Cultural appearances by the Third Man

Third man

Carol Cowgill — Sun, 12 Apr 2015 16:43:20 -0400

Years ago I was with my family on a farm two hours from our home. I got word that the wife of a very good friend had died and her service was to take place that afternoon so I had to pack up the family and try to get back home for another hour's drive to my hometown where the service would take place. With two young children in tow, there was no…

Vikings: Season 3, Episode 4 ends with a TMF event

David Janssen — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 18:53:05 -0400

John and Forum:

I just noted that the history Channel hit, Vikings, ended episode 4 of the now 3rd season with a powerful third man event. In short, a chracter named Siggy runs across an ice lake to save two small boys, who then fall into the ice water. She dives in and saves one of the boys, and upon emerging, sees her departed daughter greeting…

Old Myths

Jace Dasher — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 22:14:50 -0400

Are there any legends about the Third Man that try to explain it?

Angels & monk

Eve Wright — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 16:34:24 -0500

As a child I had a very difficult childhood being physically beaten and emotionaly abused by my mother .Walking back from getting shopping one day with my sister who was a year older I slowed down as the wall of the cemetery we were passing sort of "fell"away.I could see around three angels white with beautiful wings slowly and deliberately…

2 Angels

Kevin Hamm — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 11:58:19 -0500

In 1996, I was taken from my body by 2 Angels. I could not discren whether they were male or female, I just knew they were assigned to watch over me.

I had been quite a heavy drinker for years, and these spirits took my to a cemetery in my hometown I am familiar with. I noticed lots of people standing around crying and my own children under…

birth

Carol Kellogg — Tue, 03 May 2011 18:59:27 -0400

During the process of being born is the third man experienced?

'The White Darkness' by Geraldine McCaughrean

John Geiger — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 14:50:50 -0500

In the young adult fiction novel, 'The White Darkness' by Geraldine McCaughrean, the teen-age heroine, Sym, joins a doomed Antarctic expedition. Abandoned and lost, she is guided to safety by a "third man," her imaginary friend, Captain Lawrence Oates.

Rembrandt and Tobias

R Ott — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:36:24 -0500

Look at Rembrandt’s various images of the Tobias story. They are all striking. But for the necessity of wings depicting angels in the 17 ^th Century, the images are very telling of the experience of a visit by a guiding and helpful other.

Rembrandt returned to this theme time and again throughout his career and made a masterpiece…

Star Trek Deep Space Nine: "Hard Time"

John Geiger — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:26:55 -0400

A reader has drawn my attention to what he thinks is a Third Man appearance in Star Trek. I have not seen the episode and is seems the being in question is not entirely like the Third Man, not a helpful selfless companion. Below is what Wikipedia has to say. If anyone has seen the episode in question let me know what you think...

While…

Biblical story of extra man in the fiery furnace

Bob K — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:08:15 -0400

While reading these accounts, I remembered that the first time I heard of an extra person being with people in trouble was the biblical story found in Daniel 3 of the three men thrown into the fiery furnace. Not only did they survive sure death, but onlookers noticed a fourth person in the furnace with them. Here's one version of that story:

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