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Noun Concept
Categories: Sleep in mythology and folklore, Dream, Articles with short description, Sandman, European folklore characters
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sandman  The Sandman  Ole‐Luk‐Oie  Olé Luckoiè  Sand Man
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An elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy WordNet 3.0
English:
folklore
mythical figure
mythology
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An elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The Sandman is a mythical character in European folklore who puts people to sleep and encourages and inspires beautiful dreams by sprinkling magical sand onto their eyes. Wikipedia
Fictional character in children's folklore Wikipedia Disambiguation
Figure in folklore who brings good sleep and dreams. Wikipedia Disambiguation
A fairy tale figure, which brings after the narration children to falling asleep, by strewing them sand into the eyes. OmegaWiki
A legendary figure who is said to bring good sleep and dreams by sprinkling magical sand into people's eyes. Wiktionary
IS A
elf
literary character
figure used in threatening children
PRESENT IN WORK
Kabumpo in Oz
The Sandman
Ole Lukøje
The Japanese Sandman
Hansel and Gretel
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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sandman
Wikipedia
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Sandman
Wikidata
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Sandman
Wiktionary
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sandman
OmegaWiki
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sandman
Wikipedia Redirections
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Sandman (folklore), The Sandman
Wikidata Alias
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Ole‐Luk‐Oie, Olé Luckoiè, Sand Man, Sandmann

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