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unusual facts about Goblins



Alternate-side parking

In The Order of the Stick, goblins allegedly invented alternate-side parking, in addition to the oboe and guacamole, thus securing their place among the damned.

Ari Berk

He collaborated with fairy artist Brian Froud on The Runes of Elfland and Goblins!, and was one of the authors of the Lady Cottington series, along with Terry Jones and others.

Gnome

In The Father Christmas Letters, which Tolkien wrote for his children, Red Gnomes are helpful creatures who come from Norway to the North Pole to assist Father Christmas and his Elves in fighting the wicked Goblins.

In Dub

#"Gamma Goblins ('Its Turtles All The Way Down' Mix)"

Keris Verginix

One day, a group of webfoot goblins from the Freeglades passes into the village to trade and pass on news of a "stone sickness" that has been infecting the buoyant flight rocks of Sky Ships.

Murder in LaMut

It details the story of Durine, Kethol and Pirojil, three mercenaries who have spent the past twenty five years fighting Tsurani, the Bugs and Goblins.

Nicolas Koeckert

For the Bavarian Radio Station, the violinist has recorded various pieces like Ballade Sonata for solo violin No. 3 by Eugène Ysaÿe, Edvard Grieg's Sonata in C minor, the Sonata by Maurice Ravel, Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34 and Melody, Op. 42/3 by Tchaikovsky, the Béla Bartók's Solo Sonata, Antonio Bazzini's Dance of the Goblins, Sibelius and the Second Violin Concerto of Karol Szymanowski.

Nine Horrors and a Dream

"The Calamander Chest" was recorded by Vincent Price for inclusion on the Caedmon Educational Recordings release of The Goblins at the Bathhouse, 1978.

Norker

Norkers are found anywhere that goblins live, and are also found in the Bright Desert.

Philippine mythical creatures

Nuno sa punso (literally, goblin of the mound) are goblins or elves who live within mysterious lumps of soil (ant hills).

Ruth Manning-Sanders

Her story, "The Goblins at the Bath House," from A Book of Ghosts and Goblins is read by Vincent Price on an LP titled "The Goblins at the Bath House & The Calamander Chest," which was published by Caedmon in 1978 (TC 1574).

Scott Haze

After filming Child Of God, Haze signed on to direct a documentary about wrestler Leroy Kemp, titled Ghosts & Goblins.


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