Tatsuniyoyin Jamusawa suna da wadatattun al'adu da tatsuniyoyi inda goblins yawanci sune manyan jarumai. Don haka, mutanen gari suna da imani cewa waɗannan ƙananan halayen sun haifar da barkwanci mai cutarwa kuma sun haifar da cututtuka ga dabbobi, mutane har ma, suna haifar da mafarki mai ban tsoro ga masu bacci. A zahiri, 'albtraum', kalmar Jamusanci don 'mummunan mafarki', na nufin 'mafarkin elf'.
Hanyar gargajiya albarashi, a gefe guda kuma, yana nufin 'matsi na goblin' saboda an yi imanin cewa an samar da mafarkin dare ne ta matsi da ƙananan halittu suka yi kan shugaban mai bacci. A wannan ma'anar, imanin Jamusawa a cikin goblins ya dace da camfin Scandinavia game da 'mara' kuma yana kama da almara da ke da alaƙa da aljannu incubus da sucubus.
Sauran labaran suna dauke da sarkin goblin da ke tattare da danginsa na elves kuma a cikin babban tarihin Jamusanci na Tsakiyar Zamani (Nibelungenlied) wani dodo mai suna Alberich yana taka muhimmiyar rawa.. "Alberich" ana fassara shi a zahiri azaman "goblin sarki", wanda daga baya ya samo asali zuwa ma'anar "dwarf-goblin". An riga an lura da wannan gyaran a farkon Eddas. Alberich, ya ɗauki sunan Alberon a cikin Faransanci kuma ya sanya shi cikin Ingilishi kamar yadda Oberon, sarki na alfahari da almara a cikin wasan kwaikwayo mai ban dariya "Mafarkin Dare Na Tsakanin dare" na William Shakespeare.
Labarin na Daga Erlkönig ga alama asalin ta Denmark ne a cikin 'yan kwanakin nan, ya zama batun tattaunawa. Sunan da aka fassara a zahiri daga Jamusanci a matsayin "King Alder" ya fi kyau fiye da fassarar Ingilishi da ta saba da shi: "Elf King." A Jamusanci ya zama Elfenkönig. A gefe guda kuma, ana yawan bayar da shawarar cewa Erlkönig ba shi da fassarar talakawa na asalin Danish Elverkonge ko elverkonge, wanda ke nufin "sarki elf".
Dangane da tatsuniyoyin Jamusanci da na Danish, Erlkönig yana wakiltar jingina ne ga mutuwa, kamar almara cikin almara a cikin tatsuniyoyin Irish, wanda zai bayyana ga mutumin da ya suma a kan gadon mutuwarsa. Dangane da furucin nasa, mai kara zai fahimci irin mutuwar da zai yi: furucin mai cutarwa na nufin mutuwa mai raɗaɗi, maganganu na lumana na nufin mutuwar salama.
A cikin Gan uwan Grimm almara, Mai gyaran takalmi da goblins, wani rukuni na kananan halittu tsirara da ake kira Heinzelmannchen suna taimaka wa mai gyaran takalmi don gudanar da aikinsa wanda ke ba da lada ga aikinsa ta hanyar ba su kananan tufafi; suna farin ciki da kyautar su, suna gudu har zuwa yanzu ba'a sake ganin su ba.
Mutane masu sihiri da ɓarna waɗanda har yanzu suke zaune a Jamus, idan za ku iya duban da kyau.
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