The Goblin Algorithm Recommends shadow
Goblin scholars—an oxymoron only to those who have never met a goblin—have long debated the significance of shadow in their cultural cosmology.
Calculations performed in the goblin observatory suggest that shadow is moving — not through space, exactly, but through some other coordinate the goblins have no shared name for. The trajectory is gentle and the destination is unclear.
Goblins and trickster
The most recent goblin opinion piece on trickster concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.
ritual: Goblin Fragmentary Material
Goblin oral history places ritual 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 ritual is on it.
The Goblin Verdict on shadow
The Goblin Concord of Modest Opinions has signed off on shadow with the following endorsement: 'about right, mostly, for now.' This is the goblin equivalent of a standing ovation.