After a long journey, they retrieved it, but two Skull Bearers, accompanied by many Gnomes, caught up with them soon after.

* The 1977 book Gnomes by Wil Huygen and Rien Poortvliet was written as a nature study of gnomes and their way of life presented as fact.

During the early 1960s, he became well known to television audiences for his role alongside Hugh Lloyd in Hugh and I. Scott later appeared with Lloyd as gnomes in the 1969 sitcom The Gnomes of Dulwich.

Gnomes are frequently to be found in the ancient literatures of Arabia, Persia and India, in Anglo-Saxon / Old English poetry and in the Icelandic staves.

Gnomes work in various ways to repair the damage inevitably caused by humans.

Gnomes are able to make a good living as rat-catchers, because as well as being able to chase the rats into spaces where humans cannot, they can make several good meals, and indeed warm clothes, from a rat.

But they also have some good adventures like going to Greatheart, the magician's party or going to Grabbit Gnomes.

In The Father Christmas Letters, which Tolkien wrote for his children, Red Gnomes are helpful creatures who come from Norway to the North Pole to assist Father Christmas and his Elves in fighting the wicked Goblins.

These same books are the basis for a made-for-TV animated film and the Spanish-animated series The World of David the Gnome ( as well as the spin-off Wisdom of the Gnomes ).

However, most of them were either of Mr. O ' Malley's making or resulted in embarrassment of some sort for the rather clumsy fairy godfather, a member of the Elves, Leprechauns, Gnomes, and Little Men's Chowder & Marching Society.

In 1977, he was responsible for releasing the English-language edition of The Secret Book of Gnomes series, by Dutch authors Wil Huygen and Rien Poortvliet, which quickly became a blockbuster success and was on The New York Times Best Seller list.

As they are at their wits ' end, they finally see Tweek's Gnomes and ply them for information.

Several commentators suggested the gnomes in South Park could be a reference to the phrase Gnomes of Zürich, a disparaging term for Swiss bankers.

He also achieved success with concept albums of his own orchestral suites: Le Sacre Du Sauvage, Festival Of The Gnomes, Ports Of Pleasure, and Brazil Now, the first three for Capitol and the fourth on Gene Norman's Crescendo label.

Gnomes also tend to be surprisingly strong for their height, described as " the strength of a man compressed into a body six inches tall ".

* Gnomes of Zürich, disparaging term for Swiss bankers

Gnomes of Zürich is a disparaging term for Swiss bankers.

Gnomes have a natural talent for spellcasting, though they are not as specialized as the Leshy.

John Bauer ( June 4, 1882 – November 20, 1918 ) was a Swedish painter and illustrator best known for his illustrations of Bland tomtar och troll ( Among Gnomes and Trolls ).

All of the Gnomes were known for their unique solutions to getting fuel to the top of the piston without using piping.

Together with the Tiger, they escape, and have varied adventures with Big Wigs and Gnomes in their search for three magic rubies.

Gnomes befriend their animal neighbors and often invite them to live indoors in exchange for service.

Gnomes are known the world over for their superior gem-cutting skills.

The premise is that you play one of the Illuminati groups ( the Adepts of Hermes, the Bavarian Illuminati, the Bermuda Triangle, the Discordian Society, the Gnomes of Zürich, The Network, the Servants of Cthulhu, Shangri-La, and the UFOs ) bent on world domination.

They now say, having spoken to the Gnomes, that corporations are good, and are only big because of their great contributions to the world, such as Harbucks with their great coffee.

* Gnomes are often associated with the world of finance.

The inscription in Book IV reads: " Herein are the Quenta Noldorinwa, the History of the Gnomes, the Ambarkanta or Shape of the World by Rúmil, the Annals of Valinor and the Annals of Beleriand by Pengolod, the Wise of Gondolin with maps of the world in the Elder Days and translations made by Ælfwine the Mariner of England into the tongue of his own land.

J. R. R. Tolkien, in the legendarium surrounding his Elves, uses " Gnomes " as a name of the Noldor, the most gifted and technologically minded of his elvish races, in conscious exploitation of the similarity with gnomic ; Gnomes is thus Tolkien's English loan-translation of Quenya Noldor, " those with knowledge ".

Since WFRP 2nd edition, the background has been brought into line with WFB and races such as Zoats, Gnomes and Fimir have been quietly dropped.

Various races are also available, with definitions somewhat different from other RPGs, as well as completely new races ; races in Lejendary Adventure include Dwarves, Ilves, Wylves ( Ilves and Wylves are two of many Fair Alfar, i. e. what are usually called elves in other RPGs ), Gnomes, Kobolds, and Veshoge.

There are seven primary races: Dark-kin ( infernally tainted ), Dwarves ( cursed Giants ), Elorii ( basically Elves, but with some significant differences ), Gnomes ( offspring of a human and a dwarf ), Humans, Ss ' ressen ( there are two tribes " clutches " that are playable, Black Talon and Ashen Hide ), and Val ( touched by the gods, there are many different bloodlines ).

Starting in the town, the player creates a party of up to six characters from an assortment of five possible races ( Humans, Elves, Dwarves, Gnomes, Hobbits ), three alignments ( Good, Neutral, Evil ), and four basic classes ( Fighter, Priest, Mage, Thief ).

Gnomes have exceptionally long names by the standards of other races.

Gnomes are also featured in the short story Theatre of Cruelty, in which a children's entertainer forces them to perform as a Punch and Judy show.

The phrase is reflected in the traditions of the Zürich Grasshoppers Rugby Club, whose mascot is a gnome and which occasionally plays a third / casual team called " The Gnomes ".

* Gnomes, one of which Mavis takes a liking to.

Before its demise in 2001, StarToons had a plethora of exciting projects lined up, such as pilots " Up With the Chickens ", " Tuna Sammich ", " The Kitchen Sink Gang ", " The Neverland Gnomes ", and M-7, a Japanese-style anime which was to be animated fully in Chicago.

Travel takes place between Clwyd-Rhan and the Gnomian Republic, a new country in which Gnomes, Elves, Faeries and similar creatures live in a sometimes uneasy peace.

Abigail and Roger, The Airbase, As Good Cooks Go, the 1960 adaptation of The Citadel, the 1956 adaptation of David Copperfield, The Dark Island, The Gnomes of Dulwich, Hurricane, For Richer ... For Poorer, Hereward the Wake, The Naked Lady, Night Train To Surbiton, Outbreak of Murder, Where do I Sit ?, and Witch Hunt have all been wiped with no footage surviving while four out of seven episodes of the paranormal anthology series Dead of Night were wiped.

Gnomes have lost all of their former magical powers, but in return have developed incredible technological skill, including bionic body parts, chemical weapons and rocket launchers.

The VHS version of this collection contains " Spookyfish ", along with the third season Halloween episode " Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery ", as well as " Gnomes " from the second season .< ref name =" ghouls_vhs "> The DVD release contains all of the above, as well as the fourth season episode " Trapper Keeper ".

With Avatar Press, he launched all new supernatural creations Belladonna, Gypsy, War Angel, Killer Gnomes and Unholy.

According to The Complete Book of Gnomes and Halflings, gnomes have an intricate society based on their love of all kinds of arts, pranks, and their long lives.

Gnomes are encouraged to explore all of their interests as they come.