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All About Goblins from Wikipedia Commons
Legendary creatures 'Kobold','illustator': 'JNL' In some cultures a goblin is a rather annoying little bugger similar to what is known as a Brownie. There are various names for these strange little creatures, Kolbolds, Hobgobs, Gobelins, Boggarts, etc. These terms sometimes are applied to the homeliest of the inhabitants of Fae, or Faerie, or to the “sub-races” of Faerie known variously as Wichtlein, the Irish Phooka, the Scottish Trow, Welsh and Cornish Knockers, and the rather infamous Puck of Shakespeare's “A Midsummer Night's Dream” amongst many others. Despite that goblins are often portrayed as a villain in many tales about the world of Faerie; goblins are not truly evil creatures, but they are pranksters. Having no real 'moral' code of their own, if they decide to make habitation with a human host, then they will adopt the moral code of the human in question. Slothful and/or greedy people often feel themselves being pinched by unseen hands and find their house turned upside down and nearly everything they own thrown about the home. They like to bang pots and pans at the most inconvenient hours of the night, go knocking on the doors and walls, or sometimes they even like to go digging up graves and throwing the bones all over the ground. Most of the tales of the goblin come from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man and Germany. The basic lore and legends of the British Isles are that the English Hobgoblin adores living in human dwellings where he'll make quite a bit of trouble for the people who live there—often driving them out. Still others prefer to live in mines where they are always on the lookout for treasure and/or trouble. And, a few others of the clan like nice little grottos, and they will usually live in the same one for their whole life. About The Author: I'm an European history, Holidays and Tarot Cards passionate; I write articles and create websites dedicated to these subjects. For more Halloween ideas, visit Simple Pumpkin Painting For Halloween as well as Halloween Games For Kids. Reprint rights allowed for as long as you keep the bio and links intacts or provide at least one link to this site as well as keep "My Happy Halloween" as reference. halloween - Google News Updated : Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:33:46 GMT+00:00 Kim Rothstein continues living... MiamiHerald.comKim Rothstein continues living the high lifeMiamiHerald.comRemember Halloween weekend... Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:47:20 GMT+00:00 Omarr's Daily Astrological... Omarr's Daily Astrological Forecast March 20, 2010Los Angeles TimesARIES (March 21-April 19): Ev... Publ.Date : Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:13:59 GMT+00:00 Easton rallies behind OA girls... Easton rallies behind OA girls basketball teamEnterprise NewsTake a tip from teachers and parents an... Publ.Date : Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:38:21 GMT+00:00 'Jihad Jane' accused o... Reuters'Jihad Jane' accused of promoting terror in USMontreal Gazette... and stopped to say ... Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:45:25 GMT+00:00 Girl Scout cookie sales to lig... Chagrin Valley PublishingGirl Scout cookie sales to light up the dayChagrin Valley PublishingPeople ... Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:27:21 GMT+00:00 Website Traffic Promotion |
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