“In the center of the field there glowed a luminous fairy circle, where a ring of small greenish gnomelike creatures danced and sang squeakily.”
“She was a small creature in her late eighties, with a gnomelike face and a limp that gave her walk a cheerful little hop.”
“The title character is a mysterious gnomelike man who spins straw into gold for the benefit of a beautiful miller's daughter, in exchange for her future firstborn child.”