List of Moomin characters | moomin characters
SomeofthemanyMoomincharacters.Fromlefttoright,Sniff,Snufkin,Moominpappa,Moominmamma,Moomintroll(Moomin),Mymble,Groke,SnorkMaidenandHattifatteners.AlargenumberofcharactersappearintheMoominseriesbyToveJansson.TheoriginalSwedishnamesaregivenwiththeetymologiesandwordassociationssuggestedbyYvonneBertillsinher2003dissertation.[1]TheMoominfamily[edit]MoominmammaandMoominpappaMoomintroll[edit]Moomintroll(Swedish:Mumintrollet–inventedmumin+troll,"troll";alsosimplyMoomin)istheprotagonistofmostoftheboo...
Some of the many Moomin characters. From left to right, Sniff, Snufkin, Moominpappa, Moominmamma, Moomintroll (Moomin), Mymble, Groke, Snork Maiden and Hattifatteners.A large number of characters appear in the Moomin series by Tove Jansson. The original Swedish names are given with the etymologies and word associations suggested by Yvonne Bertills in her 2003 dissertation.[1]
The Moomin family[edit] Moominmamma and Moominpappa Moomintroll[edit]Moomintroll (Swedish: Mumintrollet – invented mumin + troll, "troll"; also simply Moomin) is the protagonist of most of the books.[2]
Many people believe that Moomin is in love with Snorkmaiden, as they have a very sweet and romantic relationship in the early books.[3] However, later on he and Snorkmaiden are not seen together as often and after ‘Moominland Midwinter’ Moomin refers to Snorkmaiden as simply just a friend.[4]
His best friend is Snufkin.[5][6] Snufkin is inspired by Atos Wirtanen, Tove Jansson’s close-f...