A gnome (/noʊm/) is a mythological creature and diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and alchemy, introduced by Paracelsus in the 16th century and widely...
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Nisse (folklore) (category Christmas gift-bringers)
to English readership as an "elf" or "gnome"; the Christmas nisse often bears resemblance to the garden gnome. The word nisse is a pan-Scandinavian term...
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The World of David the Gnome, originally titled David, el Gnomo and also known as David, the Gnome, is a Spanish animated television series based on The...
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Gedit (redirect from Gnome-text-editor)
designed for the GNOME desktop environment. It was GNOME's default text editor and part of the GNOME Core Applications until GNOME version 42 in March...
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Elsie sitting on the lawn holding out her hand to a 1-foot-tall (30 cm) gnome. Exasperated by what he believed to be "nothing but a prank", and convinced...
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a list of Christmas and winter gift-bringer figures from around the world. The history of mythical or folkloric gift-bringing figures who appear in winter...
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after which he creates a large monument in her honor. The Gnome King's exchange of gifts is replaced with Natalie at young adulthood returning her doll...
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"illusing." Still, Aza is flattered when a frequent visitor to the inn, a gnome named Zhamm, tells Aza that her hair is the most beautiful he has ever seen...
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brings home a smiling garden gnome. According to legend the gnome will protect their garden, but not this gnome. A gift turns into a murderous nightmare...
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The Mountains of Beyond (category Works about gnomes)
episode of the Spanish animated television series The World of David the Gnome. It originally aired on 19 April 1986, in Spain on TVE1, and later aired...
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Kabouter Wesley (redirect from Gnome Wesley)
Wesley (English: Gnome Wesley) is a Flemish/Belgian series of comics and short animated cartoons about a grumpy and violent kabouter (gnome), made by Jonas...
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Open-source video game (redirect from GNOME Mines)
the erstwhile GNOME Games package. Examples include GNOME Aisleriot, GNOME Quadrapassel, GNOME Tetravex, GNOME Mines, GNOME Robots, GNOME Nibbles, and...
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Christmas (section Gift giving)
The Scandinavian tomte (also called nisse) is sometimes depicted as a gnome instead of Santa Claus. The best known of these figures today is red-dressed...
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kissing Norman) and blows the gnomes away with it. Later that night, Stan allows them to take an item each from the gift shop for free: Dipper acquires...
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Christmas traditions (section Gift giving)
The Scandinavian tomte (also called nisse) is sometimes depicted as a gnome instead of Santa Claus. The best known of these figures today is red-dressed...
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posts, similar to those of footmen bearing lanterns near entrances and gnomes in gardens. The lawn ornament, popular in certain parts of the United States...
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All Things Must Pass (redirect from Gnome Records)
Feinstein's album cover photo, showing Harrison surrounded by four garden gnomes, as a statement on his independence from the Beatles. Production began at...
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Kabouter (category Legendary gnomes)
The Kabouter (Dutch pronunciation: [kaːˈbʌutər] ) is a gnome-like creature in Dutch folklore. The Dutch Kabouters are akin to the Irish Leprechaun, Scandinavian...
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subsequent followers, there are four categories of elementals, which are gnomes, undines, sylphs, and salamanders. These correspond to the four Empedoclean...
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Kobalos (category Legendary gnomes)
myths depict the kobaloi as "impudent, thieving, droll, idle, mischievous, gnome-dwarfs", and as "funny, little tricksy elves" of a phallic nature. The term...
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Konami 1987 Salamander Konami Andrew Glaister, Stuart Ruecroft Konami 1987 Gnome Ranger Level 9 Level 9 1987 XOR Logotron Stuart Gregg 1987 The Armageddon...
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Noam Chomsky (redirect from Gnome Chomsky)
apartheid, similar to the system that existed in South Africa, would be a "gift to Israel", as he has long held that "the Occupied Territories are much worse...
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21 The Gnome King of Oz John R. Neill 1927 Reilly & Lee Peter Brown, an American boy, finds his way to the Island of Ruggedo, the wicked Gnome King. The...
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1902 – July 9, 1990) was an American illustrator known for his whimsical gnome characters and fairy tale drawings. Over seven decades, Grant created hundreds...
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Knocker (folklore) (category Legendary gnomes)
The Knocker, Knacker, or Tommyknocker (US) is a mythical, subterranean, gnome-like creature in Cornish and Devon folklore. The Welsh counterpart is the...
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Cinderella featuring various mythical creatures including fairies, elves, ogres, gnomes, and giants. The book won a Newbery Honor in 1998. In 2006, Levine went...
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come in the night and take it away, and in its place will leave some little gift. It is a nice plan for mothers to visit the 5-cent counter and lay in a supply...
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decorations today include: baubles, candles, apples, Swedish flags, small gnomes, and straw ornaments. The house may be filled with red tulips and the smell...
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They Never Found Her Woods Switch Tommen Gone with the Woman Glenn 2008 Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber Slim Voice Witless Protection Arthur Grimsley...
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Tiresias (section Blindness and gift of prophecy)
pronouncements are always given in short maxims which are often cryptic (gnomic), but never wrong. Often when his name is attached to a mythic prophecy...
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