- A
nisse (Danish: [ˈne̝sə], Norwegian: [ˈnɪ̂sːə]),
tomte (Swedish: [
ˈtɔ̂mːtɛ]), tomtenisse, or
tonttu (Finnish: [ˈtontːu]) is a
household spirit from Nordic...
- The
tonttu is the
Finnish version of the
Swedish tomte. The
Finnish tonttu and the
Swedish tomte are
related to the
words tontti (Finnish) and tomt...
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Tomte is an
indie band from Hamburg, Germany.
Their lyrics are
almost completely in
German and
their sound could be
described as
guitar pop with some...
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similarities to "northern fairies",
Germanic and
Scandinavian elves, or
Nordic Tomte, but
pixies are
distinguished from them by the
myths and
stories of Devon...
-
captures a
tomte in a net. In
exchange for his freedom, the
tomte offers Nils a
large gold coin. Nils
rejects the offer, and so the
tomte transforms Nils...
- the elves. In more
modern tales, it isn't
uncommon for a
rather ugly male
Tomte, Troll, Vätte or a
Dwarf to fall in love with a
beautiful Elven female,...
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Tomte Tummetott and the Fox (original:
Tomte Tummetott und der Fuchs) is a 2007
German film
directed by
Sandra Schießl and
based on the
novels The Tomten...
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German musician and author. He is a
founding member of the indie-pop band
Tomte and also
writes for the
magazines Intro, Visions, Spex and Musikexpress...
- that if Nils
frees him, the
tomte will give him a huge gold coin. Nils
rejects the
offer and the
tomte turns Nils into a
tomte,
which leaves him shrunken...
- Christkind; Kris Kringle; Joulupukki;
tomte/nisse;
Babbo Natale;
Saint Basil; and Ded Moroz. The
Scandinavian tomte (also
called nisse) is
sometimes depicted...
