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A gnome is a mythological creature and diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and alchemy, introduced by Paracelsus in the 16th century and widely adopted by authors, including those of modern fantasy
Heinrich Schlitt Gnom mit Zeitung und Tabakspfeife
Demons in the mine. Olaus Magnus, Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus
![Bergmännerlein, Wights, and Subterraneans (Unter-Irrdische). Engraving by Thomas Cross, Sr. (fl. 1632–1682), frontispiece to Praetorius (1668) [1666]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Praetorius%281668%29-p0000-02Bergm%C3%A4nnerlein_Wichtelin_Unter-Irrdische.jpg/500px-Praetorius%281668%29-p0000-02Bergm%C3%A4nnerlein_Wichtelin_Unter-Irrdische.jpg)
Bergmännerlein, Wights, and Subterraneans (Unter-Irrdische). Engraving by Thomas Cross, Sr. (fl. 1632–1682), frontispiece to Praetorius (1668) [1666] Anthropodemus Plutonicus.
Silver Thaler coin. Goslar mint. Dated 1587
Garden gnome
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Garden gnomes are lawn ornament figurines of small humanoid creatures based on the mythological creature and diminutive spirit which occur in Renaissance magic and alchemy, known as gnomes. They also
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…legends" (Bergmannssage). Lawn ornaments crafted as gnomes were introduced during the 19th century, growing in popularity during the 20th century as garden gnomes. The word comes from Renaissance Latin gnomus, gnomos, (pl. gnomi) which first appears in A Book on Nymphs, Sylphs, Pygmies, and Salamanders, and on…
A German garden gnome
Replica of Lampy, Charles Isham's 1847 terracotta gnome from Germany. The original is on display at Lamport Hall.
Gnome figure in Sweden
"Socialist" garden gnomes, used in a local election campaign in the Austrian province of Vorarlberg