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Rates of (Ex)Change: The Goblin Market and Voodoo Accounting by Helen Pilinovsky: Autumn 2005, Journal of Mythic Arts, ... |
 | | The first incarnation of the Goblin Market, Christina Rossetti's poem of the same title, is on its surface a tale of two sisters, Laura and Lizzie, who encounter a troop of sinister supra–natural merchants whose wares carry temptation and, potentially, damnation. |
 | | The goblins return her penny and storm off after their attack without having gained any advantage over her, allowing Laura to carry the fruits of their rage (or, pulped drippings, as the case may be) back to her sister as an antidote to the original poison, transmogrified by her sacrifice from poison to anodyne. |
 | | Christina Rossetti's "Goblin Market" is dated to 1859, was first published in 1862, and is thought to have been partially inspired by earlier fairy poems, as the subject gained steadily in popularity throughout the Victorian period. |
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