Description
Carefree and philosophical Snufkin features this green coloured Moomin mug by Arabia. The design is from the Moomin and the Brigands in comic album #1 by Tove Jansson .
(Swedish: Snusmumriken – dialectical snusmumrik or mumrik, “old man who talks carelessly; old codger, old bore; old snuff-taker; snotty or scruffy old man,” derived from snus, “snuff,” + interjection mum, also in mumla “mumble,” with pejorative ending -ik).
Moomintroll’s best friend, the son of the elder Mymble and the Joxter, and half-brother to the Mymble’s daughter and Little My.
Snufkin wears old green clothes and a wide-brimmed hat that he has had since birth. He lives in a tent, smokes a pipe, and plays the harmonica. He is based on Tove Jansson’s ex-fiancé Atos Wirtanen who was also known to wander.
He lives a nomadic lifestyle, only staying in Moominvalley in the spring and summer, but leaving for warmer climates down south every winter.
The character has a mostly positive reception
The mug holds 0,3 l.
The Moomins are the central characters in a series of books and a comic strip by Swedish-speaking Finnish illustrator Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish by Schildts in Finland. In 1945 Tove Jansson wrote her first book about the Moomin family. They are a family of white, round fairy tale characters with large snouts that make them resemble hippopotamuses. However, despite this resemblance, the Moomin family are trolls. The family live in their house in Moominvalley, though in the past, their temporary residences have included a lighthouse and a theatre. They have had many adventures along with their various friends.
Brand New (with stickers).
