Ole Lukøje (Sandman)
Ole Lukøje ('Ole Close-Eye') is the Danish Sandman, a small elderly man in long coat with magic sand bag. Visits children at night, sprinkling sand for dreams: wondrous stories for virtuous, silence for wicked. Created by Hans Christian Andersen (1841) drawing on folk belief in dream-bringers (cf. Norwegian nattravn, Swedish drömmar). Andersen's literary figure became dominant Danish tradition.