Gnome

A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology | 2004 | JAMES MacKILLOP | © A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology 2004, originally published by Oxford University Press 2004. Hide copyright information Copyright gnome [L gnomus]. This fabled race of treasure-guarding dwarfs, a concept coined by Paracelsus 16th cent., has few counterparts in Celtic tradition, only the knocker of Cornwall and the goric of Brittany. International folk motif: F456.

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