> we call them dwende here. never knew it was similar to nordic countries. oh yes. we've had multiple names for these 'little people' or 'gnomes' through out the ages. we still have a romanticized version of this during christmas where some folks go out with their kids and place porridge for the nisser (basically christmas gnomes) typically out in the barn or at the edge of the forest. it's at the level of the tooth fairy in terms of superstition though. but connected nonetheless
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