The Mymbles

The Mymble is a description given to two different characters in the Moomin books and comic strips by Finnish author Tove Jansson.

In The Exploits of Moominpappa there is a matriarchal character known as "The Mymble". She is the mother of a very large and unspecified number of children, including Little My, Snufkin, and a girl referred to simply as "the Mymble's Daughter", who appears to be the eldest of the Mymble's children, and helps her mother with child care for her younger brothers and sisters. In later books and in the comic strips the Mymble's Daughter comes to be known as just "The Mymble". She appears again as a relatively minor character in Moominsummer Madness, Moominland Midwinter and the comic strips, and is a significant character in Moominvalley in November and in The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My,^[1] which has been made into an app for the iPad.^[2]

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