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A goblin is a small, grotesque, monstrous humanoid creature that appears in the folklore of multiple European cultures. First attested in stories from the Middle Ages, they are ascribed conflicting abilities, temperaments, and appearances depending on the story and country of origin, ranging from mischievous household spirits to malicious, bestial thieves.
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Dokkaebi, also known as "Korean goblins", [2] [3] are nature deities or spirits possessing extraordinary powers and abilities that are used to interact with humans, at times playing tricks on them and at times helping them. [4] Legends describe different dokkaebi in many forms and beings with a thousand faces, and dokkaebi often wear hanbok.
British Goblins borrows heavily from Edmund Jones's Apparitions of Spirits in the Principality of Wales Sikes based British Goblins heavily on earlier collections of Welsh folklore. Edmund Jones 's 1780 Apparitions of Spirits in the Principality of Wales was the most utilized source.
A bogle, boggle, or bogill is a Northumbrian, [1] Cumbrian [2] and Scots term for a ghost or folkloric being, [3] used for a variety of related folkloric creatures including Shellycoats, [4] Barghests, [4] Brags, [4] the Hedley Kow [1] [5] and even giants such as those associated with Cobb's Causeway [5] (also known as "ettins", "yetuns" or "yotuns" in Northumberland and "Etenes", "Yttins" or ...
Dwende: goblins, hobgoblins, elves or dwarfs (Spanish: duende " little creatures who provide good fortune or foretell an ominous fate to people. goblin, elf, charm" < "duen de (casa)", owner of the house); there are two types of Dwende the white and black, white Dwende represents as good motive and the black is bad motive [12]
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Individuals are relatively large for goblin spiders, measuring up to 3.0 mm (0.12 in) in body length. The genus name refers to a characteristic pointed projection between the eyes and jaws of males. In at least one species, broken-off tips of the male pedipalps have been found within the genitalia of females, postulated as a means of sperm ...