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Goblin

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Grouping	dwarf
Country	France, Scandinavia, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, United States
Habitat	Caves, woodland

A goblin is a legendary evil or mischievous grotesque dwarf-like creature.
They are attributed with various (sometimes conflicting) abilities, temperaments and appearances depending on the story and country of origin. In some cases, goblins have been classified as constantly annoying little creatures somewhat related to the brownie and gnome. They are usually depicted as small, sometimes only a few inches tall, sometimes the size of a dwarf. They also often are said to possess various magical abilities. They are also very greedy and love gold or any type of jewellery

Name

Alternative spellings include gobblin, gobeline, gobling, goblyn, and gobbelin.
English goblin is first recorded in the 14th century and is probably from unattested Anglo-Norman *gobelin,^[1] similar to Old French gobelin, already attested around 1195 in Ambroise of Normandy's Guerre sainte, and to Medieval Latin gobelinus in Orderic Vitalis before 1141,^[2]^[3] which was the name of a devil or a daemon haunting the country around Évreux, Normandy.
It may be related both to German kobold and to Medieval Latin cabalus, or *gobalus, itself from Greek κόβαλος (kobalos), "rogue", "knave", "imp", "goblin".^[2]^[4] Alternatively, it may be a diminutive or other derivative of the French proper name Gobel, more often Gobeau,^[5]^[6] diminutive forms Gobelet, Goblin, Goblot, but their signification is probably "somebody who sells timblers or beakers or cups".^[7] Moreover, these proper names are not from Normandy, where the word gobelin, gobelinus first appears in the old documents. German Kobold contains the Germanic root kov- (Middle German Kobe "refuge, cavity", "hollow in a rock", Dial. English cove "hollow in a rock", English "sheltered recess on a coast", Old Norse kofi "hut, shed" ) which means originally a "hollow in the earth".^[8]^[9] The word is probably related to Dial. Norman gobe "hollow in a cliff", with simple suffix -lin or double suffixation -el-in (cf. Norman surnames Beuzelin,^[10] Gosselin,^[11] Étancelin,^[12] etc.)
The Welsh coblyn, a type of knocker, derives from the Old French gobelin via the English goblin.^[13]^[14]

European folklore and collected folk stories

Illustration of a goblin

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The Benevolent Goblin, from Gesta Romanorum (England)^[15]
Erlking is a malevolent goblin from German legend.
The Goblin Pony, from The Grey Fairy Book (French fairy tale)
The Goblins at the Bath House (Estonia), from A Book of Ghosts and Goblins (1969)
The Goblins Turned to Stone (Dutch fairy tale).^[16]
Gwyn ap Nudd was ruler over the goblin tribe. (Welsh folklore) ^[17]
King Gobb (Moldovan Gypsy folktale)

Goblin-like creatures in other cultures

Many Asian mythical creatures have been likened to, or translated as, goblins. Some examples for these:

Chinese Ghouls and Goblins (England 1928)
The Goblin of Adachigahara (Japanese fairy tale)^[18]
The Goblin Rat, from The Boy Who Drew Cats (Japanese fairy tale)

Twenty-Two Goblins (Indian fairy tale)^[19]
In South Korea, goblins are known as Dokkaebi (도깨비). They are especially important mythical creatures in Korean folklore. They usually appear in children's books.^{[citation needed]}

Goblin-related place names

'The Gap of Goeblin', a hole and underground tunnel in Croxteth under the Green residence where Daniel Green resides feeding on children's bones and ectoplasm to survive.^[20]
Goblin Combe, in north Somerset, UK
Goblin Valley State Park, Utah, U.S.
Goblin Crescent, Bryndwr, Christchurch, NZ
Yester Castle (aka 'Goblin Hall') East Lothian, Scotland
Goblin Bay, Beausoleil Island, Ontario, Canada
Cowcaddens and Cowlairs, Glasgow, Scotland. 'Cow' is an old Scots word for Goblin, while 'cad' means 'nasty'. 'Dens' and 'lairs' refers to goblin homes.^[21]

Goblins in fiction and popular culture

The Goblins, a comedy play by Sir John Suckling (1638 England; the title alludes to thieves rather than actual goblins)

The Pilgrim's Progress, a Christian allegory by John Bunyan (1678 England), includes the words "Men: ...we also saw there the hobgoblins, satyrs, and dragons of the pit;"

The early 17th century English ballad "Tom O'Bedlam" begins "From the hag and hungry goblin/that into rags would rend ye"

"The Elf Mound", fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen (1845 Denmark)

Goblin Market, a poem by Christina Rossetti (1859 England)

The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald (1872)

Davy and the Goblin by Charles E. Carryl ^[22] (1884)

The 19th century Irish song "Rocky Road to Dublin" includes the words "I cut a stout blackthorn, to banish ghosts and goblins".

Little Orphant Annie, a poem by James Whitcomb Riley, includes the words "An' the Gobble-uns 'at gits you ef you don't watch out!" (1885)

J. R. R. Tolkien generally used the terms goblin and orc synonymously in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. These works, featuring goblins of almost-human stature, generally informed the depiction of goblins in later fiction and games.

Goblins are portrayed as roughly half the size of adult humans as non-player characters in the tabletop role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons, which influenced most later depictions including the games Akalabeth, Ultima, Tibia, RuneScape and World of Warcraft (they become a playable race in the WoW expansion World of Warcraft: Cataclysm). In the 1980s Goblins were depicted as a separate race subservient to the Orcs in the Games Workshop tabletop game Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. Games Workshop also popularized the depiction of goblins with bright green skin. Warcraft adopted both of these concepts from Warhammer. The Warcraft goblins are very technologically advanced. Goblins are also present as the first tier creature in the Orc faction in Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East.^[23]

Goblins are represented in Magic: The Gathering as a species of predominantly red-aligned creatures generally organized into various tribes, and are usually depicted as fierce and war-mongering, but of comically low intelligence. Most are similar to other depictions of goblins save those of the Akki race, which bear chitinous shells on their backs.

The 1973 film Don't Be Afraid of the Dark portrays a house infested with goblins; it was remade in 2011. In both versions the Goblins are small, intelligent, nimble and evil creatures with a penchant for preying on children. They feed on human teeth and are afraid of light.

In the Jim Henson Productions film Labyrinth, the Goblins are led by Jareth the Goblin King (played by David Bowie). The Goblins in this film range from a few inches to several feet in height. Each of the Goblins comes with a variety of descriptions. Some Goblins have small eyes, some Goblins have large eyes, some Goblins have protruding eyes, some Goblins have horns, some Goblins have hair, and some Goblins don't have hair. It has been implied by Jareth that the Goblins were once human children.

Goblins are shown in diminutive form in the film Legend. The Goblins serve the Lord of Darkness.

Goblins play an important role in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. They guard the wizard bank Gringotts and are portrayed as clever, arrogant, greedy, and churlish.

The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy by Clare B. Dunkle features a creative re-imagining of goblins, elves, and dwarves.

Despite its title, goblins are featured as the main villains in the cult film Troll 2.

The Complete Encyclopedia of Elves, Goblins, and Other Little Creatures depicts them as originating in the British Isles, from whence they spread by ship to all of Continental Europe. They have no homes, being wanderers, dwelling temporarily in mossy cracks in rocks and tree roots.^[24]^[25]

Jack Prelutsky's children's poetry book It's Halloween includes a poem called "The Goblin", in which a little boy describes "A goblin as green as a goblin can be, Who is sitting outside and is waiting for me".

In Enid Blyton's Noddy children's books and their adaptations appear small humanoids called goblins, who are often very mischievous.

There are many (human) villains in Marvel Comics whose names include the word "goblin", and who use a goblin motif, such as several incarnations of the Green Goblin as well as Hobgoblin, Demogoblin and Grey Goblin. Most of them are enemies of Spider-Man with some of them being created through the result of the Goblin Serum. The villain Menace is also a goblin-type villain.

In The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, the goblins appear as green-skinned creatures, a little shorter than humans, carrying iron weapons and sometimes lockpicks. They are seen as "dirty little beasts", and can be found in sewers or abandoned houses and forts.

Goblins are usually the main opponents in Dwarf Fortress. They are described as evil creatures having green skin and glowing red eyes. They often kidnap children of the other races and raise them as goblins.

Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl depicts goblins as reptilian entities having lidless eyes, forked tongues, and scaly skin. The goblins in the series are dull-witted and have an ability to conjure fireballs.

In The Spiderwick Chronicles, goblins are portrayed as small, grotesque toad-like creatures born without teeth who therefore use broken glass and rocks as dentition. They have a chaotic behavior and will only behave orderly if ordered so by a more powerful villain, such as the ogre Mulgarath.

In Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King, there are goblins in that movie who are led by the Goblin King (voiced by Tim Curry). Other known goblins in that film are Glob (voiced by James Belushi) and Glum (voiced by Larry Joe Campbell)

Jeff Cooper, creator of the "Modern Technique" of firearm handling and self-defense, commonly referred to adversaries as "goblins" in his commentaries.^[26]^[27]

In Clash of Clans, the Goblins are categorized into Tier #1 of the players' troops alongside the Archers and the Barbarians.

In Laini Taylor's "Lips Touch" Goblins are portrayed as sly magical creatures that lure young girls into eating their magical fruit so that they can collect their souls.

In The 7D episode "The Enchanted Shoes," Goblins are depicted as small gray characters that only speak in goblin language (which is mostly "gob") and like fish sticks.

References

T. F. Hoad, English Etymology, Oxford University Press, p. 196b.
CNRTL etymology of gobelin (online French)
Du Cange et al, Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis ...(online French and Latin) [1]
κόβαλος, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
Harper, Douglas. "Goblin". The Online Etymological Dictionary. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
HOAD, p. 196b.
Albert Dauzat, Noms et prénoms de France, Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet. p. 295b Gobel.
Duden, Herkunftswörterbuch : Etymologie der deutschen Sprache, Band 7, Dudenverlag, p. 359 : Kobel, koben, Kobold.
HOAD, p. 101b.
Géopatronyme : surname Beuzelin in France (online French)
Géopatronyme : surname Gosselin in France (online French) Gosselin
Géopatronyme : surname Étancelin in France (online French)
Franklin, Anna (2002). "Goblin", The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fairies. London: Paper Tiger. ISBN 1-84340-240-8. p. 108
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English
Apples4theTeacher - short stories
Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks, 1918, compiled by William Elliot Griffis
Sacred texts
Rick Walton - folktale
Sacred texts
Ghosts, Goblins, and Haunted Castles, Aventinum Publishers, 1990 in English, page 51
Glasgow Street Names, Carol Foreman, Birlinn, 2007, page 58.
SF Site
F, S (2008). "Stronghold Creatures". Age Of Heroes. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
The Complete Encyclopedia of Elves, Goblins, and Other Little Creatures by Pierre Dubois, in English 2005
Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were by Michael Page & Robert Ingpen, 1987
"Glossary". Survivalblog.com. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
"Jeff Cooper’s Commentaries #7". Scribd.com. 2008-04-14. Retrieved 2010-08-13.

Monday, February 12, 2007

Hobgoblin

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This article is about the legendary creature. For other uses, see Hobgoblin (disambiguation).

Hobgoblin is a term typically applied in folktales to a friendly or amusing goblin. The word seems to derive from 'Robin Goblin', abbreviated to 'hobgoblin', 'hob', or 'lob'. The name originally referred to that of a specific folkloric character Robin Goodfellow but has grown to be defined as a different species of goblin or fairy. The name is often interchangeable with "bugbear", "boogeyman", "bugaboo" or "bogie", and the term "hobgoblin" has grown to mean a superficial object that is a source of fear or trouble.

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[edit] Fantasy Hobgoblins

[edit] Lord of the Rings

In The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, Hobgoblins are a menacing, larger and stronger form of goblins. Tolkien later remarked in a letter that through further study of folklore he had subsequently learned that "the statement that hobgoblins were 'a larger kind' [of goblins] is the reverse of the original truth".^[1] This mistaken reversal in size on Tolkien's part has generally been followed in other fictional 'hobgoblins'.

[edit] Role-playing games

The creature commonly appears in the bestiaries of fantasy role-playing games, where it is portrayed as a larger, stronger, smarter and more menacing cousin of the goblin, but not as high up on the goblinoid hierarchy as bugbears. See Hobgoblin (Dungeons & Dragons) and Hobgoblin (Warhammer)

In Mage: The Ascension a hobgoblin is a physical manefestation of a hallucination suffered by a Mage's avatar.

[edit] Computer and video games

In the MMORPG RuneScape, hobgoblins are an evolved form of goblins that are stronger and attack weak players.

In the Fable game series they are small, fat and disfigured. they are called hobbes and are described as trouble, stupid and greedy. They eat flesh and sleep in rivers they shoot magical orbs from a staff or use weapons like hammers or axes. They can range from the size of a child to the size of a big man. The smaller weaker one can be summoned by wood nymphs and they also work for them. They usually live in hobbe cave. Also they are the guardians of a demon door guarding the dark will users suit.

[edit] Comic Books

Spider-Man comics feature a villain named Hobgoblin, first appearing in Amazing Spider-Man #238 written by Roger Stern.

Another hobgoblin is in Monster in My Pocket #23. In the comic book series, he is a prankster who serves as comic relief among the good monsters. He makes fire come out from his fingers.

[edit] References

^ Carpenter, Humphrey and Tolkien, Christopher (eds.) (1981). The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, #319. ISBN 0-395-31555-7.

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Goblin

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A goblin is an evil or merely mischievous creature of folklore, often described as a grotesquely disfigured or gnome-like phantom.

[edit] Description

Goblins are grotesque fairies that can be from dwarf to human height. Various (sometimes conflicting) abilities and attributes have been given to them. Nowadays, it seems any diminutive monster can be called a goblin

Goblins can grow to anywhere from 30 cm to 2 m tall.^{[citation needed]}
They have a somewhat bestial appearance: their brow is fully covered with thick hair and their mouth is filled with yellowed, crooked teeth.
They have some traits of old men, which can include shortsightedness, but they are described as wiser than humans.
In recent depictions Goblins have been portrayed as green in color. This is a modern tradition.
They are sometimes said to be mostly invisible to human eye.
They steal human women and children and hide them away underground.
Goblin women steal human babies and dump them, replacing them with ugly goblin babies (changelings).
Goblin changelings are sometimes known as "oafs" or "crimbils".
They are sometimes described as being an entirely male race.
Female goblins are referred to as "hags" or "crones"
Goblins are of the Unseelie Court.
It is said that they mimic human actions in their sardonic way, twisting human rituals and culture to show the worst aspects.
Goblin pranks include hiding small objects, tipping over pails of milk, and altering signposts.
Goblins are often associated with fire, or have the ability to create said element.
Goblins like to borrow horses and ride them all night. If a horse is tired in the morning, it is said a goblin rode it. If a horse is panicking, the goblin is trying to mount it.
They are said to count the dead among their companions. Goblins like to roam and cause mayhem during Halloween, along with a crowd of ghosts, witches, etc.
'Goblin’s Thimbles' is another name for the foxglove plant.
They sometimes eat humans.
In some cases, Goblins love mushrooms, and utilize them for housing, recreation, and as food.
Goblins are often depicted possessing a coarse raspy sounding and slightly high-pitched voice.
When speaking a human tongue, goblins will stereotypically refer to themselves in third person.
Goblins often have a particular interest in money or trading, like being banker in the Harry Potter book series or running trade houses in World of Warcraft.
Goblins love revenge
Goblins are very magical
Goblins capture pretty unmarried girls to be their brides.
Some stories portray goblins in a kinder light, as beings that could actually be quite helpful if treated well. However, if ill used or, strangely, given thanks for their help, a goblin's wrath could be limitless.

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[edit] Etymology

According to some traditions, goblin comes from Gob or Ghob, the king of the gnomes, whose inferiors were called Ghob-lings.^{[citation needed]} However, according to "The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English" the name is probably derived from the Anglo-French gobelin (medieval Latin gobelinus), which is probably a diminutive of Gobel, a name related to the word kobold. Goblin is also related to the French lutin.

[edit] Places

One fabled origin for Goblins is in France, in a cleft of the Pyrenees, from which they spread rapidly throughout Europe. They hitched a ride with Viking ships to get to Britain. They have no homes, being nomadic, dwelling temporarily in mossy cracks in rocks and tree roots. Bryn y Ellyllon 'The Hill of the Goblins' is a place in Somerset. The Gap of Goeblin is a hole and underground tunnel in Mortaine France.

Sir Walter Scott in his Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft ascribed gnomes, kobolds and goblins, along with Scottish bogles to all correspond with a caricature of the Sami people.

[edit] Goblins in art and literature

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The webcomic Goblins is famous for portraying goblins as oppressed by presumptuous "heroes" who assume the goblins are vile creatures and kill them for loot and experience.
The Goblin and the Huckster by Hans Christian Andersen (1853), The Benevolent Goblin by Gesta Romanorum, and The Goblin of Adachigahara (Japanese) are just a few fairy tales depicting goblins. See also the Brothers Grimm.

Christina Rossetti in her poem Goblin Market, used goblins as symbols of earthly desires who tantalize and nearly destroy a girl who falls under their spell.

Poet Craig MacKenzie, known for his works in portraying mythical creatures, described these creatures as being a paean to early explorers tales, documenting what they seen, It is now known that these creatures were probably small apes. In one of his greater works, MacKenzie uses the comparison of a goblin to the liking of one of his townspeople, Michael Nimbley, using 'goblin' as an insulting phrase.

Author George MacDonald, in The Princess and the Goblin, portrayed goblins as malevolent, subterranean creatures.

The book is said to have been a childhood favorite of J. R. R. Tolkien, who populated his Middle-earth with Orcs, which were also called goblins.

Other books that feature goblins are: The Book of Wonder (1912) (The Hoard of the Gibbelins) by Edward Plunkett (18th Baron Dunsany), The Brownies and the Goblins (1915), Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak, Rainbow Goblins, The White Goblin, The Revenge of the Shadow King by Derek Benz and J.S. Lewis

In the Jim Henson film Labyrinth, Goblins figure prominently. Jareth the Goblin King, a powerful sorcerer (portrayed by David Bowie), commands a legion of foul, diminutive, largely incompetent creatures. The goblins initially do the bidding of a young girl (played by Jennifer Connelly), who must ultimately overcome her fear of them and resist seduction by their king.

Goblins also feature in the novel The Black Cauldron, adapted into a film in 1985 by Walt Disney Pictures, and in the 1986 film Legend, starring Tom Cruise. In 2005, a new perspective of goblins was depicted in the novel Dance of the Goblins by Jaq D. Hawkins. A film based on the novel and directed by David Heinemann and starring Kevin McNally is currently in pre-production at Goblin Films Ltd.

See also Goblins (Harry Potter).

The U.S. fighter plane XF-85, is nicknamed "the Goblin". The Goblin is one of America's earliest jets, first flying in 1948. Only 14 feet (4.3 meters) long, it was intended to have a top speed of 650 mph and flying time of 80 minutes. The concept didn't get too far, though, with only two aircraft built and very few flights made. After only a year and with just a few drops and recoveries from B-29 Superfortresses, the program was cancelled.

The Green Goblin is a villainous character in the Marvel Comics Spider-Man comic book series .

The March of the Goblins is a polka song composed by J.J. Tarrant.

Goblins in the Steeple is a jazz composition by Leon Carr, recorded by Milt Herth in 1937.

In the Spiderwick Chronicles, goblins are toothless, toadlike beings who use random artifacts in the place of fangs.

Goblin is Monster in My Pocket #27. He appears briefly in the first issue of the comic book. In the video game, he throws sugar cubes in the kitchen, stage 2.

[edit] Goblins in modern fiction

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Two major branches of goblins exist in popular game properties. Alongside with J. R. R. Tolkien's descriptions of Orcs, the older branch is inherently evil and malicious, with varying coloring and generally matted and filthy hair. This type of goblin appears in Dungeons & Dragons. The distinctive green-skinned, hairless, capricious, and generally amoral (rather than absolutely evil) goblins created for Warhammer are direct progenitors of goblins in more modern games, such as those in the Warcraft Universe or Magic: The Gathering.

[edit] Goblins in RuneScape

In the MMORPG RuneScape, most of the goblins that the humans of RuneScape are familiar with are those goblins that cover the surface of the world. There are few places goblins cannot be found, but there are also few goblins that could not be described as stupid. The Dorgeshuun tribe of goblins are the notable exception to this, as they have been separated from the main goblin race since the times of the godwars. The Dorgeshuun have since then been hiding themselves away in their underground city, Dorgesh-Kaan. Were it not for their remarkable stupidity, the common goblins of the surface could cause extreme problems for the human civilisations. The Dorgeshuun, who are nowhere close to as stupid or inclined to bickering as normal goblins, are opposed to violence of all forms. They do not trust humans, though, and it is a rare human that has seen their mines or had anything approaching a decent conversation with them. Some goblins are found in barbarian village and lumbridge

[edit] Goblins in Dungeons & Dragons

See main article Goblin (Dungeons & Dragons).

[edit] Goblins in Warhammer

See main article Goblin (Warhammer).

[edit] Goblins in Palladium

In the Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game, goblins are a race of faeries who have lost much of their native magic. Only a few, known as Cobblers, retain any magic. The vast majority of goblins are stupid, cruel, and lazy thieves.

[edit] Goblins in Warcraft

In the Warcraft Universe, goblins are a green-skinned, diminutive, crafty race; known for their occasionally explosive, but usually effective engineering. They also tend to be a neutral party between the Alliance and Horde factions of Azeroth. Motivated almost entirely by greed, it is very likely that the only reason goblins remain neutral in the ongoing conflict is that if they chose a side, they would be unable to profit from the other. Fans have noted similarity between the greed of Warcraft goblins and that of Star Trek's Ferengi.

Main article: Goblin (Warcraft)

[edit] Goblins in Final Fantasy

In the Final Fantasy series of RPGs, goblins are synonymous with imps. In the earlier episodes of the series, they typically appear as the weakest enemy in the game. They are depicted as being small and skinny with browinish skin and pointy ears and nearly always wearing a stocking cap, owing more in appearance to a Scottish redcap than a Tolkien-style goblin. They also occasionally appear as a low level summoned creature. In Final Fantasy XI, they appear as one of the more intelligent species of Beastmen, occasionally living as merchants in cities and interacting with the people there. The more hostile Goblins are also known as some of the most annoying enemies in the game, frequently appearing at high levels in popular leveling zones, much to the chagrin of campers who must constantly avoid them.

[edit] Goblins in Everquest

In the MMORPG Everquest 2, goblins are portrayed as largely mischievous, primitive, fairly foolish creatures. Small and green, with large pointy ears and yellow eyes, they tend to look and sound as silly as they act. Gigglegibber Goblins run a series of gambling games throughout Norrath. Upon visiting their hideout during the 'Frostfell' season (Christmas 2005 special quest) it is revealed that in addition to this gambling game they are also attempting to - unsuccessfully - forge gold coins, and yet they have no intention spending any of this money, they simply wish to 'have' it. Most of their schemes are harmless, though often illegal. Not all goblins of Norrath are so benign, however, with some being evil, and even falling under the control of external dark magics.

[edit] Goblins in other computer games

Other computer games featuring goblins include Goblin Commandos, Dungeon Keeper 2, Ghost´n Goblins (Arcade), the MMORPG [http://tibianews.net/section.asp?Ids=7&Id=73 Tibia which has a complete entry for Goblins in its bestiary and the Gobliiins! series, in addition to games based on other works featuring goblins.

[edit] Goblins in Magic: the Gathering

In the collectible trading card game, Magic: The Gathering, goblins are a very popular and potent creature type. They tend to be red aligned creatures that come in large numbers, love rocks and have little to no sense of self preservation. They are often a source of humour within the game (for example, the flavour text of the spell Shock reads "I love lightning! It’s my best invention since the rock", attributed to the goblin weaponsmith Toggo). Their popularity and effectiveness is such that they have received more attention at the cost of other red flavoured creatures, such as dwarves and orcs.

[edit] Goblins in Yu-Gi-Oh

In the Yu-Gi-Oh trading card game there are a small number of Monsters identified as goblins which are depicted as green or light grey anthropoids and are classed either as warriors or fiends. Also there are several Spell and Trap cards with goblin in their names which normally have effects linked to card drawing or life point alteration. However it should be noted that as of 2005 there are few of these and they don't fit a particular deck type or theme. The most famous of these monsters, with the word goblin in its name, is Goblin Attack Force and its Toon counterpart.

[edit] Goblins in The Elder Scrolls

Throughout the franchise, including the 2006 "Oblivion", goblins have been used as an NPC class of monsters. The goblins featured in Oblivion are semisentient, diminutive greenskined barbarians. They range in power from the weak and cowardly "peon" goblins to the mighty goblin warlords.

[edit] Goblins in The Grey Griffin Books

In The Revenge of the Shadow King, the first book in The Grey Griffin books, goblins are dark faeries who make up the Shadow Kings Armies. They are divided into sub-species, the most dangerous being the Slayer Goblin.

[edit] Goblins in the Artemis Fowl Book Series

Goblins are fairies that are considered very stupid by other races. They are able to conjure fireballs (as Foaly points out, giving this power to such unintelligent creatures amounts to one of evolution's nasty tricks). Goblins are lucky if they can make friends, as they cannot cooperate with others. A group of them create the B'wa Kell, a mafia group that smuggles batteries for weaponery and started a rebellion that nearly destroyed Haven, the capital of the fairy people.

[edit] Sources:

British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes
Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were by Michael Page & Robert Ingpen
The Complete Encyclopedia of Elves, Goblins, and Other Little Creatures by Pierre Dubois
Goblins! and The Goblin Companion by Brain Froud

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Wednesday, December 03, 2014

Goblin

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Monday, February 12, 2007

Hobgoblin

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[edit] Computer and video games

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[edit] References

Goblin

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Monstropedia Eternia, an online research for FireHeart Project by vadis

Contents

[edit] Description

[edit] Etymology

[edit] Places

[edit] Goblins in art and literature

[edit] Goblins in modern fiction

[edit] Goblins in RuneScape

[edit] Goblins in Dungeons & Dragons

[edit] Goblins in Warhammer

[edit] Goblins in Palladium

[edit] Goblins in Warcraft

[edit] Goblins in Final Fantasy

[edit] Goblins in Everquest

[edit] Goblins in other computer games

[edit] Goblins in Magic: the Gathering

[edit] Goblins in Yu-Gi-Oh

[edit] Goblins in The Elder Scrolls

[edit] Goblins in The Grey Griffin Books

[edit] Goblins in the Artemis Fowl Book Series

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[edit] See also

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