Pretty positive this was created by Jim Henson.
A local artist near me carves and polishes these into mushrooms and they’re absolutely beautiful. I have several different ones. They look sorta like this:
Looks like if the muppets had to come up with a cosmic horror.
I was going to say these are definitely the backup singers to a Muppets musical number that the villain performs. Halfway thru the song one of them comically yet horrifically dies and the rest laugh about it
The Seed Pod Three are we. One of us tells the truth, one tells lies, and one of us practices cackling and calling to ravens.
That’s what I got. They riddle you and also cackle when you get it wrong.
They’re just there making sure you can’t get to the Goblin King before time runs out.
I was just trying to track a raven and found them instead. Their calls are really good.
Bearded tree clams.
Whoa, no need to post my private parts like that.
(I mean, you can, but there is no need.)They know my secrets! brandishes torch
THEY KNOW MY SECRETS!
I have one of these on my desk and I always show it to people thinking it’s cool but they invariably react with discomfort.