Toby and Goblins from Labyrinth |
The Gringott's Goblin |
Laugh’d every goblin
When they spied her peeping:
Came towards her hobbling,
Flying, running, leaping,
Puffing and blowing,
Chuckling, clapping, crowing,
Clucking and gobbling,
Mopping and mowing,
Full of airs and graces,
Pulling wry faces,
Demure grimaces,
Cat-like and rat-like,
Ratel- and wombat-like,
Snail-paced in a hurry,
Parrot-voiced and whistler,
Helter skelter, hurry skurry,
Chattering like magpies,
Fluttering like pigeons,
Gliding like fishes,—
[Here] is a link to her full poem.
Hobgoblins are very similar to goblins, except they hop around on one leg (from some sources), and they have a nicer demeanor. Hobgoblins are fond of pulling pranks and performing small household chores. Puck from A Midsummer Night's Dream is a famous example of a hobgoblin.
Spiderwick Chronicles |
I love The Goblin market, my boyfriend's mum gave me a beautiful illustrated edition, I have the same name as one of the two sisters.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of leaving milk out but I don't know if we really want to attract goblins! Plus there are a lot of cats around here, they would probably get into fights with goblins over the milk.
An illustrated copy sounds lovely! Rosetti's a good poet.
DeleteThe sound of a cat picking a fight with a goblin remind's me of part of "Cat's Eye" from Stephen King.
I love goblins! Especially the Labyrinth ones. ^^
ReplyDeleteThe Labyrinth ones are hard to beat!
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