goblinry

Anne objects to the mingling the goblinry, which is comic, with the serious, which is tragic.

The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford Walter Scott 1801

These are good ghostly company for him; -- he salutes them, talks to them, tells them his pains or fears: their blanched faces seem to him full of sympathy; -- they appear to cheer him voicelessly as he strides from gloom to gloom, under the goblinry of those woods which tower black as ebony under the stars ....

Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877

I could not expect to interest my readers in the whole of this goblinry, and my selection includes less than one seventh of the subjects.

The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories Lafcadio Hearn 1877

Japanese goblinry, and in the old-fashioned picture-books.

The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories Lafcadio Hearn 1877

Very strong men are believed to be proof against all such goblinry.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877