Abnormally Normal
See the fact file below for more information on the goblins or alternatively, you can download our 23-page Goblin worksheet pack to utilise within the classroom or home environment.
Key Facts & Information
ETYMOLOGY
Goblin originated from the king of the gnomes, Ghob, whose followers are called “ghob-lings”.It is also derived from the Anglo-French gobelin and Medieval Latin gobelinus, which was the devil haunting the cities of Normandy before 1141.Some believe that the word goblin may be related to the German word kobold and to the Medieval Latin cabalus, from the Greek kobalos, which means “villain”.A group of goblins is called a horde, while female goblins are referred to as hags, crones,