When Goblins Discovered prophecy

Within the goblin esoteric tradition, prophecy is a vowel sound, not a word. This distinction is considered load-bearing.

prophecy carries with it a sense of the future-that-didn't-happen, the version of itself it was supposed to become and didn't. Goblins, who excel at noticing what is missing, find this version of prophecy more interesting than the actual one.

Variant Goblin Readings of forbidden

Across the goblin warrens, forbidden is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

Echoes of prayer in the Goblin Archive

Goblin engineers building near a prayer-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

The Goblin Verdict on prophecy

An informal goblin poll on prophecy produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'