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Dokkaebi bangmangi (Korean: 도깨비 방망이; lit. The Goblins’ Club) is a Korean folktale that tells the story of a good woodcutter who comes into possession of goblin’s club and becomes rich, and an evil woodcutter who acts greedily and ends up getting punished.
Kuttichathan is a goblin in the folklore of Malabari Hindus, depicted as a portly adolescent boy, sometimes described as having a kutumi. [1] Kuttichathan's tricks (such as catching his victims clothing on fire, throwing rocks at his victims, and beds turning into beds of thorn) cause great trouble to his victims but never do serious harm. [1]
Dokkaebi (Korean: 도깨비) are legendary creatures from Korean mythology and folklore. 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]
The English description states that the name "compares the orbit to the flight of migratory birds and evokes a yearning to be near Earth" (in Hawaiian, me he manu i ke ala pōʻaiapuni lā, he paʻa mau nō ia i ka hui me kona pūnana i kumu mai ai – like a bird on a path circling the sun, it is forever seeking a leeward wind back toward home ...
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.
The dwende is a playful hobgoblin who shows himself to children, while the nuno is a goblin easily angered that will do harm to those who damage or disturb his mound, and will seek retribution, for example by causing the foot of someone who kicked his mound to become swollen.
Doctor Who Goblin Song Musical Number As the Doctor buys time to calculate his, Ruby and Lulu’s way out of this predicament, he joins the goblin band for an improvised verse or two.
In the preface of The Hobbit, he states that "Orc is not an English word. It occurs in one or two places but is usually translated goblin (or hobgoblin for the larger kinds)". [17] In The Spiderwick Chronicles, a hobgoblin [c] is portrayed as a selfish character, always hungry, insulting to others, and annoyed with always being confused for a ...