Goblin Alphabet
![Example of writing using the Goblin Alphabet, reproduced by [[Father Christmas]].](https://v6.elanillounico.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/J.R.R.-Tolkien-Goblin-alphabet.png)
The Goblin Alphabet was invented and used by the North Polar Bear, based on the marks made by goblins of the North Pole.
Description
Father Christmas stated that Goblins couldn't draw well, noting that they preferred "nasty queer shapes".
Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond have noted that the Goblin alphabet is a pictographic writing system, conveying its meaning through its pictorial similarity to objects. Arden R. Smith has commented that the Goblin alphabet is:
Referencias
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