In all the centuries of gnome mythology, nature is a common thread. Gnomes are considered earthly creatures, and their history as garden ornaments reflects this. One early example? In 1715 ...

Priapus, an ancient Roman god of fertility, is believed to be one of the earliest spiritual and formal inspirations for present-day garden gnomes. The mythology states that he was the son of ...

In this example collected from the Snopes inbox in March 2008: I just heard about this bizarre story about a gnome in an Argentina ... Spanish and Latin American mythology) that is supposedly ...

They sit on shelves, too. But you never see a gnome on the shelf, just hanging out in the garden. They must be distinct.

“Gnome” is an umbrella term for a tiny humanoid creature, typically resembling a wizened old man decked out in a beard and some sort of pointy hat; they are rooted in German ...

trolls and sprites that populate Teutonic mythology has endeared itself to Germans like the common garden gnome. Experts estimate that some 25 million of the glazed ceramic creatures now inhabit ...

The Starks borrowed names for the lake and rock from British mythology. Friends scampered down from Gnome Tarn, its name taken from Nordic mythology, to celebrate the "Golden Week" of October in ...