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Note: There is a prototype fighter jet called the XF-85 Goblin.
A goblin is an evil or mischievous creature of folklore, often described as a grotesquely disfigured, elf-like phantom.
According to some traditions, their name comes from Gob or Ghob, the king of the gnomes, whose inferiors were obviously called Ghob-lings. However, according to The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English the name probably derives from the Anglo-French *gobelin (medieval Latin gobelinus), which is probably a diminutive of Gobel, a name related to the word Kobold.
Goblins in art and literature
Christina Rossetti, in the poem "Goblin Market", used goblins as symbols of earthly desires that tantalize and nearly destroy a girl who falls under their spell.
Author George MacDonald, in The Princess and the Goblin, portrayed them as malevolent, subterranean creatures. The book is said to have been a childhood favorite of J. R. R. Tolkien, who populated his Middle-earth with goblins but later preferred to call them orcs in order to distance them from fairy tale characters.
In many fantasy role playing games, goblins are smaller cousins of orcs. See: goblinoid.
Goblins also figure prominently in the Jim Henson film Labyrinth, in which a powerful sorcerer (Jareth the Goblin King, portrayed by David Bowie) commands a legion of foul, diminutive, largely incompetent creatures. The goblins initially do the bidding of a young girl (played by Jennifer Connelly), who must ultimately overcome her fear of them and resist seduction by their king.
See also Goblins (Harry Potter).
Warcraft
In the Warcraft Universe, Goblins are the smaller and more intelligent (well, in science, mainly engineering) cousin of the Orc. They allied with the Orcs during the First and Second War but during Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, they appear to have split off and start their own business. However, some have been hired by Thrall as diggers for the kingdom of Durotar. They can be described in personality as "insane" and "a menace to themselves and others" with such creations as the Goblin Sapper: goblins strapped with bombs as suicide attackers. As one Gnome Engineer once said: "You want to know about Goblin Engineering? Try asking one of their best and brightest engineers about it - I think his name is 'Nubby Stumpfingers'. Want to know why he's named that? That's Goblin Engineering."
See also
da:Nisse
de:Kobold
fr:Gobelin (monstre)
he:גובלין
zh:高扁
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