51 Folklore Troll

Hostile to men trolls lived in castles and haunted the surrounding districts after dark.

Folklore troll. Later in scandinavian folklore trolls became beings in their own right where they live far from human habitation are not christianized and are considered. A troll is a 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. Later trolls became characters in fairy tales legends and ballads. They are mentioned in the edda 1220 as a monster with many heads. What is the difference between a troll and a man. Before we can answer this we must look at some of the depiction of troll in art fantasy and folklore. In later tales trolls often are man sized or smaller.

Troll in early scandinavian folklore giant monstrous being sometimes possessing magic powers. Trolls are a type of monsters found mainly in norse mythology but has since spread into the realms of fairy tales and fantasy as a popular antagonist in countless tales in the old tales trolls were seen as generally malignant and cruel humanoids ranging from gigantic size to humanoid or smaller statures no one size description can fit them all and were normally seen as hideously deformed. Troll definition is a dwarf or giant in scandinavian folklore inhabiting caves or hills. How to use troll in a sentence.