Tulippa

Tulippa is a minor character who appears in The Moomins and the Great Flood. She is described as a young girl with shining blue hair who joins Moominmamma and Moomintroll on their quest to find Moominpappa. She ultimately parts with them to remain with a red-haired boy who lives in a lighthouse and also assists the Moomins on their journey.

In the forward to the 1991 reprint in Scandinavia, Tove Jansson wrote, "The story is quite influenced by the childhood books I had read and loved, a bit of Jules Verne, some Collodi (the girl with the blue hair), and so on." This implies that Tulippa was partially based on "The Fairy with Turquise Hair" (The color is also sometimes translated as 'blue' or 'azure') from Carlo Collodi's Pinnochio. Tulippa has made no further appearances in subsequent Moomin media.