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GNOMES (Fr. gnomes, Ger. Gnomen)

This article appears in Volume V12, Page 152 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GEO-GNU
GNOMES (Fr. gnomes, Ger. Gnomen) , in folk-
lore
 , the name now commonly given to the earth and
mountain
  spirits who are supposed to
watch
  over veins of
precious
  metals and other hidden treasures. They are usually pictured as bearded dwarfs clad in brown close-fitting garments with hoods. The word "
gnome
  " as applied to these is of comparatively modern and somewhat uncertain origin. By some it is said to have been coined by
Paracelsus
  (so Hatzfeld and Darmesteter, Dictionnaire), who uses Gnomi as a synonym of Pygmaei, from the Greek yvwjz , intelligence. The New
English
  Dictionary, however, suggests a derivation from genomus, i.e. a Greek type ygvbos, " earth-dweller," on the
analogy
  of 9akavvovoos, " dwelling in the sea," adding, however, that though there is no evidence that the
term
  was not used before
Paracelsus
 , it is possibly " a mere arbitrary invention, like so many others found in Paracelsus " (N.E.D. s.v.).


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