In Finnish folklore, Hymylä (variants: Himola, Huikkola, Hyvölä, Hytölä, Hämälä, Hölmölä) is a mysterious place for the banishment of a child who failed in a children's game, usually, the game of riddles.
a failed child is banished somewhere outside the children's circle, e.g., outdoors, if the game is indoors.
Sometimes a trip to Hymylä involves some kind of forfeit: some silly work, trifle money, or suffering.
[1][2] The earliest account of the tradition was reported by Cristfried Ganander in his Aenigmata Fennica ("Finnish Riddles") in 1783.
[2] Over time, places with these names were perceived akin to Gotham, the Three Wise Men were from, a settlement of proverbial fools.