Blue men

[neil]

I'm just wondering whether anyone else has looked into little blue men appearing to people under stress (whether emotional strain or just plain drunk).

Years ago, a friend saw a little blue man wearing a hat sitting on the arm of his sofa. He was hungover and had just heard his father was very ill. He had the immediate sense that the little blue man was neither good nor evil.

The 19th century poet, John Clare, wrote about seeing little blue men. He was a heavy drinker. He may have been using a euphemism for drunkenness.

I've searched the internet and there seem to be quite a few references to Atlanteans, and so on, and at least one UFO-related little blue man sighting. But I'm most interested in their appearance when people are under stress/strain connection and are visited by these dispassionate little blue observers, often with beards and wearing hats. Anyone...?

Neil

[bazzybazzy]

smurfs?

[neil]

Arf.

[michael_6]

I'm just wondering whether anyone else has looked into little blue men appearing to people under stress (whether emotional strain or just plain drunk).

Years ago, a friend saw a little blue man wearing a hat sitting on the arm of his sofa. He was hungover and had just heard his father was very ill. He had the immediate sense that the little blue man was neither good nor evil.

The 19th century poet, John Clare, wrote about seeing little blue men. He was a heavy drinker. He may have been using a euphemism for drunkenness.

I've searched the internet and there seem to be quite a few references to Atlanteans, and so on, and at least one UFO-related little blue man sighting. But I'm most interested in their appearance when people are under stress/strain connection and are visited by these dispassionate little blue observers, often with beards and wearing hats. Anyone...?

Neil

pixies piksies have been talked about for centuries, sometimes they have been linked to dwarfs as well, as these creatures where supposed to have an allergic reaction to iron (this legend touches upon the legend also of the dwarfs of ancient stories, these diminutive creatures are said to have a root in stories of small subterranean people, who were rumoured to have lived in the britsh isles during the stone age, and who were almost destroyed by iron using humans, these creatures have been described as being blue which has links to the brits old custom of wearing woad into battle)
the reaction to iron is often copied in tales elves and other fey creatures, but it is a very mixed path back to these pixies, I have even encountered the use of the word piksie in tales of shadow folk, also the sighting of small blue humanoids is talked of in some ufo abduction cases.

take a look at my post on shadow folk for further info

p.s i realise that these creatures may have also have lived in other parts of the world but britain is the only one i know for certain used woad, but some countries may have used similar colouring.

[neil]

Thanks for that. I read your post just after I'd written this.

I'd be most interested to read more about shadow folk, especially the feelings of those involved. I'm intrigued that people appear to be seeing their (dis)embodied feelings looking back at them, especially when in liminal states of consciousness: on the point between waking/sleeping, with hangovers, day-dreaming, etc.

On woad, the way I understand it the plant-dye was used to make tattoos (which would have been blue), rather than used to colour the skin:

http://www.hippy.com/albion/woad.htm

http://www.cyberpict.net/sgathan/essays/woad.htm

Neil

[michael_6]

Thanks for that. I read your post just after I'd written this.

I'd be most interested to read more about shadow folk, especially the feelings of those involved. I'm intrigued that people appear to be seeing their (dis)embodied feelings looking back at them, especially when in liminal states of consciousness: on the point between waking/sleeping, with hangovers, day-dreaming, etc.

On woad, the way I understand it the plant-dye was used to make tattoos (which would have been blue), rather than used to colour the skin:

http://www.hippy.com/albion/woad.htm

http://www.cyberpict.net/sgathan/essays/woad.htm

Neil

Picti is latin for painted folk, and it would seem that it is unsure whether this refers to painted or tattooed people, the picts was also the name of a british tribe so called because they painted or dyed there skin blue, as far as brits are taught in schools though, they painted it on only when at war, but they no doubt had tattoos as well, I imagine many tattoos would have been tribal but for war they painted themselves much like the american indians did. I have no idea where are you from so apologise if you already knew this stuff, or if you are a brit.

[cruise4]

Does anyone remember being delerious when you were ill as a kid? I always used to get tunnel vision and then the whole end of the room would become giant tyres rolling towards me.

My aunt though used to see little green men tugging at her bedclothes and she'd be there shooing them off and pulling her bedspread back to her. True.

[soglad]

Got the blues? :p

[michael_6]

Got the blues? :p

LOL doh:eek:

[neil]

Again, arf!

Actually, blue men or blue devils were often mentioned, in the past, when people were depressed or otherwise laid low by life. But why blue? I'm still searching!

[octopusrex]

Mescalito is green and has antlers.

[hagbard_celine]

Mescalito is green and has antlers.

Ah, you've read Carlos Castaneda.

[neil]

Ah, thank you OR and HC for giving me a Google-path. So maybe the blue-skinned spirit of booze-conciousness, which is glimpsed but goes mostly unquestioned if not unheeded? And I notice that Mescalito was also a black dog, which chimes with metaphors for depression.

[2013]

http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showpost.php?p=199057&postcount=28
maybe this links to the blue people maybe they are elements of who we are becoming and they come to us when we are down or in other modes of awareness checking out where they came from so to speak ? :D

[siliconpsychosis]

Blue Holmes, Blue Mars and now Blue Men. Whats next?

[paganus]

sounds like a pukka...

[mountain]

There are Elementals, they have dif colour skin such as green and blue.

[paganus]

There are Elementals, they have dif colour skin such as green and blue.they usually only associate around a particular element/place,unless summoned.

[cloudgazer]

I think Black Elk, a native american prophet, mentions blue men. But I heard someone saying this when they were talking about the book "Black Elk Speaks", and I haven't read all of it, so I'm not sure. But they said Black Elk said when the blue man appears, it is like a sign of something.

[angelicangel]

smurfs?

Sounds like the laughing gnomes!!!!!!!!!!!