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Trolls based on the dolls appeared in the Hollywood animated movie Trolls (2016) and its subsequent sequels Trolls World Tour (2020), and Trolls Band Together (2023). Troll [ 21 ] is the name, and main antagonist, of a 2022 Norwegian movie released by Netflix on December 1, 2022.
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 ...
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.
Trollmoon - a site dedicated to the Scandinavian Troll in Art and Folklore incl. Kittelsen; Theodor Kittelsen's home in Sigdal, Norway (museum) A huge gallery of Kittelsen's works; Kittelsen's work in the collection of The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo; From Kragerø: The Incredible Influence of Theodor Kittelsen on ...
Depictions of trolls in popular culture, beings in Nordic folklore, including Norse mythology. In Old Norse sources, beings described as trolls dwell in isolated areas of rocks, mountains, or caves, live together in small family units, and are rarely helpful to human beings. In later Scandinavian folklore, trolls became beings in their own right.
Danish artist Thomas Dambo wants to build several more trolls for a Rhode Island troll trail. Helping Dambo with the construction were some 175 volunteers. So many came forward to offer their help ...
The Senja Troll (Norwegian: Senjatrollet) was a tourist attraction in Finnsæter on the island of Senja in northern Norway. It was completely destroyed in a fire on March 28, 2019. The largest troll statue in the world, it was the centerpiece of a family park associated with the Hulderheimen cultural center, together known as the Hulder and ...
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