goblins
Small malevolent sprites
Goblins is the plural of goblin, a small, mischievous, and often malevolent creature from European folklore.
Goblins appear throughout fantasy literature and games as troublemaking creatures—greedy, ugly, and cunning.
The goblins guarded their treasure jealously.
In figurative use, goblins are nagging fears or problems: the goblins of self-doubt.
Playful mischievous acts
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
- thieveryAct of stealing
- hoardingExcessive accumulation of goods
- sabotageDeliberate disruption of operations
troublemaking · skulduggery · meddling · pilfering · raiding · ambush · traps · cunning
Subterranean prison chamber
- hordeDisorganized, overwhelming crowd
- lairAnimal's hidden dwelling
- D&DFantasy tabletop roleplaying game
- WarcraftFantasy strategy game series
Tolkien · minion · treasure · raid · swarm · tribe · chieftain · shaman
Savage fantasy humanoid
- trollDeliberate online antagonist
- impMinor mischief-making devil
- gnomeMythical underground dwarf
- boggartTroublesome household spirit
brownie · gremlin · redcap · puck · tengu · ghoul · bugbear · knocker
Distorted, bizarre figure
- hideousExtremely unpleasant to see
- uglyDispleasing to look at
- monstrousFrighteningly huge or wicked
- deformedAbnormally shaped
gnarled · warty · fanged · green-skinned · hunched · beady-eyed · clawed · spindly
Unverified traditional tale
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
- fableMoral tale with animals
- loreTraditional knowledge transmitted orally
- taleSpoken or written narrative
storytelling · oral-history · tradition · superstition · changeling · fairy-tale · bard · saga
pranks
Playful mischievous acts
sabotage · troublemaking · skulduggery · meddling · pilfering · raiding · ambush · traps · cunning · sneaking
dungeon
Subterranean prison chamber
- hordeDisorganized, overwhelming crowd
- lairAnimal's hidden dwelling
- D&DFantasy tabletop roleplaying game
Tolkien · Warcraft · minion · treasure · raid · swarm · tribe · chieftain · shaman · warchief
orc
Savage fantasy humanoid
boggart · brownie · gremlin · redcap · puck · tengu · ghoul · bugbear · knocker · pooka
grotesque
Distorted, bizarre figure
deformed · gnarled · warty · fanged · green-skinned · hunched · beady-eyed · clawed · spindly · diminutive
legend
Unverified traditional tale
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
- fableMoral tale with animals
- loreTraditional knowledge transmitted orally
tale · storytelling · oral-history · tradition · superstition · changeling · fairy-tale · bard · saga · ballad
- folklorefairy tales, fairytales, folktales, folk tales, folk tale
- fantasy raceself, elves, dwarf, dwarves, orc
- fantasy tropesdragon, dragons, elf, elves, dwarf
- imaginary thingsfantasies, imaginary friends, imaginary worlds, make-believe, make believe
- British Folklorefairy, fairies, pixie, pixies, brownie
- brownies & mythical creaturesblondies, brownie bites, pixies, sprites, imps
goblinsangels
Divine winged messengers
guardian spirits · fairy godmothers · cherubs · seraphim · archangels
- Green Goblin
- goblin modeShameless unkempt hedonism
- goblin kingRuler of small monsters