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Goblin (other)
A goblin is a creature from European folklore. Goblin may also refer to: Goblin characters *Another name for orcs in the Middle-earth universe of J. R. R. Tolkien * Goblin (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a fictional humanoid creature in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game * Goblins (''Harry Potter''), creatures in the fictional ''Harry Potter'' world *Goblin (Marvel Comics), various goblin-themed fictional characters appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics * Goblin (Warhammer), a race in the Warhammer games *Goblins, various troops commonly featured throughout the mobile games '' Clash of Clans'' and '' Clash Royale'' *Goblin, a fictional spirit companion of Tarquin Blackwood from ''The Vampire Chronicles'' series by Anne Rice *El Goblino, a fictional character from the ''Roblox'' game '' Doors''. Arts and entertainment Music *Goblin (band), an Italian progressive rock band * ''Goblin'' (album), a 2011 album and title song, by Tyler, the Creator * Orange Gobli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goblin
A goblin is a small, grotesque, monstrous creature that appears in the folklore of multiple European cultures. First attested in stories from the Middle Ages, they are ascribed conflicting abilities, temperaments, and appearances depending on the story and country of origin, ranging from mischievous household spirits to malicious, bestial thieves. They often have magical abilities similar to a fairy or demon, such as the ability to shapeshift. Similar creatures include brownies, dwarves, duendes, gnomes, imps, leprechauns, and kobolds, but it is also commonly used as a blanket term for all small, fay creatures. The term is sometimes expanded to include goblin-like creatures of other cultures, such as the pukwudgie, dokkaebi or ifrit. Etymology Alternative spellings include ''gobblin'', ''gobeline'', ''gobling'', ''goblyn'', ''goblino'', and ''gobbelin''. The term "goblette" has been used to refer to female goblins. The word ''goblin'' is first recorded in the 14th centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troll 2
''Troll 2'' is a 1990 horror film directed by Claudio Fragasso (under the pseudonym Drake Floyd) and starring Michael Stephenson, George Hardy, Connie McFarland, and Jason Wright. Although produced under the title ''Goblins'', the American distributors marketed it as a sequel to the 1986 horror film ''Troll''; however, the two films have no connection, and this film features no trolls but goblins instead. The plot concerns a family pursued by vegetarian goblins who seek to transform them into plants so that they can eat them. Production was rife with difficulties, largely due to the language barrier between the Italian-speaking crew and English-speaking cast, and producer Joe D'Amato's approach to low-budget filmmaking. The resulting film is considered by some as one of the worst movies ever made. In subsequent years, the film gained a cult following and garnered a large fanbase. Though it was generally viewed as poorly made horror, the filmmakers stated that it was "alwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goblinus
Goblinus (or Goblin) was the bishop of Transylvania in the Kingdom of Hungary from 1376 until his death in 1386. A native of Nagycsűr (), Goblinus was a Transylvanian Saxon. His father was Adalbert. In 1349, he was the parish priest of Sellenberk (). Later he served as the parish of Kereszténysziget (). In a papal bull dated 5 May 1376, Pope Gregory XI appointed him bishop of Transylvania while praising his learning and spirituality.. As bishop, Goblinus served as an advisor to King Louis the Great. The charter of November 1376 renewing the statutes of the nineteen guilds of Nagyszeben (), Segesvár (), Szászsebes () and Szászváros () was drafted by the bishop and the royal bailiff, Johann von Scharfeneck. Goblinus engineered the signing of a peace convention between the Saxons of Nagyszeben and the local Vlachs at Kereszténysziget on 9 January 1383. In 1383, Queen Mary bestowed on Goblinus, his three brothers and three sisters a crown estate comprising the Saxon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1843 Grand National
The 1843 Grand Liverpool Steeplechase was the fifth official annual running of a handicap steeplechase, later to become known as the Grand National Steeplechase handicap horse race which took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool on Wednesday 1 March 1843 and attracted a field of 16 runners. Although recorded by the press at the time as the eighth running of the Grand Liverpool, which was renamed the Grand National in 1847, the first three runnings were poorly organised affairs and are not currently officially recognised. This year the race was run as a handicap, with horses weighted according to their ability. In previous years they had all carried the same amount. The National has remained a handicap ever since. The course The course was described by the reporter of the Liverpool Mercury as follows. Start – Just beyond the Melling Road. Fences 1-4 6-19 on the second circuit'' – described as good fences on the run down to Becher's Brook. Fence 5 0'' – Becher's Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1841 Grand National
Events January–March * January 20 – Charles Elliot of the United Kingdom, and Qishan of the Qing dynasty, agree to the Convention of Chuenpi. * January 26 – Britain occupies Hong Kong. Later in the year, the first census of the island records a population of about 7,500. * January 27 – The active volcano Mount Erebus in Antarctica is discovered, and named by James Clark Ross. * January 28 – Ross discovers the "Victoria Barrier", later known as the Ross Ice Shelf. On the same voyage, he discovers the Ross Sea, Victoria Land and Mount Terror. * January 30 – A fire ruins and destroys two-thirds of the villa (modern-day city) of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. * February 4 – First known reference to Groundhog Day in North America, in the diary of a James Morris. * February 10 – The Act of Union (''British North America Act'', 1840) is proclaimed in Canada. * February 11 – The two colonies of the Canadas are merged, into the United Province of Canada. * February 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oonopidae
Oonopidae, also known as goblin spiders, is a family of spiders consisting of over 1,600 described species in about 113 genera worldwide, with total species diversity estimated at 2000 to 2500 species. The type genus of the family is ''Oonops'' Keyserling, 1835. Goblin spiders are generally tiny, measuring about 1 to 3 millimeters. Some have scuta, hardened plates on their abdomens. Oonopids usually have six eyes, the anterior median eyes having been lost. However, four-eyed (''Opopaea viamao''), two-eyed (e.g. ''Coxapopha'', ''Diblemma'') and even completely eyeless species (e.g. ''Cousinea'', the cave-dwelling ''Blanioonops'') are also known. The family is permeated with unusual morphological traits, many of which are limited to males. Examples include heavily modified mouthparts (e.g. ''Coxapopha'', ''Xyccarph''), sternal pouches (sometimes alternatively called holsters; e.g. ''Grymeus'') and extensions of the carapace (e.g. ''Ferchestina'', ''Unicorn''). The male pedipalps ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goblin Shark
The goblin shark (''Mitsukurina owstoni'') is a rare species of deep-sea shark. Sometimes called a "living fossil", it is the only extant representative of the family Mitsukurinidae, a lineage some 125 million years old. This pink-skinned animal has a distinctive profile with an elongated, flat snout, and highly protrusible jaws containing prominent nail-like teeth. It is usually between long when mature, though it can grow considerably larger such as one captured in 2000 that is thought to have measured . Goblin sharks are benthopelagic creatures that inhabit upper continental slopes, submarine canyons, and seamounts throughout the world at depths greater than , with adults found deeper than juveniles. Some researchers believe that these sharks could also dive to depths of up to , for short periods of time. Various anatomical features of the goblin shark, such as its flabby body and small fins, suggest that it is sluggish in nature. This species hunts for teleost fishes, cepha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goblin (chimpanzee)
The Kasekela chimpanzee community (formerly spelled Kasakela) is a habituated community of wild eastern chimpanzees that lives in Gombe National Park near Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania. The community was the subject of Jane Goodall's pioneering study that began in 1960, and studies have continued ever since, becoming the longest continuous study of any animals in their natural habitat. As a result, the community has been instrumental in the study of chimpanzees and has been popularized in several books and documentaries. The community's popularity was enhanced by Goodall's practice of giving names to the chimpanzees she was observing, in contrast to the typical scientific practice of identifying the subjects by number. Goodall generally used a naming convention in which infants were given names starting with the same letter as their mother, allowing the recognition of matrilineal lines. One of the most important discoveries that was learned by observing the Kasekela chimpanzee c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyptauchen Panduratus
''Glyptauchen'' is a monotypic genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Tetraroginae, the waspfishes. The only species in the genus is the goblinfish (''Glyptauchen panduratus''), also known as the saddlehead or saddlehead goblinfish which is endemic to the southern coasts of Australia. The goblinfish has venomous spines in its fins. Taxonomy ''Glyptauchen'' was first formally described as a genus in 1860 by the German-born British ichthyologist Albert Günther with ''Apistus panduratus'' as its type species by monotypy. ''Apistus panduratus'' was first formally described in 1850 by the Scottish naval surgeon, Arctic explorer and naturalist John Richardson with the type locality given as King George Sound in Western Australia. This taxon is included in the subfamily Tetraroginae within the Scorpaenidae in the 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' however other authorities place that subfamily within the stonefish family Synanceiidae, while other aut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grumman FF
The Grumman FF "Fifi" (company designation G-5) was an American biplane fighter aircraft operated by the United States Navy during the 1930s.Eden and Moeng 2002, p. 762. It was the first carrier aircraft with retractable landing gear.Winchester 2002, p. 21. It was produced under licence in Canada and known as the Goblin in Canadian service and Delfín (English: "Dolphin") in Spanish service. Design and development The ''FF-1'' was Grumman’s first complete aircraft design for the US Navy. The Navy had asked Grumman if their retractable landing gear made for the O2U-1 Scout planes could be retrofitted to the Navy's Boeing F4B-1 fighters; instead Grumman proposed a new fighter design. The prototype ''XFF-1'' (serial number A8878) was built to a contract placed on 22 April 1931, first flying on 29 December of that year,Cacutt 1989, p. 155–162.Swanborough and Bowers 1976, p. 195. a two-seat design, with an enclosed cockpit, fuselage of all-metal construction, and wings covered l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Havilland Goblin
The de Havilland Goblin, originally designated as the Halford H-1, is an early turbojet engine designed by Frank Halford and built by de Havilland. The Goblin was the second British jet engine to fly, after Whittle's Power Jets W.1, and the first to pass a Type certificate, type test and receive a type certificate issued for an aircraft propulsion turbine. Although it was conceived in 1941 it remained unchanged in basic form for 13 years by which time it had evolved to the Mk. 35 export version. The Goblin was the primary engine of the de Havilland Vampire, and was to have been the engine for the F-80 Shooting Star (as the Allis-Chalmers J36) before that design switched engines due to production delays at Allis-Chalmers. The Goblin also powered the Saab 21R fighter, Fiat G.80 trainer and the de Havilland DH 108 "Swallow" experimental aircraft. The Goblin was later scaled up as the larger de Havilland Ghost, with the model numbers continuing from the last marks of the Goblin. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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