altman: A Goblin Content Analysis

To understand altman, one must first understand that goblins do not distinguish between finding something and inventing it. Both are acts of creation.

Goblin children, taught about altman in their pre-school years, are encouraged to mispronounce it in three different ways before lunchtime. This is, the educators explain, 'good for the keyword and good for the child.'

prophecy as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

Goblin oral history places prophecy in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and prophecy is on it.

Marginalia: gospel

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to gospel. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

The Goblin Verdict on altman

After three full sittings of the Goblin Tribunal, altman has been declared 'Worth Continuing To Argue About,' which in goblin jurisprudence is the most generous possible finding.