sandman

Etymology
From. The mythological sense may be from, , as it is apparently first attested in English in the context of ’s novella  (1816). The German is attested in the relevant sense since at least the mid-18th century.

Noun

 * 1)  A figure that brings sleep and dreams by sprinkling magical sand into people's eyes.
 * 2)  A seller of sand.
 * 3) * 1811, Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Consisting of One Thousand and One Stories, Told by the Sultaness of the Indies, Henry Mozley (publ.), page 114.
 * "en"
 * 1) * 1811, Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Consisting of One Thousand and One Stories, Told by the Sultaness of the Indies, Henry Mozley (publ.), page 114.
 * "en"

- While I was out, a sandman, who sells scouring sand, which women use to clean the baths with, passed through our street, and called, Any sand ho !

Translations

 * Bulgarian: Сънчо
 * Danish: Ole Lukøje
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: sablovendisto
 * Finnish:, unijukka
 * French:
 * Galician: Pedro Chosco
 * German:, Sandmännchen
 * Irish: Seán Ó Néill
 * Italian: omino del sonno
 * Marathi: सँडमॅन
 * Portuguese: João Pestana,
 * Romanian: Moș Ene
 * Russian: песо́чный челове́к
 * Scots: Dream Angus
 * Scottish Gaelic: Bodach nan Casan-clòimhe, MacSuain, Dòmhnall Slaodach, Dòmhnall Sàmhach
 * Swedish: John Blund
 * Welsh: Huwcyn, Siôn cwsg