Moomintroll

Moomintroll

▪ fictional character
      20th-century Finnish literary and comic-strip character, a white, furry creature somewhat resembling a hippopotamus.

      The Moomins, creations of the Finnish writer-illustrator Tove Jansson (Jansson, Tove), were a family of mythical creatures whose home was in a wooded place known as Moominvalley. The protagonist of most stories was the young Moomintroll, a happy and friendly, though somewhat naive, troll who was drawn to adventure. Also often depicted were his parents, the morally upstanding Moominmamma and the responsible but restless Moominpappa. Moomintroll's best friend was Snufkin, a human wanderer; he also was close to his adopted brother, a brown, ratlike creature named Sniff. Some stories featured Moomintroll's love interest, the Snork Maiden, who resembled the Moomins in appearance.

      Jansson was working as a commercial artist in the 1940s when she began incorporating a small, troll-like character into her signature on magazine illustrations. The character eventually became Moomintroll, who made his public debut in the children's novel Småtrollen och den stora översvämningen (1945; “The Moomins and the Great Flood”). The many Moominland novels and picture books that followed were also written and initially published in Swedish. For atmosphere Jansson drew on her own childhood summers in the Stockholm archipelago; she prominently featured the sea, expressed a love of nature, and championed open-mindedness.

      After the series' conclusion in 1970, the Moomins continued to appear in other media, including a newspaper comic strip that ran through 1974, several animated television series in Finland, Poland, and Japan, and even an opera. The 1990s saw a resurgence in popularity for the Moomins, leading to new animated television episodes and a Finnish theme park called Muumimaailma (Moomin World).

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