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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.
American folklorist Richard Dorson described British Goblins as the "most substantial book of Welsh legendry in English" in comparison to contemporaries such as John Rhŷs's 1901 Celtic Folk-Lore, Welsh and Manx; however, he criticized the book for its over-reliance on previous compilations of Welsh folklore in favor of Sikes's novel collection ...
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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A lutin (French pronunciation:) is a type of hobgoblin (an amusing goblin) in French folklore and fairy tales. Female lutins are called lutines ( French pronunciation: [lytin] ). A lutin (varieties include the Nain Rouge or "red dwarf" [ 1 ] ) plays a similar role in the folklore of Normandy to household spirits in England, Germany and Scandinavia.
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Unicorn ("one horn", in Latin) is a genus of goblin spiders (family Oonopidae) from South America, containing seven species that occur predominantly in high elevation, semi-desert regions of Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. Individuals are relatively large for goblin spiders, measuring up to 3.0 mm (0.12 in) in body length.