We had moomin on TV in my country. It was terrifying. The big dark cold dementor thing called Hufsa here in Norway, that ice queen that turns you to ice, those small ghost looking creatures that are attracted to lightning, so many nightmares
Honestly he is supposedly that only because Moomin Products is so good at branding, which is rare in Finland. When I was a kid the Moomin books were just another kids books.
Friendly reminder to everyone that moomin in fenno-swedish, NOT Finnish ♥️
damn looks delicious
Tulee mielee joku sillis animaatio
Jaa tää on kyllä huvä
I’m now in my sixties (Finnish, born and raised). In my childhood, the Moomin novels were the thing, read by adults as well (the natures of the Moomin family members are so subtly but clearly described and adults connect with them as humans). Except the Moomin hibernate (I think many adult humans would like to as well: another reason to connect with them!).
I still remember, after 50 years, the emotional atmosphere present in the novels. Some of them were more action oriented by their plot, even outright scary for little kids (when I re-read them as a kid, I remember skipping the one with the encounter with a comet because of this).
Yes, the dark and ominous Mörkö was odd but also elusive. Not outright scary in the novels. It might appear somewhere in the background, stay still, then vanish and leave behind a frozen and dead spot on the ground, that’s it. Or was it so scary I have expelled the memory from my mind?
The novels had original drawings by Tove Jansson and, in their simplicity, they highlighted wonderfully the episodes in text, just as she herself pictured them.
I think that sadly, the original novels have largely been forgotten and replaced by readily animated series and movies, which do not stir kids’ imagination as much. If you can get your hands on some (good translation) of them, it may not make bad daytime reading to your kids (and yourself, of course). 😊
Whats the religion of finnish people? Its Muumis of course!
Turn it into a 3D printable file, and put it on Thingiverse!
AWWWWWW WHO’S THAT???😍😍😍😍😍😍🥰🥰🥺
Is it just me or do you still get scared of the original mörkö clip like it generates a fight or flight response and gives you genuine fear
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Muumipeikko
Paa pa pa paa
What animal is a Moomin supposed to be?
Hell yeah, great job!
We had moomin on TV in my country. It was terrifying. The big dark cold dementor thing called Hufsa here in Norway, that ice queen that turns you to ice, those small ghost looking creatures that are attracted to lightning, so many nightmares
Honestly he is supposedly that only because Moomin Products is so good at branding, which is rare in Finland. When I was a kid the Moomin books were just another kids books.
Friendly reminder to everyone that moomin in fenno-swedish, NOT Finnish ♥️
damn looks delicious
Tulee mielee joku sillis animaatio
Jaa tää on kyllä huvä
I’m now in my sixties (Finnish, born and raised). In my childhood, the Moomin novels were the thing, read by adults as well (the natures of the Moomin family members are so subtly but clearly described and adults connect with them as humans). Except the Moomin hibernate (I think many adult humans would like to as well: another reason to connect with them!).
I still remember, after 50 years, the emotional atmosphere present in the novels. Some of them were more action oriented by their plot, even outright scary for little kids (when I re-read them as a kid, I remember skipping the one with the encounter with a comet because of this).
Yes, the dark and ominous Mörkö was odd but also elusive. Not outright scary in the novels. It might appear somewhere in the background, stay still, then vanish and leave behind a frozen and dead spot on the ground, that’s it. Or was it so scary I have expelled the memory from my mind?
The novels had original drawings by Tove Jansson and, in their simplicity, they highlighted wonderfully the episodes in text, just as she herself pictured them.
I think that sadly, the original novels have largely been forgotten and replaced by readily animated series and movies, which do not stir kids’ imagination as much. If you can get your hands on some (good translation) of them, it may not make bad daytime reading to your kids (and yourself, of course). 😊
Whats the religion of finnish people? Its Muumis of course!
Turn it into a 3D printable file, and put it on Thingiverse!
AWWWWWW WHO’S THAT???😍😍😍😍😍😍🥰🥰🥺
Is it just me or do you still get scared of the original mörkö clip like it generates a fight or flight response and gives you genuine fear