This exquisite and unique signed ceramic figurine depicts the Sandman (Ole Lukoje) spreading an umbrella with 8 pictures over two children so that they can dream beautiful stories. Titta Diemer is the artist and she signed it on the bottom and added the words, "Made in Denmark".  Dimensions:  6 1/2" high, 7" wide, 5 1/4" deep.

Ole Lukøje" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson based upon a folk tale telling of a mysterious mythic creature of the Sandman who gently takes children to sleep and, depending on how good or bad they were, shows them various dreams.

Under each arm he carries an umbrella; one of them, with pictures on the inside, he spreads over the good children, and then they dream the most beautiful stories the whole night. But the other umbrella has no pictures, and this he holds over the naughty children so that they sleep heavily, and wake in the morning without having dreamed at all.

Ole Lukøje's name is actually composed of two parts: Ole is a common Danish masculine name, and Lukøje a compound of the Danish words for 'close' and 'eye'. In the tale, he visits a boy called Hjalmar every night for a whole week and tells him stories. Ole Lukøje is later revealed to be a dream god.

"Ole Lukøje"
Short Story by Hans Christian Anderson
Vilhelm Pedersen drew this representation of the Sandman for the fairytale "Ole Lukøje" (Mr. Sandman) by Hans Christian Anderson.

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