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                                 goblins everybody's favorite mischievous big nose too greedy gold hoarding creatures okay so maybe not everybody's favorite set of creatures but I like them and that's why they finally get a blog that and it's almost impossible to avoid them in modern fantasy because just like filthy sewer rats they are absolutely everywhere in books in movies and in games if there is gold or treasure then there is probably an ugly little green man telling you that time is money friend in this video we'll take a look at their various origins across Europe the different types of goblins and how they're used in today's works of fiction goblins have existed all around the world for hundreds of years going by many different names across Europe that all sounded very similar to the term that we use today but differed in the way that it was spelt the Latin gobble Ennis and the Greek gobblers are probably the furthest away from the word goblin which became the accepted English term sometime in the 14th century this in itself had an anglo-norman influence deriving from the old French word goblin the term itself was fairly broad but it often referred to small grotesque mischievous creatures with a desire for gold treasure or anything shiny which to some may just sound like their younger sibling if one was to come between them and their gold it would turn this behavior from impish to outright malicious one of the most common and well-known types of goblin is the Hobgoblin and no we're not talking about the Spider Man villain although it's pretty easy to understand why William Dafoe was cast as the Green Goblin because

                                                                                

                                 👉👉👉he does have that very creepy Goblin give me your gold or I'll eat your children kind of face anyway hob goblins appear in both English and Scottish folklore but they aren't exactly the type of goblins that were used to see in today the word hob at times was used to describe an elf and hob goblins were seen as fairy spirits associated of the hearth or the home may relative to the brownie only a bit more unpredictable similar to brownies hob goblins are found in human dwellings so taking what their name could mean in to account they are kind of house-elf goblins which does sound a lot like dobby and we know JK rowling was heavily influenced by British and European folklore in the case of Dobby in the households of Harry Potter they are somewhat of a mix between hob goblins and brownies in terms of appearance hob goblins are pretty much for what we described earlier small hairy little men that come out during the evening to do chores around the house when the family fall asleep very similar to the Slovak Dom avoid just not as hairy the only thing they ask for in return is food well they don't really ask they just take it as compensation for their service now I know what some of you may be thinking where can I find one of these hairy little men to do chores for me while I laze about in bed and the answer is nowhere do your own chores you lazy little goblins the main difference between hobgoblins and brownies is that brownies are quite mild tempered peaceful creatures whereas hob goblins are much more douche-baggy they have a pretty short temper and they love to play tricks on the family they live with some were even said to be able to shape-shift with Shakespeare's character puck from a Midsummer's Night Dream being a pretty good example of a shape-shifting gesture like Hobgoblin who is more of a troublemaker than outright evil or dangerous the story of Robin round cap is one that highlights this almost a bipolar nature of some hobgoblins he was said to haunt sporting tainha Hall in East Yorkshire round cap would help the locals husk corn when he felt like being helpful but when he wanted to be a menace he'd mix and hide

                                                                         

 

                  👉👉👉 the corn he'd kick over cans of milk and generally just make life more difficult those living in sporting toon Hall managed to trap him in a well and with the assistance of the local clergyman and their prayers they kept him trapped there for several years luckily there is an easier way to get rid of unwanted hob goblins that doesn't involve throwing him into a well when having a bunch of clergymen pray for you presenting a Hobgoblin with a new piece of clothing is thought to banish them why this works is where most stories tend to differ some say that this gift will offend them and I guess it is somewhat of an insult to their dress sense whereas others say that hobgoblins are very proud creatures who would rather leave your house than accept a gift so the question of the day is if a Hobgoblin gets kicked out of its house and has nowhere to go does that make them a hobo Goblin looking back at Dobby in the households once more it should now make a bit more sense why they're always in tattered clothing and why presenting them with a new piece of clothing is a way of freeing them from their servitude so I guess you now know where JK Rowling borrowed this particular idea from in the work of talking hobgoblins were drastically different to say the very least they were only mentioned once by Gandalf in The Hobbit but he does say that it was a name given to orcs who are much larger than normal which is pretty much the opposite to what we see in traditional folklore another very common type of Goblin from Scottish and English folklore is known as the red cap a malevolent and murderous creature who earned the name due to the cap he wore being red because it was soaked in the blood of his victims a very jolly and pleasant sounding individual I know this particular goblin had sharp teeth skinny fingers with razor like talons and eyes that would glow crimson he had long untamed hair and carried a pikestaff with him which we would assume was used to him pay all those he came across although it appears his preferred method of killing those who entered his lair or territory is by throwing huge stones at them and then dipping his hat in their blood

                                                                                             

                                     
                                             👉👉👉the red cap could be chased away with the words of Scripture but brandishing a crucifix was a bit more of a permanent solution causing him to have vanished into flames leaving behind a lone large tooth where he stood there were several others that were similar to the red cap inhabiting borders and castles roaming the surrounding land with nefarious intent although red cap is often described as a singular entity there are other stories that use the term so it could easily be another subspecies of goblin in Holland in various other European countries there is a collect you know fairytales that feature goblins which describe them as having a giant head green eyes and hoofed feet they were so unpleasant to look at that they were ordered to live underground and only come out during the night otherwise they would be turned into stone these goblins spent most of their time resenting and playing tricks on humankind and even sneaking around in the dead of night and snatching their children from their cradle replacing them with their own this hatred and disdain grew and grew until one night they ventured out and ignored the Rising Sun turning them all into stone fairy tales featuring goblins were fairly common especially in countries like France England Denmark Holland and Germany there is an argument to be made about Rumpelstiltskin possibly being a goblin because of his tricks alike behavior and overall greedy nature he is also depicted as wearing a cap that many goblins wore and sometimes this cap is red there is a chance this could be referring to the legend of the red cap I'll leave a couple fairy tales featuring goblins on screen for those who would like to do some further reading in Germanic folklore their predominant goblin figure goes by the name of Al King which is thought to have come from the Danish meaning elf king who is described as the king of fairies which does sound quite confusing Missy a goblin an elf or a fairy well all these terms were fairly broad and it was very common for the terms goblin elf and fairy to refer to the same set of creatures normally small creatures that live underground and have some kind of magical property some of these magical powers may be similar to a modern-day fairy and
                                                                          

               👉👉👉 some may be closer to an evil or demonic form of magic there were also those capable of shape-shifting into small children similar to a changeling but that is a different creature in Germany you also have the kobold which is quite similar but it's a creature I'd like to mention in its own video in Spain and Portugal you have the Trask you which are pranks are like spirits found in the forest who dress in leaves to hide from humans this type of goblin also appears in Celtic and Roman folklore and is often described as a short man they hold in his hands who walks with a limp and a pointed red hat he mostly sneaks into houses and moves their stuff around when angered he breaks things scarce cattle and throws water all over the place but similar to hobgoblins if he's fed and treated well then he'll help with chores around the house the Trask you is quite a difficult goblin to get rid of if you decide to move house then they'll just follow the only way to get rid of them is to challenge them to a task they cannot complete because of their enormous sense of pride they will always accept this challenge this challenge is often a very simple task such as asking them to collect grains of rice or carry water in the palm of their hands because it will just fall straight through the hole when they eventually realize they cannot finish the task given to them they flee in shame in Greece you have a group of malevolent goblins known as the Kali cans arrows which are also found around the southeast of Europe in countries like Serbia Bulgaria Albania and Cyprus these goblins spend most of the year underground and only come out from December 25th till the 6th of January during the Christmas period and their aim is to make our lives as hellish as possible whilst on the ground these menaces soar away at the wild tree trying to well destroy the world for some sadistic reason but just as the tree is about to fall the Christmas period comes and they turn their attentions above ground to humans once their time above ground has come to an end they return to soaring away at the world tree but in their absence the tree has regenerated and this cycle continues endlessly the calkins Eris have no real set appearance other than being very small and as I'm sure you've guessed very hairy sometimes they have various different animal parts such as tails and hoods similar to some other goblins they were also shown as having eyes that
                                                               
                                                                                                     

                              👉👉👉glow red although their eyesight was exceptionally poor they mostly fed on small creatures that they could smell so during this Christmas period you'd want to keep your household pets close as a result of this during the Christmas period people took several precautions to keep these disgusting little hairy men away from their homes one of the most popular being leaving a colander outside the door this works because they can't count past the number two because they believe merely saying that third number will immediately kill them I'm not sure what kind of sense this makes but it results in them sitting outside all night counting the holes in the colander starting over once they get to that accursed number three eventually the Sun rises and they're forced to run away and hide another method of protection is to leave one's fireplace burning all night so they can't use it as a way to enter without becoming charcoal some also burned old socks in their fireplace believe in that the smell would help to repel any unwanted Christmas guests in modern fiction the terms elf fairy & goblin refer to entirely different creatures but that's not to say we don't get a large variety of different types of goblin quite often they're depicted as a horde of big dum-dums that just want to be a menace in the Artemis Fowl book series the goblins are considered very stupid by the other races but they do have the ability to conjure fireballs now this combined with fireproof skin a serious lack of brain cells and the inability to get along with the other races means they are more than just a slight nuisance the goblins and Harry Potter are slightly different in terms of them being sly and calculated but they still have that stereotypical give me or your gold vibe to them I mean a bunch of them working Gringotts Bank counting gold all day which does seem like a goblins dream job until someone actually withdraws their money and you have to give them the gold they also have a long history of fighting for acceptance from the Wizarding World who saw them as vastly inferior but that is another story now as we mentioned earlier in the work of Tolkien goblins and orcs are essentially the same species with ox even being considered a type of goblin normal goblins were very small whereas hobgoblins are much larger and orcs were somewhere in between in The Hobbit movies both as org you and the great Goblin that big fat dude in the cave of like 12 chins are both considered to be goblins but they are noticeably bigger than the rest so I'm not sure if that makes them hobgoblins on with that said there is a pretty clear distinction between the two as organ the goblins of the Misty Mountains have a much paler complexion and are closer to humans in stature whereas the goblins found in the mines of Moria are your typical angry little green men with bulbous eyes and a horde or tribal mentality it is worth mentioning that orcs and goblins are very tribal creatures in general the actual color of a goblin can range anywhere from green to red and
                                                                        

                   👉👉👉 even yellow in some cases but most people myself included will think of the color green when goblins are mentioned anyone who has played some kind of modern fantasy game has undoubtedly either played as a goblin or come across them in some capacity goblin merchants been amongst my favorite and some of the most popular if you are someone who plays a bunch of multiplayer games then you may have come across the term loot goblin which is essentially when a cretinous individual decides they want all the loot just because they're a real-life goblin so if you are to take one thing away from this video then let that be don't be a loot goblin unless you plan on giving it all to me because in that case give me all the treasure I'm not a goblin in disguise I promise why would I make a video exposing my fellow brethren if I was one they find out will get no gold you want no gold nowadays we don't really see a great deal of friendly or helpful goblins they tend to border on neutral characters driven by gold or some kind of angry horde of henchmen before you meet the real villain goblins outside of red caps aren't incredibly strong creatures which is why in so many stories they're often seen in large groups making them much more formidable and it's also why players will encounter them early on in a game before they themselves have accumulated much power if by chance you've wanted to play a game where the protagonist is a goblin then I'd highly recommend Styx master of Shadows I really enjoyed it and Styx is a very funny and likeable character to summarize goblins are pretty complicated creatures despite how stupid they may appear at time they can be pretty harmless house spirits that for some reason just want to do chores and eat food they can be little tricksters who get a rise out of annoying people oh they can be murderous creatures who wash their hats in the blood of those they kill I was about to say that they come in all shapes and sizes but they are mostly just very small creatures that dwell in dark places I personally really like goblins because they're a good source of comic relief in most stories and they also fit into most stories pretty easily providing a pretty good balance somewhere in between good and evil .