![]() ![]() She also has black-gray knee socks and high shoes or slippers. The females wear gray or khaki clothing, consisting of a blouse and skirt (to ankles). Long beards adorn their faces and turn gray far sooner than their hair. They are fair of face, though the boast rosy red cheeks. Around his waist is a belt with a tool kit attached, holding a knife, hammer, etc. The male wears a peaked red cap, a blue brown-green pants, and ether felt boots, birch shoes, or wooden clogs. The males weigh 300 grams, and female is 250-275 grams. ![]() Their feet are somewhat pigeon toed which gives them an extra edge on speed and agility through the wood and grass. Gnomes are usually an average of 15 centimeters tall (but in some stories they are said to be around a foot (30 cm) in height), but with its cap on it appears much taller. In Huygens's book, it says they live in three trees, the house itself, with a hidden entrance from another tree, and then a third is the supply room, with grains, beans, potatoes and everything else the gnomes may need during the winter. Gnomes tend to live in hilly meadows and rocky woodlands. It is best never to evoke the ire of such Gnomes for they delight in revenge. They are much larger than the other types and have an infinitely more nasty nature. Siberian Gnomes have been more interbred than other Gnomes and associate freely with trolls. Farm Gnomes resemble their House brethren, but are more conservative in manner and dress. It is from this family that Gnome Kings are chosen. House Gnomes have the most knowledge of man, often speaking his language. Dune Gnomes are slightly larger than their woodland brethren and choose remarkably drab clothing. The Garden Gnome lives in old gardens and enjoys telling melancholy tales. The most common is the Forest Gnome who rarely comes into contact with man. Gnomes consist of a number of different types. Switzerland and Luxembourg use the same name, Kleinmanneken, which means "little men." Domovoi Djedoes is used in western Russia. The Dutch use Kabouter and the Belgian, Skritek. In Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia, Gnomes are called Mano. Bulgaria and Albania, however, use Dudje. The Polish call they by the familiar Gnom. In Britain they are called Nains and Tontti to the Finns. ![]() In Denmark and Norway they are Nisse Nissen is a Swedish variation. Germans name them Erdmanleins, except in the Alpine areas, where they are called Heinzelmannchen. ![]()
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