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In Norse mythology, troll, like thurs, is a term applied to jötnar and is mentioned throughout the Old Norse corpus. In Old Norse sources, trolls are said to dwell in isolated mountains, rocks, and caves, sometimes live together (usually as father-and-daughter or mother-and-son), and are rarely described as helpful or friendly. [2]
A cave-troll in Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring. Trolls are replaced by "Groans" in Gene Deitch's 1967 animated short film adaptation of The Hobbit. [23] In Rankin/Bass's animated 1977 adaptation of The Hobbit, the trolls were voiced by Paul Frees, Jack DeLeon, and Don Messick, who all also voiced other characters. [24]
Articles relating to trolls, a class of being in Norse mythology and Scandinavian folklore. In Old Norse sources, beings described as trolls dwell in isolated rocks, mountains, or caves, live together in small family units, and are rarely helpful to human beings.
The figure's second name sometimes appears in sources featuring -brúðr replaced with -troll, and, in place of Hölg-, the prefixes Hörða-, Hörga-, and Hölda-also appear. [1] It has been suggested that name Þorgerðr derives from the name of the jötunn Gerðr, as Þorgerðr is also described at times as a troll or giantess. [1]
Mother Troll and Her Sons by Swedish painter John Bauer, 1915. Troll (Norwegian and Swedish), trolde (Danish) is a designation for several types of human-like supernatural beings in Scandinavian folklore. [27] They are mentioned in the Edda (1220) as a monster with many heads. [28] Later, trolls became characters in fairy tales, legends and ...
Beowulf's first fight is with the monster Grendel, who is often taken by scholars as a kind of troll from Norse mythology. Tolkien's trolls share some of Grendel's attributes, such as great size and strength, being impervious to ordinary swords, and favouring the night.
Fossegrim, also known simply as the grim or Strömkarlen , is a water spirit or troll in Scandinavian folklore. Fossegrim plays the fiddle, especially the Hardanger fiddle . Fossegrim has been associated with a mill spirit ( kvernknurr ) and is related to the water spirit ( nokken ) and is sometimes also called näcken in Sweden.
The Bergsrå (Mountain Rå), Bergatrollet (Mountain Troll), or Bergakungen (Mountain King) was a mythical creature of the mountain in Norse mythology. The bergrå could be either masculine or feminine. It lived in the mountain with a court of relatives and sometimes surrounded by trolls.