remember in the evenings there was this stop motion thing that would play on TV after some cartoons where the sandman ends the show and I think he flew around and spread his sand. I don't remember much else, but the sandman was a popular tradition in the Bavarian area of Germany where i grew up

[JStryker]

The first time I ever heard of the Sandman was on an episode of Bobby's World, where he appears in front of Bobby as a surfer dude and asks him for directions to Kelly's room. After Bobby directs him there and he leaves, Bobby tells the viewers that he sent him to Derek's room. The next morning, Derek complains about having a funny dream about Kelly's boyfriend, while Kelly complains about a strange skateboarding contest dream.

[Savetheseas]

My mom told me that she encountered the Sandman when she was a kid. She said he gave her a glass of warm milk and sprinkled the sand in her eyes when she was done. The cup was still on her nightstand when she woke up.

[jamessirot]

The Sandman was the antagonist in the book "Nightmare Before Christmas Long Live The Pumpkin Queen". Taking place after the movie, Sally accidently finds a door to the land of dreams. The Sandman was imprisoned and went on a rampage, putting everyone in all the Holiday worlds to sleep.

[maxangelia]

I still believe he’s a kind, caring, loving, true, helpful angel

[sassysuzyu]

My Grandma told me the Sandman would come and if was asleep would leave me good dreams but if I was awake would send me nightmares.

[Tribalfanx]

I've learned about the Sandman from a german TV show. It aired every evening at 6 pm and always showed a little puppet in red or blue robes with a white beard and a pointy hat, that came to some (puppet) kids that had trouble sleeping. Then, a short film was shown, like a puppet play about talking animals, a mischievious mer...boy(?), or a cartoon. Those were on a roll, something different every day of the week and a new episode every specific weekday. Like, the merboy on mondays, talking pigs on tuesdays and so on...
In the end, the puppet kids had fallen asleep, the sandman threw "sand" at the camera and went back to his home in the skies.

[steffennielsen]

As a Dane 🇩🇰 I am genuinely impressed by your pronunciation of Ole Lukøje 👍
We also have a lullaby song called: “Den lille Ole med paraplyen” which translates to “Little Ole with the umbrella”

In Denmark (H.C. Andersen’s native country )Ole Lukøje is most commonly known as a little creature who makes children fall asleep, with his magical umbrella and give them lovely dreams. 😅

[___David__]

Never heard of Sandman as a child. Growing up Catholic in a Catholic country kinda means all those tales from barbaric germania were scrubbed clean from our childhood.
Instead, we learned prayers to say to our Guardian Angel. Prayers that include, for example, a plea to God to take our soul should we die before we wake up. Which basically meant you went to sleep expecting death. Which was...fun.

Anyway, the only Sandman known in Portugal is The Sandeman. An excellent Porto wine. That, admittedly, can knock you off should you drink too much of it...

[seb_zombie]

My guy you have no idea how long I’ve been waiting for you to talk about this

[Patrick-Woodzs]

denmark: lovely old man give you the cutest dream have you seen soo your lonley night is over

German: he took your eye to feed his children