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Hobgoblin is a term typically applied in folktales to a friendly or amusing goblin. The name originally referred to that of folklore character Robin_Goodfellow but has grown to be defined as a different species of goblin or fairy. The name is often interchangeable with "bugbear", "bogeyman", "bugaboo" or "bogie", and the term "hobgoblin" has grown to mean a superficial object that is a source of fear.
The creature is often commonly used in used bestiaries of fantasy role-playing games such as Dungeons_and_Dragons and is portrayed as a hulking, stronger, smarter and more menacing cousin of the Goblin, but not as high up on the Goblinoid hierarchy as Bugbears.
