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Mårran (musikalbum)
The Groke (, ) is a fictional character in the Moomin stories created by Swedish-speaking Finnish author Tove Jansson. The Groke is a melancholic and lonely character. She appears as a big dark sheet ghost with a big nose, who passively freezes everything around her. Description The Groke appears as a sheet ghost-like, hill-shaped body with two cold staring eyes and a wide row of white shiny teeth beneath a large and wide triangular nose. In the book ''Who Will Comfort Toffle?'', it is mentioned that she has a tail, but it has never been seen. Wherever she stands, the ground below her freezes, plants and grass die and if she stands in place too long the soil itself will die and nothing will ever grow there again. She leaves a trace of ice and snow when she walks the ground. Anything that she touches will freeze. On one occasion, she froze a campfire by sitting down on it, and she is even noted to make people cold by her stare. She seeks friendship and warmth, but she is de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moomins
The Moomins (, ) are the central characters in a series of novels, short stories, picture books, and a comic strip by the Finnish writer and illustrator Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish by Finnish publisher Schildts. They are a family of white, round fairy-tale characters with large snouts that make them resemble the hippopotamus. However, despite this resemblance, the Moomin family are trolls who live in a house in Moominvalley. Between 1945 and 1993, nine books were released in the series, together with five picture books and a comic strip. The Moomins have inspired numerous television series, films, and two theme parks: Moomin World in Naantali, Finland, and Akebono Children's Forest Park in Hannō, Saitama, Japan. Etymology There are two different stories of how the term ''moomintroll'' was invented. On one occasion, Jansson explained that the term ''mumintroll'' was originally coined during her childhood by her uncle: to deter the young Jansson fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
