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European mythology gives us the troll, a creature with many variations but all quite ugly and malicious. The gigantic troll was often dim witted and lived in caves with a fondness for human flesh. Eventually, dwarf sized trolls emerged from the mythology.
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The Fairy Mythology, by Thomas Keightley, at sacred-texts.com ... but now in a good measure divested of its ill senses, for the Trolls are not in general regarded as noxious or malignant beings. The Trolls are represented as dwelling inside of hills, mounds, and hillocks--whence they are also called Hill-people...
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The Trolls have a great dislike to noise, probably from a recollection of the time when Thor used to be flinging his hammer after them; so that the hanging of bells in the churches has driven them almost all out of the country.
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In Sweden, TROLLS adopted many of the traits of the land-wights (vättar, compare Icelandic landvættir) and thus came to be inclined to thieving and ... An attempt to create a dictionary of worldwide myths, legends and folklore. Creating one place for all the internets information on global mythology and folklore.
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myths.freshcaffeine.com/2006/08/trolls.html
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In Scandinavian myth, trolls are ugly, malicious creatures and the enemies of mankind. They are much bigger and stronger than humans, and leave their caves only after dark to hunt. If they are exposed to sunlight they will instantly turn to stone.
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The Fairy Mythology, by Thomas Keightley, at sacred-texts.com ... [a] Vendsyssel and Aalborg are both in North Jutland--The story Is told by the ferrymen to travellers: see Mythology of Greece and Italy, p. 68.
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Finland receives first PhD in Trolls article from The Book Of THoTH Legend & Mythology section. ... RebelAngel writes "Finland receives first PhD in trolls; Fear of trolls was adapted to Christian framework ; Article Source; By Säde Nenonen ; ... Legend & MythologyWrestling with Ladon: The mythical significance of trees...
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Åsgard - A journey through the worlds of (Norse) mythology. In Norwegian, English, ... Icelandic Folktales - Icelandic folklore is a rich field, ranging through stories of magic, elves, trolls, ghosts and spirits of all kinds. The following stories are just a small sampler of the richness of Icelandic folklore.
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Trolls. Dwarfs of Northern mythology, living in hills or mounds; they are represented as stumpy, misshapen, and humpbacked, inclined to thieving and fond of carrying off children or substituting one of their own offspring for that of a human mother.
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www.sacklunch.net/mythology/T/Trolls.html
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