Tomte
nature_spirit earth Scandinavian single tradition · 5
Tomte is a house spirit.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Topielec, Toyol, Trauco, Zashiki-warashi, Jinushigami, Dizhu shen, Seonangshin, Cheng Huang Gong, Tu Di Gong, hob, þyrs, þurs, domovoy, Brownie, duende, hobgoblins, Kobold, Goblin, Húsvættir, nisse, Tonttu, gardvord, tunkall, Tikoloshe, Thunderbird, Takam, Tangie, Taniwha, Tapairu, Tapio, Tartaruchi, Tennin, Te Wheke-a-Muturangi, Tiddy Mun, Tipua, Kami, Tuatha Dé Danann, jinn, Landvættir, Lares
Mentioned by
- Tikoloshe
- Thunderbird
- Takam
- Tangie
- Taniwha
- Tapairu
- Tapio
- Tartaruchi
- Tennin
- Te Wheke-a-Muturangi
- Tiddy Mun
- Tipua
- Kami
- Tuatha Dé Danann
- jinn
- Landvættir
and 1 more
Sources
Source passages
“Tomte (Scandinavian) – House spirit”
#5359 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Tomte”
#9452 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“As well as the brownie, another cognate exists in the Scandinavian nisse or tomte; all are thought to be derived from the household gods of olden times, known in England as the cofgodas (Old English for ‘house-gods’”
#9539 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Tomte (Swedish)”
#9593 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The tomte ('homestead man'), gardvord ('farm guardian'), and tunkall ('yard fellow') bear names that associated them with the farmstead.”
#10307 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5