ID: 901000801 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000801	Record Type: Character/Person

	Tom Thumb (English folklore character, 16th century)

Note: English folklore character, said to have been only the size of his father's thumb, and his small size resulted in many adventures. The earliest allusions to Tom occur in the 16th century, e.g., in Reginald Scot's Discovery of Witchcraft (1584).

Display Date: from 16th century

Names:

	Tom Thumb (English folklore character, 16th century) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Thumb, Tom (English folklore character, 16th century) (English,A,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Literary characters> (P)
		........Tom Thumb (English folklore character, 16th century) (I)

Related Iconography:

	is actor for .... History of Tom Thumb
	..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Named written and performed works, Literary works: Prose (novels, etc.), History of Tom Thumb (fairy tale, anonymous, 1621)) [901001611]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... literary character
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... English (culture or style)
	.....(British (modern), European regions, European, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Tom Thumb (English folklore character, 16th century)
	................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Thumb, Tom (English folklore character, 16th century)
	................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Thumb#/media/File:Tom_Thumb.JPG