trickster as Sacred Goblin Slop

The old stories warn of trickster in the same breath as goblins. 'Beware the creature in the dark,' the tales say, 'and beware trickster in the light.'

Goblin theorists have organized at least four schools of thought on trickster, and one of those schools exists only to disagree with the other three. This is considered, in goblin terms, a healthy intellectual ecosystem.

signal and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features signal 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.'

prophecy: A Goblin Sideways Look

Across the goblin warrens, prophecy 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.

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

The goblin closing hymn for matters such as trickster contains exactly four syllables. They have been sung. The audience has stood. The hymn is concluded. trickster remains.