gnome
Sign in to saveA gnome () is a mythological creature 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. They are typically depicted as small humanoids who live underground. Gnome characteristics are reinterpreted to suit various storytellers and artists.
Key facts
- Mythical creature.name
- Gnome
- Mythical creature.image
- Heinrich Schlitt Gnom mit Zeitung und Tabakspfeife.jpg
- Mythical creature.caption
- Gnom mit Zeitung und Tabakspfeife (English: Gnome with newspaper and tobacco pipe) by Heinrich Schlitt (1923)
- Mythical creature.Folklore
- Renaissance
- Mythical creature.Grouping
- Diminutive spirit
- Mythical creature.First_Attested
- 16th century
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Article
31 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Paracelsus
- Precursors
- Agricola
- {{lang|la|De animantibus subterraneis}}
- Rosenkranz mine, Annaberg
- Demonology
- Cobalt ore
- Olaus Magnus
- Praetorius
- Folklore examples
- Bergmönch of Harz and mine light
- Communication through noises
- Switzerland
- Folkloristics
- Cultural references
- In Romanticism and modern fairy tales
- Modern fantasy literature
- Music
- Games
- Movies
- TV Shows
- Derivative uses
- Garden gnomes
- Gnome-themed parks
- Gnome parades
- Metaphorical uses
- See also
- Explanatory notes
- References
- Bibliography
A gnome () is a mythological creature 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. They are typically depicted as small humanoids who live underground. Gnome characteristics are reinterpreted to suit various storytellers and artists.
Paracelsus's gnome is recognized to have derived from the German miners' legend about '''' or , the "metallurgical or mineralogical demon", according to Georg Agricola (1530), also called (literal Latinization of Bergmännlein "mountain manikin") by Agricola in a later work (1549), and described by other names such as (sing. ; Latinization of German ). Agricola recorded that according to the legends of that profession, these mining spirits acted as miming and laughing pranksters who sometimes threw pebbles at miners, but could also reward them by depositing a rich vein of silver ore.