Kobaloi
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Kobalos — The kobalos (pl. kobaloi ) was a sprite from Greek mythology, a mischievous creature fond of tricking and frightening mortals. [Roby, John (1829). Traditions of Lancashire . Quoted in Hardwick 139. The sources spell the word khobalus.] Greek… … Wikipedia
Kobold — This article is about the sprite from Germanic folklore. For other uses, see Kobold (disambiguation). Kobold The kobold Heinzelmann Grouping Mythological creature Fairy Sprite Country German … Wikipedia
List of Greek mythological creatures — The following is a list of creatures from Greek mythology. The list does not include gods and other divine and semi divine figures; for these, see List of Greek mythological figures. Contents 1 Mythical monsters 2 Mythical hybrids 3 Mythical… … Wikipedia
goblin — A wandering sprite who attaches itself to households and both helps and plagues the residents. Goblins are comparable to low level DEMONs, not inherently evil but mischievous, the equivalent of brownies in England and Scotland, kobalds in… … Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology
goblin — (n.) early 14c., a devil, incubus, fairy, from O.Fr. gobelin (12c., as M.L. Gobelinus, the name of a spirit haunting the region of Evreux, in chronicle of Ordericus Vitalis), of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Ger. kobold (see COBALT (Cf.… … Etymology dictionary
