Gnomes Where fairies tend to be elemental (in that they’re part of nature), gnomes are their domestic cousins, known for living in walls and underground. In Cologne, the legend of the Heinzelmännchen tells of house gnomes who did the town’s work at night, so that the citizens could just laze about all day. But that changed when a tailor’s wife had the bright idea to scatter peas on the ground to make them slip up and leave town. Where to find one: in one of his rare departures from Discworld, Terry Pratchett published Truckers, the first entry of his "Bromeliad" trilogy. It’s set amongst a community of “nomes” whose culture and religion is based on the department store they've made their home. #info #EverythingsInfo
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