| abstract | - Nomes (sometimes spelled Gnomes) are immortal creatures uesd by L. Frank Baum who live under the earth's surface, where they guard the precious metals and jewel stones that lie buried in rock and ore. They are ruled by the Nome King.
* There were also different Gnomes that reside in Burzee.
- Nomes are immortal creatures who live in their home, a mountainous land called the Nome Kingdom, where they guard the precious metals and jewel stones that lie buried in rock and ore. They are ruled by the Nome King. They are rather round and not very tall. Their toes are curly and their ears broad and flat. They are the color of rocks and their shapes are as rough and rugged as if they had been broken away from the side of a mountain. They can cling to the surface of rock as a fly does to a window-pane. Though they live underground where there is neither night nor day, they do need to sleep like the "up-stairs" people do. Because eggs belong to the outside world, they are poison to Nomes. (Ozma of Oz) If the inside of an egg touches a Nome, he withers up and blows away and that is the end of him - unless he manages quickly to speak a magical word which only a few of the Nomes know. (Tik-Tok of Oz) When Ruggedo was the Nome King, he often treated his subjects poorly. Sometimes, when the abuse was worse than usual, they would refuse to work until Kaliko came and begged them to. Kaliko was respected because he was one of themselves, and as much abused by Ruggedo as any of them. (Tik-Tok of Oz)
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