TreeFolk Urban Legend

TreeFolk Urban Legend

I have another great urban legend for you all my dear friends and 
followers. So Welcome to my humble blog and to the TreeFolk. It is said in the fairy community, all trees are truly magical and sacred to them. However, not all trees are sentient. In fact, only a few are found to be. These are the mythical Treemen/Treewomen. Treefolk, as they are called, can take on a humanoid shape and move around short distances from their tree, or in extreme cases, uproot & use their roots as a shuffling form of locomotions of walking. In their humanoid form, Treefolks are often described as resembling their tree---so that an apple treewoman might have green hair and brownish skin while an elder treeman might have eyes as purply black as berries. They can have trunk like legs, great branches for their arms and have wood for their skin.

An obvious expression on the Treefolk will compose of knotholes and strange permutations of the bark, is a sign that the tree many contain a spirit. Also, checking around prominent trees for their roots that are above ground; loose dirt or overturned moss are clear indicators that a TreeFolk was about.  Another Magical thing about these treefolks is they are more likely to grow in the center of fairy rings, to be a lone tree on a hillside or the oldest tree in a grove to grow beside a welling spring too. And lastly, they can be one of two intertwined trees or even up to five intertwined trees.
Some of these treefolks, in other laws of the fairy folks, are said to be humanoids all the time.

They can take on the shape of beautiful women, which can be very amusing for them as they like to get about mischief by making an unsuspecting human fall in love with them. They can only leave their tree for no more than a week.
After the couple is together for only a few days they will become very week being with their new love, so keep an eye out for any tiring friends of yours whom may be a bit on the magical side. One interesting fact is the Treemen hate it if anyone who cuts down trees. They will die if they are cut down, although some linger on as spirits to haunt those that caused their demise. They also have a fear of fire as it can do them great harm. They are very much like that of dryads nymphs. Oak, Ash, Single thorn, and the female Holly

Treefolk is thought to be protective by the fairy folk. Oak trees are particularly sacred to fairies and have the greatest likelihood of sentience. Of the protective Treefolk, the most powerful is the mountain Ash, also known as rowan. It may be considered protective because of its red berries which the female Holly shares. The Treefolk of these species are mostly to be the friendly type in nature. Holly treemen, by contrast, are somewhat malevolent. Also, the Hawthorn Treemen are considered dangerous too, especially when they are in groups of three or more. Although the Elder treefolks are thought to be more of the protective type, they have behaved ambivalently too. It seems that the Elder

Treefolk are quite common in the Fae world. If blood-like sap seeps from their wood when it is cut, it is thought to be proof of their sentience and spirit within.

The Hazel Treefolks are thought to be the wisest of all the Treefolks and can impart wisdom to those that eat their nuts from their tree. It is said in legend that if one eats the flesh of an animal that has eaten hazelnuts from a sentient tree it is enough to gain the wisdom from that treefolk. Just like that of the Hazel Treefolks, the Apple Treefolks are thought to give power and youth to those who eat their apples. Also, if you sleep under an apple tree of an Treefolk it can be a dangerous thing, however as one risks being carried

 away by the faeries.
I hope that you all enjoyed my post 
on the TreeFolk Legend. Truly I believe
that they are still in the deepest forest around
the world as the Fairies are Too! 
Your Friend Always 
WENDY

CHRISTMAS TREES AROUND THE WORLD-

Christmas Trees Around the World-2015

Merry Christmas 

Well, It's getting toward the Christmas Season and I know
 There are many different faiths with all of YOU! 
My dear Friends & Followers

I truly believe that we are all children of many faiths. I truly wish

that we all could come together as one big Family! 

Since I have so many wonderful dear Friends and Followers, all over the World 

I thought I would show images that I found of Christmas Trees

Around the World.

For the first Christmas Tree 

We are in the 'City of Paris'

In the French Capital, the Galeries Lafayette

department store always has a sumptuous tree.

This Christmas Tree yearly is inspired by outer space

and hung with gold and silver meteors.  

Vienna

In tribute to the victims of the recent terror attacks

in Paris, the Christmas Tree outside of the city hall in 

Austria's Capital was lit in the blue, white and red 

colours of Frances national Flag.

Head to Trafalgar Square to see the tradition

Norwegian Christmas Tree, donated by Oslo to the people

of London, It was lit by Her Highness Princess

Astrid of Norway on December 3, 2015

In London this year was this pub, The 

Churchill Arms in Kensington, which is decorated it's

exterior with as many Christmas trees as it possibly could,

becomming a living forest.

 Washington D.C. Barack Obama and the First Family

flipped the switch to light the National Christmas Tree on 

Ellipse, near the White House, on Decmeber 3, of 2015.

President Calvin Coolidge lit America's first National 

Christmas Tree on a Balsam fir in 1923.

New York Stock Exchange in Manhatan, with an 

Beautiful spruce Christmas Tree. 

Bethlehem the place of Christ birth. A perfect place

to have a beautiful Christmas Tree and is a Tradition annual 

lighting ceremony which is always on the main 

West Bank town on December 5, 2015

Now were in Beirut where in the Middle East, a 

giant baubles line the base of the large festive

Christmas Tree

Well, were back in Europe in the Vatican with the

Pope with the annual lights that are lit on the Christmas Tree

As the Pope Francis is seen blessing the crowd from the window

How we have traveled to Berlin

The illumination of the Brandenburg gate is joined

by the glow of 2015's Christmas Tree in 

Berlin's Pariser Platz. 

Even in Bolivia, They have a Beautiful 

Christmas Tree. This one is in La Paz, the Worlds

Highest capital city.

Singapore

Beautiful Singapore where they have a eight-metre tall

Christmas trees so everyone can see it along the river banks

Christmas Tree in Texas

Carlsberg Beer Tree in Demark

Floating Christmas Tree in

 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  

Christmas Ball Tree  in

 Central Manchester

An Huge Christmas Tree made by

Coca-Cola cans in Siam Square in

Bangkok

Swarovski Crystal Christmas Tree 

in Berlin, Berlin DE.

Now in Trafalgar Square of London Dec 3 2015

is a Norwegian Spruce Christmas tree which has been 

an annual gift since 1947 from the people of Norway for Londons

support during the support during the Warll

An 12 meter high Christmas Tree make of 121 

old windows that came from local old houses. It is

illumiated in Rakvere, Eastern Estonia on Nov 29 2015

 Just a fun Christmas Tree I found 

for the Holidays of 2015

 Here we have a giant eight branched Candelabrum Menorah that is

in front of a Christmas Tree the Jewish holiday of the lights of

the Hanukkah in Berlin.

Christmas Tree in old Town Prague, Czech Republic

Singing Christmas Tree

Christmas Tree at the White House 2015

I hope you enjoy the Christmas Trees 

around the world. I wish you all a happy 

Holiday and peace to the New Year

Your friend always 

WENDY 

Sandman the Urban Legend

Sandman-

The Sandman Of Legend that gave
Good Dreams

Good evening & Welcome my dearest Friends and Followers to my humble Blog. I have an interesting Urban Legend for you all today. I thought I had done this one, but I had a peek on my Labels and it seems that I haven't come across the 'Sandman' just yet---There seem to be many different versions of this popular western folklore legend that brings good sleep and dreams to children. However, there are other tales of the Sandman that aren't so nice and don't give good dreams.

The Sandman
of Legend that would
give Good Dreams

Originally the Sandman was a character in the western world who would give sleep & good dreams to all children by sprinkling magic sand onto the eyes of children. He was traditionally a character in many children's stories, invoked to help or lull children to sleep[Helping parents to get their children to go to bed then fall to sleep quickly]. It was said that he would sprinkle sand or dust on or into the eyes of the children at night to bring on dreams and sleep. The grit or 'sleep' in one's eyes upon waking is supposed to be the result of the Sandman's work the previous evening.

The Darker Sandman
That would take
and not give.

There was another creature that bore the name 'Sandman', but this creature they called Sandman was very different & quite creepy so have said. Its skin is that of a dead person, decayed and discolored. It has very long fingers and many sharp teeth. This Sandman hides just out of sight in the dark and whispers, "tik toc, tik toc'' to its unlucky victims. This strange chant quickly puts his victims into a deep sleep. Once asleep, This Creepy Creature of a Sandman will come out of hiding and devour the sleeping victim with its sharp teeth. It only needs to feast once per night, but it will sometimes choose to kill for fun. This creature can only come out in the dark. It is said to be the evil brother of the Good Sandman, but some disagree. So what do yu think?

 In the Sandman
origins in ancient
 Greco-Rome times
the God of Sleep

It is said that the sandman's origins can be traced back to ancient Greco-Rome and the God of Sleep.
Scandinavian Folklorist Hans Christian Anderson Danish folktale
is another of the earliest recorded tales of the Sandman.
There was another Sandman in Urban legends of German folklore that was quite horrific they say---some have said he would steal the eyes of children who don't shut their eyes while going to sleep & then feeds them to his children on the moon. It is a very stark contrast to the Has Anderson's Sandman story. The German Fantasy was written by author E.T.A Hoffman in 1776-1822. Hoffman's tale, known as the Der Sandmann of 1816 tells, of a more sinister sandman who comes into the children's rooms, only at night, of course, throw very coarse sand into their eyes which caused them to fall out of their sockets.

The Der Sandmann of Germany

After that, the Der Sandmann scoops the children's eyes up and places them in a bag. Then takes them back home to the crook of the crescent moon where he feeds them to his bird-like progeny. Yes, it's a terrifying tale, but can you image the European children of the 18th to 19th centuries being actually told this tale by their caretakers as a warning as to why they should go to bed when they were told!  As far as today, the Sandman is still an important figure in the western folklore and in pop-culture, appearing in films, books, and songs too.

As far as the Scary version of the Sandman, it seems that there are a few filmmakers that are still interested in making unusual plotlines and visuals with this scary creature. One of these Filmmakers is Dario Argento who is known for his Giallo Italian Horror movies.

I found this video of one person 

a version of the Sandman by

KingSpook 

-It's very interesting -

This is my favorite Sandman!