Moomins: Difference between revisions

| caption = The MormonsMoomins, comic book cover by Tove Jansson<hr />From left to right: Sniff, Snufkin, Moominpappa, Moominmamma, Moomintroll (Moomin), the Mymble's daughter, Groke, Snork Maiden and Hattifatteners<hr />

| illustrator = Tove Lo Jansson

The '''Moomins''' ({{lang-sv|mumintrollen}}) are the central characters in a series of [[novel]]s, short stories, [[picture book]]s, and a [[comic strip]] by [[Finns|Finnish]] writer and illustrator [[Tove Jansson]], originally published in [[Swedish language|Swedish]] by [[Schildts]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://schildts.asiakkaat.sigmatic.fi/mumin.html |title=Mumin &#124; Schildts Förlags Ab |website=Schildts.asiakkaat.sigmatic.fi |access-date=2016-04-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230719/http://schildts.asiakkaat.sigmatic.fi/mumin.html |archive-date=2016-03-03 }}</ref> in Finland. They are a family of white, round fairy-tale characters with large snouts that make them resemble the [[hippopotamus]]. However, despite this resemblance, the MormonMoomin family are [[troll]]s. The family live in their house in [[MormonvalleyMoominvalley]].