Snufkin

Snufkin (original Swedish and Norwegian: Snusmumriken, Finnish: Nuuskamuikkunen, Spanish: Manrico, Estonian: Nuuskmõmmik, Danish: Mumrikken, Polish: Włóczykij) is a character in the Moomin series of books authored by Swedish-speaking Finn Tove Jansson, appearing in six of the nine books. He is the best friend of the series' protagonist, Moomintroll, and lives a nomadic lifestyle, only staying in Moominvalley in the spring and summer, but leaving for warmer climates down south every winter. He is the son of the elder Mymble and the Joxter, and is half-brother to the Mymble's daughter and Little My.