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''Noggin the Nog'' is a popular British children's character appearing in his own TV series (of the same name) and series of illustrated books, the brainchild of Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin. The TV series is considered a cult classic from the golden age of British children's television. Noggin himself is a simple, kind and unassuming King of the Northmen in a roughly Viking-age setting, with various fantastic elements such as dragons, flying machines and talking birds. Peter Firmin is said to have come up with the name of Noggin after travelling on the London Underground and seeing Neasden station, which made him think 'Noggin'.〔 'Noggin rides again' Arts Guardian 28 July 2014; An interview with Peter Firmin by Julia Raeside. Firmin also recalled how his children helped him name some of the characters (eg Nooka of the Nooks came from his daughter talking about the film 'Nannook of the North')〕 Some of the original artwork for the series is on display at the Rupert Bear Museum.〔 The appearance of the characters was influenced by Peter Firmin seeing the Lewis Chessmen in the British Museum. 〔 'Noggin rides again' Arts Guardian 28 July 2014 〕 ==Plot and characters== The stories were based around the central character of Noggin, the rather simple but good-natured son of Knut, King of the Nogs, and his queen Grunhilda. When King Knut dies, Noggin must find a queen to rule beside him or else forfeit the crown to his uncle, Nogbad the Bad. Noggin meets and marries Nooka of the Nooks, (an Eskimo princess), and becomes the new king. Noggin and Nooka have a son, Knut, who comes to the fore in later storylines. Other regular characters include: *Thor Nogson – Noggin's closest friend and Captain of the Royal Guard. Nogson portrays himself as "fierce", but is actually anything but fierce. Nevertheless, he is unfailingly loyal, and never hesitates to defend the honour of his king. *Olaf the Lofty – An eccentric and occasionally arrogant, but well-meaning, inventor. Olaf's inventions rarely work out exactly as he intends them to, although his most notable success is the Flying Machine. *Graculus – A big green bird who arrives as Nooka's messenger in the first episode. Later by chance they return to the place of his birth and meet his family, who unlike him are incapable of human speech. *Grolliffe – A friendly ice dragon who Noggin befriends, and who helps Noggin and his friends in a later episode. Although the individual stories vary, any trouble encountered by the heroes is usually caused by Nogbad the Bad, who never gives up trying to claim Noggin's throne for himself. Nogbad always loses in the end, though not always through the intervention of Noggin himself. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Noggin the Nog」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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