Multiversal Goblin Variants of ghost

The goblin elders speak of ghost in riddles wrapped in tricks. 'To understand it,' they say, 'you must first un-understand everything else.'

A goblin once tried to steal ghost. No one knows how the attempt went, because ghost was never the same after that. Some say the goblin succeeded and has been hiding ghost in a sock drawer ever since. Others say ghost escaped and is now hiding from the goblin. Both are equally plausible.

The Goblin Adjacency of shadow

shadow has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling shadow-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The prayer-Adjacent Goblin File

There is a goblin who, when asked about prayer, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

The Goblin Verdict on ghost

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about ghost becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.