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A tomtenisse made of salt dough.A common Scandinavian Christmas decoration, 2004. Little girl tomte gnome, Skansen, Stockholm, Sweden, 2012. Modern vision of a nisse, 2007. A nisse (Danish:, Norwegian: [ˈnɪ̂sːə]), tomte (Swedish: [ˈtɔ̂mːtɛ]), tomtenisse, or tonttu (Finnish:) is a mythological creature from Nordic folklore today typically associated with the winter solstice and the ...
Fairy houses. Fairy houses are small outdoor structures intended to look like residences for fairies. Creators often choose natural, foraged materials to build and decorate their houses, allowing the creations to decompose back into the ground where they are placed. Fairy house building has been touted as a way to encourage children to spend ...
Holly the Christmas Fairy: 2004: Narinder Dhami 2: Summer the Holiday Fairy (US name: Joy the Summer Vacation Fairy) 2005: Linda Chapman 3: Stella the Star Fairy: Narinder Dhami 4: Kylie the Carnival Fairy: 2006 5: Paige the Pantomime Fairy (US name: Paige the Christmas Play Fairy) 6: Flora the Fancy Dress Fairy (US name: Flora the Dress-Up ...
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Garden gnome. Garden gnomes (German: Gartenzwerge, lit. 'garden dwarfs') are lawn ornament figurines of small humanoid creatures based on the mythological creature and diminutive spirit which occur in Renaissance magic and alchemy, known as gnomes. They also draw on the German folklore of the dwarf . Traditionally, the garden figurines depict ...
Christmas decorations in a private home, Europe. A Christmas decoration is any of several types of ornamentation used at Christmastide and the greater holiday season. The traditional colors of Christmas are pine green ( evergreen ), snow white, and heart red. Gold and silver are also prevalent, as are other metallic colours.
The Cottingley Fairies appear in a series of five photographs taken by Elsie Wright (1901–1988) and Frances Griffiths (1907–1986), two young cousins who lived in Cottingley, near Bradford in England. In 1917, when the first two photographs were taken, Elsie was 16 years old and Frances was 9. The pictures came to the attention of writer Sir ...
Heinzelmännchen. The Heinzelmännchen ( German pronunciation: [ˈhaɪntsl̩ˌmɛnçɛn] ⓘ) are a mythical race of creatures, appearing in a tale connected with the city of Cologne in Germany akin to gnomes, or elves . The little house gnomes are said to have done all the work of the citizens of Cologne during the night, so that the ...