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A tomtenisse made of salt dough.A common Scandinavian Christmas decoration, 2004. Modern vision of a nisse, 2007. A nisse (Danish:, Norwegian: [ˈnɪ̂sːə]), tomte (Swedish: [ˈtɔ̂mːtɛ]), tomtenisse, or tonttu (Finnish:) is a household spirit from Nordic folklore which has always been described as a small human-like creature wearing a red cap and gray clothing, doing house and stable ...
The Nisse (in southern Sweden, Norway and Denmark) or tomte (in Sweden) is a benevolent wight who takes care of the house and barn when the farmer is asleep, but only if the farmer reciprocates by setting out food for the nisse and he himself also takes care of his family, farm and animals. If the nisse is ignored or maltreated or the farm is ...
Nis Puk in the "legendary forest" on Sylt Statue of Nis Puk in Neukirchen/Nykirke. The Nis Puk [1] (sometimes also Niß Puk [2] (German: [ˈnɪs pʊk])) is a legendary creature, a kind of Kobold, from Danish-, [1] [3] Low German-[4] and North Frisian-speaking [5] areas of Northern Germany [4] and Southern Denmark, [6] among them Schleswig, today divided into the German Southern Schleswig and ...
Numerous Danish folktales contain mythical figures such as trolls, elves, goblins, and wights as well as figures from Norse mythology. The nisse is a particularly well-known legendary figure in Danish folklore, apparently dating back to pre-Christian times when it was believed there were household gods.
Creatures in Norse mythology (6 C, 28 P) T. Trolls (3 C, 9 P) Pages in category "Scandinavian legendary creatures" ... Nisse (folklore) Nixie (folklore) ...
Nisse may refer to: Nisse, Netherlands, a town in the municipality of Borsele; Nisse (folklore), a mythical creature in Scandinavian mythology also known as Tomte; Niels, a Scandinavian given name, as a nickname; Nils, a Scandinavian given name, as a nickname
Titans – Anthropomorphic pre-Olympian gods in ancient Greek and Roman mythology. Tomte – In Finnish mythology, a type of dwarf or goblin-like creature associated with households and farms; associated with the winter solstice and the Christmas season. Also called Nisse, which may be related to the word Nix. Troll – Large, often grotesque ...
A Danish Nisse, a type of GNOME or Elf(The small kind) associated with Christmas in Danish tradition but not to be confused with the Norse mythology. A Nisser is a human-like mythical creature of Scandinavian folklore.