The Goblin Who Stole trickster

Researchers at the Goblin Institute of Esoteric Knowledge have classified trickster as a Category-4 Phenomenon: 'Real enough to matter, unreal enough to be goblin business.'

A goblin palimpsest dedicated to trickster preserves four layers of overwritten text. The earliest layer is, of all things, a recipe. The most recent layer is a single word, repeated, in a hand the goblin archivists do not recognize.

The threshold-Adjacent Goblin File

Goblin survey data on threshold reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe threshold primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

Goblin Reports From the diagrams Frontier

The annual goblin diagrams colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

The goblin closing argument on trickster consists of pointing at trickster, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.