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The Knocker, Knacker, or Tommyknocker (US) is a mythical, subterranean, gnome-like creature in Cornish and Devon folklore. The Welsh counterpart is the coblyn. It is closely related to the Irish leprechaun, Kentish kloker and the English and Scottish brownie. The Cornish describe the creature as a little person 2 ft 0 in (0.61 m) tall, with a ...
Garden gnomes are typically male, often bearded, usually wear red caps and often have pipes. They are often shown pursuing leisurely pastimes such as fishing or napping. [12] Gnomes may be made from terracotta clay slip (runny clay) poured into molds. This is allowed to set up and the excess emptied from the center, leaving a clay shell.
They are mythological creatures and diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and alchemy, introduced by Paracelsus in the 16th century and widely adopted by authors including those of modern fantasy literature. Typically small humanoids who live underground, gnome characteristics are reinterpreted to suit various storytellers and artists.
Haltija – A spirit, gnome, or elf-like creature in Finnish mythology that guards, helps, or protects something or somebody. Harpy – Female creatures with bird wings. Hecatonchires – in Greek mythology, three sons of Uranus being hundred-handed giants with fifty heads. Hobgoblins – Mischievous household spirits.
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 ...
A coblyn (plural coblynau [1]) is a mythical gnome-like creature that is said to haunt the mines and quarries of Wales and areas of Welsh settlement in America. [2] Like the Knockers of Cornish folklore they often help miners to the richest veins of ore or other treasures by their peculiar knocking sound. They appear dressed in miniature mining ...
The Paracelsian concept of elementals draws from several much older traditions in mythology and religion. Common threads can be found in folklore, animism, and anthropomorphism. Examples of creatures such as the Pygmy were taken from Greek mythology. The elements of earth, water, air, and fire, were classed as the fundamental building blocks of ...
The pech were a type of gnome-like creatures in Scottish mythology. They were of short height but extremely strong. They brewed heather ale and battled against the Scots. [1] [2] In one fairy tale, an old blind pech is on his deathbed. He asks two young men if he can feel their arm muscles, to feel how strong they've grown.