Goblin: The fact about the Irish magician fairy.

2012 March 17, Cork, Ireland, an unidentified man waved to the crowd during the St. Patrick's Day parade. He is wearing a green goblin hat and smiling. (Photo: "Peter." "Fairy" is a kind of fairy, but it is very important that fairies in Irish folklore are not cute. They may be lewd, dirty and capricious creatures. If you are unhappy, their magic will make you happy one day and then kill you the next day. Although goblins are mythical creatures, a rare insulin resistance, sometimes called goblins, is very real.

In the legend of goblins, goblins are often described as thin. The old man with a beard wears green clothes (the early version is red), shoes with buttons and often a leather apron. Sometimes they wear pointed hats or top hats, and they may be smoking a pipe.

John and Caitlin Matthews trace back to the legend of water sprite in the eighth century in their book Encyclopedia of Magical Biological Elements. water sprite is called "luchorp a n", which means small body. These elves finally merged with a naughty family fairy, who is said to haunt the cellar and drink too much.

Other researchers say that the word "leprechaun" may come from leath bhrogan in Ireland, which means shoemaker. In fact, although goblins are usually associated with wealth and gold, their main occupation in folklore is not attractive: they are humble shoemakers or shoemakers. In the fairy tale world, shoemaking is obviously a profitable business, because it is said that every leprechaun has his own bucket of gold, which can usually be found at the end of the rainbow.

According to Irish legend, people are lucky enough to find a leprechaun and catch him (or, in some stories, steal his ring, coin or amulet) in exchange for his freedom and wealth. It is said that goblins can usually satisfy people's three wishes. But dealing with goblins can be a tricky problem.

A liar and a demon played several roles in Irish folklore; He is mainly a rogue demon. He can't be trusted and will cheat whenever possible. In her encyclopedia "Elves, Fairies, Leprechauns and Leprechauns", Carol Ross, a folklorist, provided a typical leprechaun prank story, "about a man who managed to get a leprechaun to show him the bush where his treasure was. As there was no shovel, the man marked the tree with a red garter, and then kindly released Sprite to get the shovel. Almost as soon as I came back, I found that in the magical world, there are countless trees in the field, each with a red garter, and most creatures such as elves and elves have unique sounds related to it. Some entities, such as the Irish banshee and the Spanish elf La Lorona, are said to send out sad wails to show their existence. In the case of the leprechaun, it was the knock of his shoemaker's hammer, which knocked the nail into his shoe and announced that they were close.

In his collection of Irish fairy tales and folktales, W.B. Ye Zhi provided a poem written by William allingham in18th century, entitled "Leprechaun; Or, it is the voice described by "Fairy Shoemaker":

"Stick your ear on the mountain. Didn't you hear the hum of the elf's hammer, the busy click, and the scream of the elf when doing business happily? " A book called Fairy Tales published by 1825 seems to consolidate the characteristics of modern goblins: "Since then, goblins seem to be completely male and lonely," they noted.

It seems that all fairies are not only shoemakers, but also lonely old people, which is meaningful from a cultural point of view, because this type of fairies is so closely related to the traditional male occupation of shoemaking. Strange as it is, goblins are all shoemakers (if you want to be a writer, a farmer, or a doctor? ), this name is also in line with the traditional fairy division of labor.

The goblins in popular culture, like many ancient legends and traditions, have changed their image and nature over time, and have been updated (disinfected in some cases) for modern audiences. Lucky goblin, the mascot of General Mills breakfast cereal Lucky One, is probably the most famous fairy of its kind. The Disney movie Darby ogier and Little People from 65438 to 0959 also influenced many people's views on little people.

At the other extreme, in the "Leprechaun" horror/comedy series (played by "Willow" actor warwick davis), there is a ferocious leprechaun Lu Badan. For generations, some Irish people have been troubled by goblins and their inherited racial stereotypes. For most Americans, goblins only appear around St. Patrick's Day.

Leprechauns provide a moral story character, and their fables warn people not to foolishly try to get rich quickly, take away things that don't belong to you or interfere with their "good guys" and other magical creatures. Belief in goblins and other elves once spread widely on Emerald Island. Whether it is true or not, they will continue to please us for centuries.

Hereditary congenital anemia, also known as Donovan syndrome, is an extremely rare disease characterized by abnormal insulin resistance. Some researchers prefer Donoghue syndrome, because according to Mendel's online catalogue of inherited human genes and genetic diseases, "goblins" may be regarded as contempt by families. ")

This is a recessive genetic disease, which occurs when a person inherits two abnormal genes. According to the National Organization for Rare Diseases (NORD), people with this disease have the same characteristics.

Babies are small before and after birth. They have all experienced the experience that they can't thrive, that is to say, they are born with low weight and their weight growth rate can't reach expectations. They usually lack muscle groups and their body fat under the skin may be very low.

The syndrome is also characterized by unusually large ears, low position and dysplasia; The nose is wide and flat, and the nostrils are upward; The lips are big, thick and the mouth is big; Eyes wide open and protruding. The affected baby may also have an abnormal small head, or a small head. The hair may have grown too much.

The most affected people suffer from a skin disease called acanthosis nigricans, in which some skin spots, such as body folds and wrinkles, become thick, dark and smooth.

Donoghue syndrome affects the endocrine system, which regulates the secretion of hormones entering the blood system. Abnormalities include excessive secretion of insulin, which regulates blood sugar levels by promoting glucose to enter human cells. Nord believes that infants with this disease cannot use insulin effectively, and may have elevated blood sugar levels after eating, elevated blood sugar when not eating, hypoglycemia or hypoglycemia.

Other hormonal effects include * * * and genital enlargement. Other features include mental disability, abnormally large hands and feet, enlarged or swollen stomach, enlargement of heart, kidney and other organs; And the large intestine may protrude from the abdominal wall or extend to the groin. Infected babies are also more susceptible to repeated infections.

Donoghue syndrome is extremely rare; Only 50 cases have been reported in the medical literature. 1948, the Canadian pathologist Dr. W.L.Donohue first discovered this virus, and published related articles in the Journal of Pediatrics in 1954. In the reported cases, the incidence rate of women is twice that of men. According to Nord,

Treatment is usually directed at specific symptoms. Endocrinology treats hormone problems and dermatology treats skin problems, such as. Families can also receive genetic counseling.

Benjamin Redford is the editor of Doubtful Questioner, a scientific magazine of Depp, and the author of six books, including Tracking Chopacabra: Facts, Novels and Folklores of Vampire Beasts. His website is BenjaminRadford.

Refer to the additional report by editor Timm Sharp. On Twitter @TimothyASharp "

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