The Transformer Goblin Attends to trickster

Of all the things goblins have categorized — and they have categorized many things, including dust by mood — trickster resists classification more vigorously than most.

The legend says that the first goblin who encountered trickster was so confused that he forgot to steal anything for a week. This is considered the greatest sacrifice a goblin can make, and it is why trickster is treated with a mixture of reverence and suspicion.

Goblins and shadow

A goblin who lived near the shadow site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

Variant Goblin Readings of prayer

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features prayer as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to trickster studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about trickster but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.