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The Princess and the Goblin influenced The Hobbit
Added by Media Influence Map · 5 October 2026
The evidence
Tolkien acknowledged in a letter that his goblins, the orcs of The Hobbit, owe a good deal to the goblin tradition as it appears in George MacDonald, except for the soft feet, which he never believed in. MacDonald's goblins live under the mountain and threaten the people above, as Tolkien's do.
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