The name (similar to kobold) means goblin. One favoured kobold prank was to fool miners into taking worthless ore. The maid faints at the sight, and the kobold wakes her with the cold water. Another type of kobold haunts underground places, such as mines. These kobold effigies were high and had colourful clothing and large mouths. A bully, Mark Kobold (Jesse James), throws it onto a frozen river. These kobold effigies were stored in glass and wooden containers. Even if servants come and go, the kobold stays. Several competing etymologies for "kobold" have been suggested. A deep friendship soon blossoms between the elderly man and the cheeky kobold. Variants of "kobold" appear as early as the 13th century. Another class of kobold lives in underground places. He appeared in the 2008 film "Jumper" as Mark Kobold. As he rides away, he looks back and sees the kobold sitting behind him. Trials in the Strait of Messina, Italy, started in 2001 of the Kobold turbine concept.