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Skratta (which means "to laugh" in modern Swedish) is an old Scandinavian word for a goblin or monster (modern Icelandic skratti, a devil).{{Fact|date=April 2007}} |
Skratta (which means "to laugh" in modern Swedish) is an old Scandinavian word for a goblin or monster (modern Icelandic skratti, a devil).{{Fact|date=April 2007}} |
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A creature resembling a goblin, but larger than a human, is often considered an [[Ogre]] or a [[Troll]]. |
A creature resembling a goblin, but larger than a human, is often considered an [[Ogre]] or a [[Troll]]. |
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A Goblin with the name of Schaublin has been spotted many times, it has been known to live in the caves of Brockville, Canada. |
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==Origins in folklore== |
==Origins in folklore== |
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| Grouping | Mythological creature Fairy |
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| Region | Europe |
A goblin is an imaginary evil, crabby, and mischievous creature described as a grotesquely disfigured or gnome-like phantom, that may range in height from that of a dwarf to that of a human. 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 constant annoying little creatures somewhat related with the brownie.
Etymology
According to "The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English," the name is probably derived from the Anglo-French gobelin (which was rendered, in Medieval Latin, as gobelinus), which is probably a diminutive of Gobel, a name related to the word kobold (a German sprite). In addition, there also exist various other alternative spellings of the word goblin, including: Gobblin, gobeline, gobling, goblyn, gobelinus (Medieval Latin).
Dwarfs, hiisi, folletto, duende, tengu, Menninkäinen and kallikantzaroi are often translated into English as 'goblins'. The Erlking and Billy Blind are sometimes called goblins. 'Goblin' is often used as a general term to mean any small mischievous being.
According to some traditions, goblin comes from Gob or Ghob, the king of the gnomes , whose inferiors were called Ghob-lings.[1]
Skratta (which means "to laugh" in modern Swedish) is an old Scandinavian word for a goblin or monster (modern Icelandic skratti, a devil).[citation needed]
A creature resembling a goblin, but larger than a human, is often considered an Ogre or a Troll.
Origins in folklore
One fabled origin for goblins is in Britain. They then began to spread all through the UK from there they sneaked aboard ships. Where they sailed to France then rapidly spread all over Europe [2][3] They have no homes, being nomadic, dwelling temporarily in mossy cracks in rocks and tree roots.
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.[citation needed]
- The Benevolent Goblin, by Gesta Romanorum (England) [4]
- The Boy Who Drew Cats (Japanese fairy tale)
- Chinese Ghouls and Goblins (England 1928)
- Erlking is a malevolent goblin from German legend.
- The Goblin of Adachigahara (Japanese fairy tale)[5]
- 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) [6]
- Gwyn ap Nudd was ruler over the goblin tribe. (Welsh folklore) [7]
- Shiva has a cohort of goblins and ghouls (India).
- Twenty-Two Goblins (Indian fairy tale)[8]
Goblin Places
- Bryn y Ellyllon: 'The Hill of the Goblins', Somerset, UK
- 'The Gap of Goeblin', a hole and underground tunnel in Mortaine, France. [9]
- Goblin Combe, in north Somerset, UK
- Goblin Valley State Park, Utah, U.S.
- Goblin Crescent, Bryndwr, Christchurch, NZ
Early Fiction
- The Goblins, a comedy play by Sir John Suckling (1638 England)
- 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 [10] (1884)
- The Hoard of the Gibbelins in The Book of Wonder by Lord Dunsany (1912)
See also
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References
- ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica - Gnome
- ^ 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
- ^ Apples4theTeacher - short stories
- ^ Rick Walton - folktale
- ^ Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks, 1918, compiled by William Elliot Griffis
- ^ Sacred texts
- ^ Sacred texts
- ^ Ghosts, Goblins, and Haunted Castles, Aventinum Publishers, 1990 in English, page 51
- ^ SF Site
Further reading
- 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 Brian Froud
- Spirits, Fairies, Gnomes and Goblins: an Encyclopedia of the Little People by Carol Rose
Online
Text
- Children's Books Online: Davy And The Goblin
Comic
- Goblins - Life Through their Eyes [1] Created by Tarol Hunt, the comic is about a world based similar to Dungeons & Dragons with some tribe members of goblins as the main characters and the cultural and social complexities they have to bear with.
