The Goblin King in Irish Mythology
A dream-spawned plotbunny has seized onto my mind with its long, pointy teeth and is demanding a story loosely based in the Labyrinth paradigm but set in Ireland. That requires me to fit the Goblin King and the labyrinth and all that into the paradigm of Irish mythology, which I know nothing about other than leprechauns aren't after my Lucky Charms. ;)
Is there any place for a Goblin King among the gods of Irish mythology? If not, might he have some kind of place among the fae? Would it work to have him bring changelings instead of just taking children? What name might he go by? Will I have to make this into some kind of Irish mythological AU?
Is there any place for a Goblin King among the gods of Irish mythology? If not, might he have some kind of place among the fae? Would it work to have him bring changelings instead of just taking children? What name might he go by? Will I have to make this into some kind of Irish mythological AU?