In Nordic folk-tradition, notably Norse mythology, a troll is a supernatura

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In Nordic folk-tradition, notably Norse mythology, a troll is a supernatural entity. Trolls are creatures that appear in Old Norse literature. According to these texts, they live in solitary places like caverns, mountains or rock outcroppings. Trolls evolved into beings in their own capacity in later Scandinavian legend, where they dwell far away from human civilization, are not Christianized and are regarded as hazardous to humans. Their looks vary significantly depending on the source of origin; trolls may be hideous and dimwitted or may also act and appear just like humans, lacking any notable repulsive characteristics. In Scandinavian folktales, trolls are occasionally connected to specific locations, which might occasionally be explained as being created when a troll is exposed to sunlight. Trolls appear in a range of contemporary contemporary cultural media. Troll is a term used to refer to Jötnar in Norse mythology and is present all through the Old Norse literature, just like Thurs. Trolls are reported to reside in solitary mountains, rocks and caves, occasionally live in pairs, typically as mother and son or father and daughter and are infrequently portrayed as helpful or pleasant in Old Norse literature. An interaction between an unknown troll woman and the ninth skald (Poets who composed Skaldic Poetry) Bragi Boddason is detailed in the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál. In later Scandinavian legend, trolls are referred to be a specific kind of entity. The Proto-Germanic neuter noun *trullan gave rise to the Old Norse nouns troll and trǫll, which have variously been translated as Fiend, Demon, Werewolf and even Jötunn, and the Middle High German troll and trolle. However, it is unknown where the Proto-Germanic term came from Trolls are frequently depicted in numerous stories as being very ancient, very strong but also slow and buffoonish. They are also occasionally characterised as man-eating and as also turning in to stones when exposed to sunlight. Trolls, however, are also reported to have a close similarity to humans, not being particularly repulsive in appearance living far from human civilization, and typically possessing some kind of social structure. Numerous Scandinavian folktales contain the Scandinavian folk conviction that lightning scares away trolls and Jötnar. This concept may be a late manifestation of the role of the god Thor in battling these creatures. According to Scandinavian folklore, smaller trolls reside in mountains and burial mounds. These entities are known as troldfolk, bjergtrolde or bjergfolk in Denmark and as troldfolk and tusser in Norway. The name Troll, given to a Norwegian research outpost in Antarctica, derives from the rocky mountains that surround it and resemble trolls. It has a ground station for tracking polar-orbiting satellites.

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