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Moomintroll (Swedish: Mumintrollet) (Also known as Moomin) is the main protagonist in the Moomin books by Tove Jansson.^[1] He lives in the Moominhouse together with his father Moominpappa and his mother Moominmamma and has a keen spirit of adventure. Moomintroll is a "moomin" – a little white troll with a hippopotamus-like big round snout.^[2]

The asteroid 58345 Moomintroll was named in his honor.

Inspiration

Moomintroll was initially called snork. Jansson described him as her alter ego.^[3]

Reception

The character has a mostly positive reception from critics.^[4][5]

References

1. ^ "The Guardian view on Moomintroll: a hero for our time". The Guardian. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016 – via The Guardian.
2. ^ "Big in Japan, but could America love Moomin?". Reuters. 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
3. ^ Karjalainen, Tuula (2014). Tove Jansson. Work and Love. Penguin UK. ISBN 9781846148491.
4. ^ Norrman, Ralf; Haarberg, Jon (1 June 1980). Nature and language: a semiotic study of cucurbits in literature. Routledge & Kegan Paul. ISBN 9780710004536. Retrieved 16 December 2016 – via Google Books.
5. ^ "Books from Finland". Publishers' Association of Finland. 1 January 1991. Retrieved 16 December 2016 – via Google Books.

Bibliography

• Jones, W. Glyn (1984). Vägen från Muminsalen (in Swedish). Hangö: Bonniers. ISBN 978-91-0-046191-1.
• Westin, Boel (2007). "A painter's reflection: The self-representational art of Tove Jansson". In McLoughlin, Kate; Brock, Malin Lidstr√∂m (eds.). Tove Jansson Rediscovered. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84718-269-2.