Gnomes have a long tradition with the Christmas season, Santa himself is considered a Gnome or elf (alf) in the poem “The Night Before Christmas” where he is called “A right jolly old elf” or “Gnome”. This year we’re covering the Gnome family and their association with the Christmas season. Today we see Santa Clause
Of all the well known Little People across the world, the Pukwudgies come in a close second place to the Leprechauns of Ireland. [see Leprechauns The Little People of Ireland] The name Pukwudgie has become a common name used to describe any of the diminutive persons found anywhere in the Americas and Canada. If you
Ireland is a land filled with the stories and myths of little people, but for this blog we are going to look at the famous (or perhaps infamous) Leprechaun and their cousins the Clurichaun. Leprechauns are not considered to be fairies in the traditional sense, they are the descendants of The Tuatha De Danann. The
During the Christmas season it’s difficult for many of us to imagine it without Santa or his elves. What if they were trolls, goblins or gnomes instead of our favorite little folk, would we still think of them as Jolly? In many countries that is actually the case. In the mountains of Iceland there lives
The Pryor Mountains is a mountain range located on the Crow Reservation and Custer National Forest in the state of Montana, U.S.A. These mountains are also home to a ferocious race of little people, that the Crow Nation call the Nirumbee. The Nirumbee are said to be eighteen inches tall, with large heads, pointed teeth,
