The Groke
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The Groke (the original Swedish name Mårran and the Finnish name Mörkö) is a fictional character in the Moomin world created by Tove Jansson. She appears as a ghostlike hill-shaped body with two cold staring eyes and a wide row of white shiny teeth. Wherever she stands, the ground below her freezes and plants and grass die. She leaves a trace of ice and snow when she walks the ground. Anything she touches will freeze and on one instance she froze a campfire by sitting down on it. She seeks friendship and warmth, but she is declined by everyone and everything, leaving her in her cold cavern on top of the Lonely Mountains. The Groke may be a symbol of winter depression.
[edit] Animated series
The generation that grew up with the animated Moomin-series may remember the Groke from their childhood as something tremendously scary. Apart from her intimidating appearance the loud growling sounds she utters contributed to this effect as well as her malevolent theme music, which begins to play every time she appears. The Groke's primary introductions were in episode 6 and 20 of the series. Especially in her first episode, the dark image and her growling spooky voice gave some children goosebumps. It was not until episode 34 that children could start seeing the Groke more sympathetically.
[edit] Trivia
The Groke's House can be visited in the Moomin World of Naantali, Finland.
| The Moomin Series by Tove Jansson | |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tove Jansson • Lars Jansson |
| Books | The Moomins and the Great Flood • Comet in Moominland • Finn Family Moomintroll • The Exploits of Moominpappa • Moominsummer Madness • Moominland Midwinter • Tales from Moominvalley • Moominpappa at Sea • Moominvalley in November |
| Picture Books | The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My • Who will Comfort Toffle? • The Dangerous Journey • An Unwanted Guest |
| Characters | Moomintroll • Moominmamma • Moominpappa • Sniff • Snufkin • Little My • The Hemulen • The Groke • Hattifatteners |
| Television | Die Muminfamilie (1959-61) • Mumintrollet (1969) • Tove Jasson no Tanoshii Mūmin Ikka (1969-70) • Shin Muumin (1972) • Mumi-troll (1978) • The Moomins (1979-82) • Shlyapa Volshebnika (1980-83) • Moomin (1990-91) • Tanoshii Moomin Ikka: Bōken Nikki (1991-92) |
| Film | Tanoshii Moomin Ikka: Muumindani no Suisei |
| Other Tove Jansson books | The Summer Book • A Winter Book |
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