The VERY Messed Up Origins of The Sandman

[@JonSolo]

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[@colincarroll7218]

It's colin Carroll by the way, it may say calling Carol but that is not my name. The stupid autocorrect screwed up for me

[@HeatherNickless-vt8zr]

I have recently heard about a book that is the sequel to "The Nightmare Before Christmas"; and it is about Sally who feels trapped by her life in Halloween Town, despite her freedom from Dr. Finklestein and to make a long story short, she finds out about her parents, her abduction from her childhood home, and that the sandman was acting evil because of his lack of sleep because of his unending job, and she discovers other worlds of Holidays that haven't been much explored.

[@XYZXYZabc123]

Morphius 👁👁Matrix

[@HeatherNickless-vt8zr]

@@colincarroll7218; I know how that feels, it did the same to half the stuff I type into my replies and compels me to add certain words to the online dictionary and try my best to make sure the spelling is correct and that is the tricky part of having to do so.

[@chrisakane9840]

I thought sandman was another nickname the music industry gives for basically the devil. Like "money man" "rain man". Also the sandman is a wrestler lol😂

[@tarisoala9717]

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

[@AnonymousAnarchist2]

Make him the cutest that I've ever seen

[@Nick-859]

Give him two lips, red and clover​@@AnonymousAnarchist2

[@MomMother-iy6tl]

Give him two lips like roses and clover

[@brandibastian4193]

​@@MomMother-iy6tland tell him that his lonesome nights are over

[@Chaosincarnate2002]

Sandman, I’m so alone (Bom, bom, bom, bom)

[@ContagiousSponge]

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

[@lenastorm6280]

Same!

[@bvillebikelady3651]

All I'll say about it is this: don't mess with the Sandman!

[@MissyFaith1971]

I liked the movie a lot too.

[@Iliveinuratticandatethepizza]

same bro

[@LuxBellator92]

Deserves a sequel. I'd love if the sequel had the villain be Krampus.

[@leeparenzee2930]

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.

[@katywynter6419]

Not to mention how gorgeous he is and how sexy his voice is in the live action series

[@Logitah]

One of my oldest friends in fiction. ❤

[@AnvilPictures]

I’m so glad it’s getting more episodes. Yes episodes not season, Neil Gaiman sees this as one entire season. So technically it’s a season 2, just without the borders to separate the episodes.

[@biancarichling789]

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.

[@lenastorm6280]

Pure Kindheit! ☺️

[@Feluffle]

I used to watch that as a kid on NDR. The Sandmännchen always creeped me out, mainly his appearance. Seeing this video, I guess it's just lucky they didn't take the Hoffmann direction...

[@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

[@tiffanymichaels2429]

How do you fall asleep after that? I'd be up all night.

[@JonSolo]

that is TERRIFYING

[@berniefarringtonjr453]

I shit my pants

[@sandradermark8463]

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

[@thearmchairjournalist566]

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.

[@QueenOfDarknes5]

My brain telling me that it hates me: "You know that even in your worst nightmares, you can't experience death because we don't know what it actually feels like? Good news! You know what dying in a video game and respawning feels like! So enjoy dreaming about being stuck in a horror VR game that saved right before your death."

[@Savetheseas7]

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.

[@mfjudge9212]

Your mom is lying

[@gerrekurquidez3044]

​@mfjudge9212, either you're a stuck up know it all or you're mom was a total asshile with you. It's the cuteness of the imagination our parents had, it's not like a grand conspiracy you see, but nobody else gets.

[@eggxecution]

@@mfjudge9212 well that hurt, but I had a good laugh XD

[@cpt.deadpool90]

​@@mfjudge9212no no no the sandman is real! He blew sand in my face and I woke up in the sandman's bed

[@Pixlewatchtoo]

He ripped out my eyes, aaah!

[@Spectral-Senpai]

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

[@Pixlewatchtoo]

Having your eyes stolen because you didn’t sleep would be scary

[@Spectral-Senpai]

@@Pixlewatchtoo definitely

[@jamessirot854]

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.

[@hollytheanimalcrossingfan]

I wish he mentioned that

[@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

[@melindamuller4466]

Oh, it's popular everywhere in Germany. We actually adopted the east-german sandman when we reunited.

[@Jessie91J]

The sandman always travels via different transportation (bycicle, hot air balloon, on foot, train...) and wants to put the kids to sleep. but the children beg him with a song to watch a little movie with them. that movie then play (mostly a lovely tiny story about tiny adventures or friendship with puppets or hand drawn with recurring characters like Pittiplatsch. those were famous before sesame characters came over from the US) and after the movie they sing the song again with changed lyrics so that the kids go to bed, and the sandman keeps on travelling to the next house First song via memory.. pretty sure those are the right words =) Sandmann lieber Sandmann es ist noch nicht so weit.. Wir sehen erst den abendgruß Bevor jedes Kind ins Bettchen muss... Du hast gewiss noch Zeit. (Sandman, dear Sandman, it's not time yet. We first watch the evening greetings Before every child needs to go to bed. You sureley have the time)

[@JStryker47]

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.

[@brandibastian4193]

I'm not positive but I feel like for me it was probably that episode of The Golden girls where they're singing to the neighbors baby they're watching who is sick

[@MorganMuffinMan]

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

[@samuelgrant8512]

Ha!😂

[@katywynter6419]

How often do you look at him? Cuz I've never seen him.

[@froggers-0369]

But he’ll be looking at you Always

[@jessicaclakley3691]

@@froggers-0369 oh that’s sinister… and I love it lol

[@steffennielsen8982]

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. 😅

[@JonSolo]

YOOO I pronounced a foreign word right?! This is cause for celebration 🥳

[@Shadowluigi-pj9nq]

The Sandman from The Real Ghostbusters was pretty creepy. I think it was the raspy voice and dead looking eyes 😬

[@justinfjay9611]

Can't believe anyone else remembers that

[@Shadowluigi-pj9nq]

@@justinfjay9611 Hard to forget 🤣

[@Tribalfan88x]

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.

[@BryanExplainsItAll7]

ok, h have a different verson. set it up... late 80's, early 90's my dad told me and my brother... 'say your prayers and free from sin, exit light and enter night, the sandman will off to dreamland'. basicly a metallica 'enter sandman' song with a few tweeks. dad also said sandman had a twin brother... didn't get the name but he is the bad dreams and/or nightmares. both are maching hats and pjs. sandman is a lighter tan and the this nightmare is darker tan. thay both use magic sand but that is just a tool. thay will think of the best/worst things then get the sand and sprinkle to the kids.

[@___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_zombie2008]

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

[@jamimuhammad3699]

“That walk to the toilet at 3 am makes me feel like I’m traveling the deserts of tatoine and I make the toilet look like the swamps of nabu”. Bro that was a good Star Wars joke Jon solo that was good 😂.

[@wendychavez5348]

Jon's snarky and unexpected comments like this are one of the reasons I subscribed to him 5 years ago!

[@stuffingtonjfluffypantsiii]

I think the freakiest Sandman I've seen was that episode of Are You Afraid Of The Dark where the Sandman was played by Bobcat Goldthwait. If Bobcat jumped out from under my bed I'd need new pants.

[@DarthJeter888]

I liked how he was funny but he still was threatening

[@stephanieperri5012]

I loved Are you Afraid of the Dark, scared the hell outta me as a kid. But somehow I missed that episode

[@stuffingtonjfluffypantsiii]

@@stephanieperri5012 Season 2 Episode 1 The Tale Of The Final Wish

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

That sounds both traumatizing and hilarious.

[@michellebrouellette]

My introduction to the sandman was the very brief appearance in Laurel and Hardy's "Babes in Toyland"

[@relicking9207]

I think my first introduction to the Sandman was Rise Of the Guardians, though my memory is terrible so that may not be right, its the first I remember anyways

[@Nirtep]

Sleep with one eye open, gripping your pillow tight.

[@wendychavez5348]

Me too!

[@sore2938]

Funny thing: im Germany, the sandman isn't evil anymore. We have a children's show called "der sandmann" in which a little cley-figure-puppet called "sandmann" tells goodnightstories to his friends befor they go to bed. It runs on like 6pm, so all the toddlers and smaller children know, when its time to go to bed. Its really wholesome! And as a child i also was told that the sandman brings you good dreams. So... Germans had scary stories in oldern time but most of them are now holesome... But try to cover the "strubbelpeter" book with its stories about not eating your soup and dying bc of that... Thats a whole other spectrum of traumatizing and scary lol

[@TheOnlyKillena]

"The Sandman" is now on audible it is broken into parts, but it is a great listen. As always this was a great breakdown. Xoxo

[@MakeLoveNotWar687]

Enter sandman take me away🎵

[@ronniecorbett6306]

🤘

[@Lake-po5vy]

Nevermind that noise you heard 🤘

[@Melkor8249]

It's just the beast under your bed

[@saranieuwenhuis]

In your closet

[@Jay-X280]

IN YOUR HEAD

[@gree4776]

I tell my nieces, and nephews I'm a magical being responsible for all folklore. Things like how I threw the moon into the sky, and that it's not really cheese. It's a giant powdered donut hole, and the cow that jumped over the moon keeps trying to eat it. That's why I threw it up there. I can usually get them to believe me until they're around 11 years old.

[@jackiewepps4694]

To me, I have always known the Sandman as Ole Luk-øje (yes, Danish person here). Although, I didn't realize they were the same until I saw this video, which properly explains the abilities of Sandman. I think there are a few lullabies about him. My late grandma used to sing the less common one of them to me and my sisters when she and my grandpa babysat us when we were little. She would sing two lullabies, a religious one about God watching over us, lika a prayer, and then the one about Ole Luk-øje. I sang that one to myself on the evening of the day that she passed. Watching this video made me remember her and miss her. I can hear her singing that lullaby in my mind now. I might have read the Andersen story at some point when I was little (or had it read aloud to me is probably more accurate). I don't remember it though. Then again, there are a number of his lesser known tales that I don't know. I remember having to read one for school. I think it was called "Klokken" (The Bell). Anyway, this was very informative and an emotional experience for me. Thank you.

[@jelixnb4593]

When you talked about the two umbrellas I remember in my childhood there was a cartoon that did that I just don't remember what cartoon it was.

[@mickgorro]

Dream/Morpheus delivering dreams reminded me of the BFG :).

[@maieen2665]

My parents didn't tell me about the sandman, but I knew about him because of the song. Part of me was expecting an Enter Sandman reference, lol.

[@wendychavez5348]

I was hoping! The Hoffmann version of the tale comes close. I know the writer of the Metallica song has said it's related to the crib death of a relative (his nephew?) rather than a direct reference to sleep, though it's been many years since I heard that interview. Still my favorite song by Metallica!

[@sina0266]

Pretty sure the E.T.A Hofmann Sandman is more like a creepypasta 😅 like the version of Micky mouse on your shirt I learned of the sandman through German television. In Germany there is a kids show, that plays daily at 7pm where the sandman brings a little story. As children we were only allowed to stay up till the sandman was over. Such core memory’s “Sandman, lieber sandman es ist noch nicht soweit. Wir sehen erst den Abendgruß, ehe jedes Kind in Bettchen muss …”

[@leviandhisbae7375]

I'm from Germany, and on the German TV channel, KIKA, that was specifically for little kids, there was a series called Sandman that came every evening, with very short episodes to send kids off to sleep basically. It was a lil playdough guy looking like Santa, all cute, and they'd sing a sweet lullaby about getting ready for bed and then he'd blow glittery sand at the screen. That is my very first association with the Sandman that I remember and considering I'm in Germany I gotta consider myself lucky it was this one and not Hoffman's version. lol

[@sassysuzy4u]

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.

[@TJones-zw9mw]

Years ago when I was a kid I was randomly changing channels on TV. This was before TVs would tell you what Channel/Show you were watching so it could be literally anything and you had no context whatsoever. As I was doing this a claymation cartoon came on and I decided to watch the whole thing. Turns out it was The Sandman and I was way too young to see that. I did not sleep well that night.

[@GrimmShadowsII]

My theory is that Freddy isn't a descendent of the sandman but rather worships him like Chucky worships Dambala.

[@SwissLotus]

Say your prayers, little one Don't forget, my son To include everyone I tuck you in, warm within Keep you free from sin 'Til the Sandman, he comes Sleep with one eye open Gripping your pillow tight Exit light Enter night Take my hand We're off to never-never land

[@kaylaroach7698]

Like Jack Frost, the sandman was told to me like an idiom. The sandman was used in an episode of CHARMED called Sand Franciso Dreaming. The sandman's (this version of him) job was to sprinkle sand onto people as they slept. So, when the person was sleeping and their dream they would work through their subconscious problems from the everyday life. But if they got hit with too much sand, their dreams would come to life. They would have to work through it so the nightmare (just like in the dream state) would go away. Sandman: No. I may be made of dreams, but I don't shape them. Perhaps if you can figure out who was behind the mask. Characters in dreams always symbolise something specific in one's life, a special person, a certain feeling or pain. Unmask that, de-mystify it, and the character goes away.

[@weirdkitty07]

Yes, A Nightmare on Elm Street is a re imagining of The Sandman story. The creators of that were offhandedly spoofing the children's stories without knowing much about the other Sandman ideas, the horror versions. The comics and movies came after Nightmare. They wanted to make Freddy is twist on the Sandman and to have the gag being, what happens if the naughty children in the tale grow up and are in high school, and are teenagers he goes after.

[@runningthemeta5570]

I was hoping that Dream from the Sandman would be referenced here. I love the lore and the world that Neil built with the Sandman.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Here ya go! The Corinthian and his penchant for stealing and eating the eyes of his victims with the mouths where his own eyes should be is most likely based on the scarier German fairy tale.

[@kaitlinowens2714]

I was introduced to him though the song because me and my sisters would listen to music to help us sleep and it used to be one of the songs on the main cd we listened to. Also the Santa Clause movies were he’s a character in the 2nd and 3rd movies.

[@nateinky01]

The story I was told involved a kind old man who would kiss your eyelids as you sleep to comfort you and give you dreams. It's a bit more than that but that's the long and short of it.

[@TristanMA]

This character- Sandman, appeared to Hansel und Gretel towards the end of the Second Act of Engelbert Humperdinck's Advent opera adpatation.

[@LegendsGhostOfficial]

That's probably where I first heard of him. And then I played that character in college!

[@Mohamad_the_secend-]

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

[@jillr7111]

Metalica, I learned about the sandman because I was about 5 or 6 watching the music video. However, "night night done let the bed bug bite" was said often lol. Selective in what lore was shared

[@karandavis5197]

I have a Sandman book written and illustrated by the same duo who made the Gnome books. It was funny and fantastic

[@mellysasa3422]

For me there was "El cuco" but he was kinda like "I'd u don't go to sleep he'll appear and take you away" I don't remember much more since only some of my family said that

[@user-fg9li6hs9j]

Whenever I see these older and more accurate stories that have blood, guts, murder, horror, and just overall terrifying endings, I can not eat anything when I do. Sometimes, I can't even eat after I listen to it. It's just making my appetite go away and destroyed.

[@thepro3k_watches656]

7:52 wow the evil sandman looks like the boogie man in rise of the guardians

[@paulparker6645]

As a kid I saw the sandman short you talked about and it messed with me for years....forgot about it until now. Anyway great video

[@andrewpeters8880]

"Because folkore"... Absolutely iconic

[@piarateking8094]

nothing send me to sleep like being anxious about my eyes being ripped out

[@wendychavez5348]

That's what Ma told her kids when she was in a bad mood and just wanted to soak in a hot salt bath back in the 12th century! Psychological projection at its finest.

[@elizabethstroud5916]

I am so glad I found your vids years ago! Been waiting for this one

[@ginnyjollykidd]

I never heard about E.T.A. Hoffman's version. I heard about the sandman from Mom and Dad first, I think. But it was solidified by _Hansel und Gretel,_ the opera by Engelbert Humperdinck (not the one who sang "After the Loving"). In the opera, there is a song you will recognize even if you don't know it: "The Children's Prayer" where they call for 14 angels to guard them while they sleep. The sandman puts sand in their eyes so they will sleep, and then a fantasia of a dream shows the 14 angels and other benevolent beings surrounding Hansel and Gretel. The children woke up with this beautiful dream still lingering. If that doesn't solidify the Sandman as benevolent, I don't know what will. Please get a copy of this beautiful opera. For young or old, it is a beautiful telling of the fairy tale. (also, the Wicked Witch provides a deliciously terrifying contrast)

[@nickiito5201]

I’m so happy over the Neil gaimen sandman being mentioned and loved learning that it’s not the only story where the sandman and death are related

[@mathieunolet8236]

Alright. Before I watch this video, everytime I talk about the sandman people talk about how he’s a good being but what I remember is that he would pour sand in your eyes if you’re up passed your bedtime. I might be confusing him with “le bonhomme sept heur” which idek if it’s a real thing of folklore or just a french Canadian thing

[@mathieunolet8236]

Ahhhh. It’s a german thing. Makes sense

[@pixiebubbles2628]

I didn't grow up with sandman stories. Instead, my grandma would tell my brothers and I that we have to wash our faces every morning because the devil would exhale on our faces every night 😂 so yeah, things were interesting when sleeping over at my grandparent's house.

[@marleymorningstar3671]

If anyone is interested, I highly recommend listening to Neil Gaiman's "The Sandman" narrated by James McAvoy as Morpheus and a whole cast of really famous actors. I got the whole series on Audible, and I have probably listened to each part at least 4x. It's so good. ❤

[@ribbledude]

I remember the sandman stopmotion short showed up on MTV like once ( about 20 years ago) and it gave me nightmares for years. It seemed like a weird dream, like a midnight mirage program or something. But I finally found it again about 6 or 7 years ago. So happy that other people remember this short.

[@christyparr1563]

Loved me some public library. Hans Christian Andersen.. The Blue Fairy Book..the whole series actually. But for some strange reason the Green Fairy Book was never found in the library.

[@ebonimccain6988]

The song is stuck in my head now

[@user-ow2yr4nu4z]

I remember seeing that stop animation 30 something years ago as a kid, i slept with the lights on for a while.

[@sascha2728]

Fun to hear your pronounciation of Ole Lukøje as I´m Danish myself. It´s a little off but close enough, plus I´m not good at explaining how it´s pronounced. Danish is a hard language in general, especially because our alphabet has three more letters than the English does. Those being Æ, Ø and Å.

[@vampiricdemoncutie]

this video couldnt have come at a more perfect time as it just solved a missing part in my dnd campaign OwO thank you ^^

[@imaginations_animations4928]

I know I've asked this a few times before but I would really appreciate seeing an origins video on the Boogeyman. Ty! Loved this vid even though its a bit shorter than most others you do.

[@ziyapronk9870]

the sandman, one of the books you used an illustration from in this vid, was one of the first stories i read in english!!!! i moved to america at the age of 6 and had to learn english, and the story of the sandman and the illustraions in the book made this book my favorite very quickly

[@hoopla5502]

Man said "pocket sand" 😂

[@moonprincesst.s.h.4ever115]

Gunther and Penny are just simply ADORABLE! ❤❤🐕🐕 I guess Jon is pretty cute, also. 🤣

[@tildaellernatt2497]

In Sweden we call him John Blund. Which is the same as the danish Ole Lukøje I think and means John closed eye.

[@susangruhlke8782]

My husband told stories about grog who invented everything to my twins when they were little. It was sooooo cute. They loved it.

[@jaredjenkins1984]

im a little surprised since he briefly mentioned the nightmare before Christmas that he didnt bring up the sequel book "Long Live the Pumpkin Queen" which actually features Sally facing off against the Sandman after he puts everyone else in christmastown to sleep

[@Writing4MySoul]

My first memory of the sandman was actually from that looney toons spin/off, tiny toons, when they’re told about the sandman, so they stay up all night to see him, but they don’t and they still have crusties in their eyes 😂

[@the5tatu5bro32]

My version of the sandman when I was a kid is kinda like the one in the sleepy hollow show tall skinny man who non stops crying sand and basically left sand to tell you were good and if you were bad you would never wake up and forced to live out your worst nightmares till death comes.

[@CajunReaper95]

Did we forget that Peter Pan is literally a flying dude elf thing that basically kidnapped Wendy and all of the other children also keep in mind Peter Pan is really an adult who just has the youthful appearance due to not growing up I literally just found this explaining everything about Peter Pan, The fact that he believes he can remain a child forever is linked to the child's belief in his own immortality. Peter romanticizes the state of childhood, which he equates with freedom and fun, and he condemns the state of adulthood, which he equates with rules and restrictions.

[@tasha8640]

That ⏸️ when he says "pulls out his... Umbrella" 😭🤣

[@secretserenity44127]

My sister was visited by The Sandman in a night terror. He was an old, spindly thin man with long sharp fingers, a hooked face, and razor sharp teeth. She says it's the scariest nightmare she's ever had. There's also a fanfiction novel for The Nightmare Before Christmas called "Long Live the Pumpkin Queen" where The Sandman is the main antagonist.

[@PhilieBlunt666]

Oh god, gonna pretent that star wars is the only thing i thought of at the mention of the swamps of dagobah

[@ricardofernandez6164]

I remember watching this when I was a little kid, and all this time I was wondering did I saw it? Until I actually found it, good memories.

[@rune6947]

Great work Jon... Itd be awesome if you did an episode dedicated to the Neil Gaiman novels. Or even Dead Boy Detectives

[@Elora445]

In Sweden the figure is called Jon Blund, with a background in 1691 (then called Joen Blund). In the 18th century he seems to have gotten the characteristics we know from him today: someone who makes the children go to sleep. He does't always use sand, but often uses a magical sleeping powder to get kids to fall asleep, he also gives children sweet milk so they more easily can fall asleep. Has also been known to give the children a kiss so they calm down and can then fall asleep. No nightmare skills in sight. Seems to overall be a milder version of those of our neighbor countries.

[@jessicaclakley3691]

For anyone interested, Talefoundry has a fantastic video that goes more into depth on the German version! Can’t remember the title, but their whole catalogue is amazing so you can’t go wrong on any video you watch.

[@corrijackson]

Omg I remember that story and I was so glad I forgot it I was terribly traumatized 😢thanks for the nightmare fuel 😭

[@allisearaeyvnlillith2218]

Hells yes

[@lilbit_oflyssa6519]

In high school I read a series (splintered by AG Howard) that’s a spin off of Alice in wonderland and one of the main characters names was Morpheus and in the series he has moth like features but what I thought was interesting was how Morpheus is known as a sleep/dream deity but in the series, the main character remembers him from her dreams rather than memories.

[@Artretha]

I have a suggestion: why don't you do a video about The Endless? Maybe one video outlining each of them fairly briefly. I know connecting the rest of them (especially Death) to their respective folklore would take a loooooong time, so doing a deep-dive video on each of them individually would take a lot. Otherwise, I'd have also suggested doing a video series on them each.

[@wickedboy4202]

It's kinda like sandman but when I was little my family used to tell me that bloody bones was gonna get me if I wasn't asleep by midnight, and if I wasn't asleep bloody bones would try to take my skin, long story short it worked and I got my ass to sleep

[@cristlejohnson4900]

No midnights with you bawling your eyes out because you can't fall asleep or calm down?

[@amberwallace2000]

When I asked my mom about (what we call sleepys or eye boogers) in my eyes, she told me that the sandman put there to help me sleep. Keep up the good work, Jon! I love these origin stories!!

[@yolman25]

Awesome episode as always. Do an episode of pitch black from the same movie

[@stefhonsmith6547]

That Sandman of the 1800s I never heard of, thank you for sharing that version of Sandman with us!

[@Jostar-bz3ej]

I would just like to say I've seen a lot of messed up characters turn into children's characters I saw children's characters I used to love messed up origins and it never even crossed my mind I still looked at them the same way but unfortunately this is the only one I will not be able to look at the same way because my worst fear is losing my eyes 👀 one time I accidentally rubbed a little bit of pepper juice in my eye and I had the biggest panic attack that I almost had a heart attack with it because I thought I would never going to be able to use my eye again it's safe to say that this sandman definitely brings nightmares for me

[@frankd4581]

Please make a video about the messed up origins of the Easter Bunny please

[@ivenorea]

"Der Sandmann" was an amazing read honestly I had to read that book in school and its just really interesting to dive into the main characters psyche cuz he has a BIG trauma caused by what happened in his childhood

[@Louis-si4ci]

I didn't realise until years later, I traumatised my son by telling him if he wasn't asleep then Wee Willie Winkie would get him.....looking back I should have worded it better....lol: Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town, Upstairs and downstairs, in his nightgown; Rapping at the window, crying through the lock, “Are the children in their beds? Now it’s eight o’clock.”

[@KupcakeKitty]

Mr. Sandman song palying in background of "Back to the Future" moive when Marty McFly goes back to 1955 and visits Hill Valley during the daytime for the first time. Toddler Me: "Who Sandy-man?" Mom:: "A man that helps children fall a sleep by tossing magic sand on them. If you're bad,, the sand will make you have nightmares. So be good."

[@deaddevilking]

I still believe to this day my Great, Grandma. Was blinded by him. I don't care what other people say. The story she told me and the voice that she said it in. I'll never forget what she said. Close your eyes tight for the night or the sand man will come to give you a fright and take your eyes in the night steal your light. Btw she went blind as a child and didnt speak for almost 10 yrs afterward and when i asked how she told me the story and said she knows hes real or at least he was i miss my grandma R.IP

[@chrispeterson3362]

Man I watched some of your videos some years ago and randomly this one popped into my feed and you got 1.64 million subscribers damn man well done. Fantastic video btw

[@WynnofThule]

9:49 "I never sleep, 'cause sleep is the cousin of death"

[@atostclair7787]

Legit the i'm gonna put some sand in your eye guy 😂