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title="ترول – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ترول" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trol" title="Trol – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Trol" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll" title="Troll – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Troll" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B2" title="ট্রল – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ট্রল" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll" title="Troll – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Troll" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Троль – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Троль" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2_(%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B5)" title="ट्रोल (कथाजीव) – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="ट्रोल (कथाजीव)" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll" title="Troll – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Troll" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB" title="Трол – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Трол" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trol" title="Trol – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Trol" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(seversk%C3%A1_mytologie)" title="Troll (severská mytologie) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Troll (severská mytologie)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trol" title="Trol – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Trol" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trold" title="Trold – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Trold" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Mythologie)" title="Troll (Mythologie) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Troll (Mythologie)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trollid" title="Trollid – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Trollid" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BB" title="Τρολ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τρολ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trol" title="Trol – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Trol" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolo_(mitologio)" title="Trolo (mitologio) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Trolo (mitologio)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll" title="Troll – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Troll" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84_(%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87)" title="ترول (افسانه) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ترول (افسانه)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll" title="Troll – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Troll" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trol" title="Trol – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Trol" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trol" title="Trol – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Trol" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8A%B8%EB%A1%A4" title="트롤 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="트롤" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8F%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%AC" title="Տրոլ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Տրոլ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolovi" title="Trolovi – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Trolovi" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll" title="Troll – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Troll" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%B6ll" title="Tröll – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Tröll" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(mitologia)" title="Troll (mitologia) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Troll (mitologia)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9C" title="טרול – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="טרול" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll" title="Troll – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Troll" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="ტროლები – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ტროლები" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trollus" title="Trollus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Trollus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tro%C4%BC%C4%BCi" title="Troļļi – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Troļļi" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troliai" title="Troliai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Troliai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll" title="Troll – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Troll" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB" title="Трол – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Трол" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84" title="ترول – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ترول" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll" title="Troll – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Troll" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trol_(mythisch_wezen)" title="Trol (mythisch wezen) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Trol (mythisch wezen)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolle" title="Trolle – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Trolle" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB" title="トロール – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="トロール" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll" title="Troll – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Troll" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll" title="Troll – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Troll" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll" title="Troll – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Troll" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll" title="Troll – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Troll" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trol" title="Trol – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Trol" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trol" title="Trol – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Trol" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Тролль – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Тролль" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowe" title="Trowe – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Trowe" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll" title="Troll – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Troll" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll" title="Troll – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Troll" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(mytol%C3%B3gia)" title="Troll (mytológia) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Troll (mytológia)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trol" title="Trol – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Trol" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB" title="Трол – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Трол" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" 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For the slang term, see <a href="/wiki/Troll_(slang)" title="Troll (slang)">Troll (slang)</a>. For the doll, see <a href="/wiki/Troll_doll" title="Troll doll">Troll doll</a>. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Troll_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Troll (disambiguation)">Troll (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Trolls" redirects here. For the 2016 animated film, see <a href="/wiki/Trolls_(film)" title="Trolls (film)"><i>Trolls</i> (film)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Bauer_1915.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/John_Bauer_1915.jpg/290px-John_Bauer_1915.jpg" decoding="async" width="290" height="272" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/John_Bauer_1915.jpg/435px-John_Bauer_1915.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/John_Bauer_1915.jpg/580px-John_Bauer_1915.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1598" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption><i>Look at them, troll mother said. Look at my sons! You won't find more beautiful trolls on this side of the moon.</i> (1915) by <a href="/wiki/John_Bauer_(illustrator)" title="John Bauer (illustrator)">John Bauer</a></figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>troll</b> is a being in <a href="/wiki/Nordic_folklore" title="Nordic folklore">Nordic folklore</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Norse_mythology" title="Norse mythology">Norse mythology</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Old_Norse" title="Old Norse">Old Norse</a> 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. </p><p>In later <a href="/wiki/Scandinavia" title="Scandinavia">Scandinavian</a> folklore, trolls became beings in their own right, where they live far from human habitation, are not <a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Scandinavia" title="Christianization of Scandinavia">Christianized</a>, and are considered dangerous to human beings. Depending on the source, their appearance varies greatly; trolls may be ugly and slow-witted, or look and behave exactly like human beings, with no particularly grotesque characteristic about them. </p><p>In Scandinavian folklore, trolls are sometimes associated with particular landmarks (sometimes said to have been formed by a troll having been exposed to sunlight). Trolls are depicted in a variety of media in modern popular culture. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2></div> <p>The Old Norse nouns <i>troll</i> and <i>trǫll</i> (variously meaning "fiend, demon, <a href="/wiki/Werewolf" title="Werewolf">werewolf</a>, <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B6tunn" title="Jötunn">jötunn</a>") and <a href="/wiki/Middle_High_German" title="Middle High German">Middle High German</a> <i>troll, trolle</i> "fiend" (according to <a href="/wiki/Philology" title="Philology">philologist</a> <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Orel" class="mw-redirect" title="Vladimir Orel">Vladimir Orel</a>, the word is likely borrowed from Old Norse), possibly developed from <a href="/wiki/Proto-Germanic" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-Germanic">Proto-Germanic</a> neuter noun *<i>trullan</i>, meaning "to tread, step on". The origin of the Proto-Germanic word is unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-OREL-410-411_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OREL-410-411-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, the Old Norse verb <i>trylla</i> 'to enchant, to turn into a troll' and the <a href="/wiki/Middle_High_German" title="Middle High German">Middle High German</a> verb <i>trüllen</i> "to flutter" both developed from the Proto-Germanic verb *<i>trulljanan</i>, a derivative of *<i>trullan</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-OREL-410-411_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OREL-410-411-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Norse_mythology">Norse mythology</h2></div> <p>In Norse mythology, <i>troll</i>, like <i>thurs</i>, is a term applied to <i><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B6tunn" title="Jötunn">jötnar</a></i> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-ORCHARD1997167_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ORCHARD1997167-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/Prose_Edda" title="Prose Edda">Prose Edda</a></i> book <i><a href="/wiki/Sk%C3%A1ldskaparm%C3%A1l" title="Skáldskaparmál">Skáldskaparmál</a></i> describes an encounter between an unnamed troll woman and the 9th-century <a href="/wiki/Skald" title="Skald">skald</a> <a href="/wiki/Bragi_Boddason" title="Bragi Boddason">Bragi Boddason</a>. According to the section, Bragi was driving through "a certain forest" late one evening when a troll woman aggressively asked him who he was, in the process describing herself: </p> <blockquote> <table> <tbody><tr> <td> <p><small><a href="/wiki/Old_Norse" title="Old Norse">Old Norse</a>:</small> </p> <dl><dd><i>Troll kalla mik</i></dd> <dd><i>trungl sjǫtrungnis,</i></dd> <dd><i>auðsug <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B6tunn" title="Jötunn">jǫtuns</a>,</i></dd> <dd><i>élsólar bǫl,</i></dd> <dd><i>vilsinn <a href="/wiki/V%C3%B6lva" class="mw-redirect" title="Völva">vǫlu</a>,</i></dd> <dd><i>vǫrð nafjarðar,</i></dd> <dd><i>hvélsveg himins –</i></dd> <dd><i>hvat's troll nema þat?</i><sup id="cite_ref-LINDOW-22_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LINDOW-22-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> </td> <td> <p><small>Anthony Faulkes translation:</small> </p> <dl><dd>'Trolls call me</dd> <dd>moon of dwelling-Rungnir,</dd> <dd>giant's wealth-sucker,</dd> <dd>storm-sun's bale,</dd> <dd>seeress's friendly companion,</dd> <dd>guardian of <a href="/wiki/Grave" title="Grave">corpse-fiord</a>,</dd> <dd>swallower of heaven-wheel;</dd> <dd>what is a troll other than that?'<sup id="cite_ref-FAULKES-132_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FAULKES-132-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> </td> <td> <p><small><a href="/wiki/John_Lindow" title="John Lindow">John Lindow</a> translation:</small> </p> <dl><dd>They call me a troll,</dd> <dd>moon of the earth-<a href="/wiki/Hrungnir" title="Hrungnir">Hrungnir</a> [?]</dd> <dd>wealth sucker [?] of the giant,</dd> <dd>destroyer of the storm-sun [?]</dd> <dd>beloved follower of the seeress,</dd> <dd>guardian of the "nafjord" [?]</dd> <dd>swallower of the wheel of heaven [the sun].</dd> <dd>What's a troll if not that?<sup id="cite_ref-LINDOW-22_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LINDOW-22-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> </blockquote> <p>Bragi responds in turn, describing himself and his abilities as a skillful <a href="/wiki/Skald" title="Skald">skald</a>, before the scenario ends.<sup id="cite_ref-FAULKES-132_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FAULKES-132-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is much confusion and overlap in the use of Old Norse terms <i>jötunn</i>, <i>troll</i>, <i>þurs</i>, and <i>risi</i>, which describe various beings. <a href="/wiki/Lotte_Motz" title="Lotte Motz">Lotte Motz</a> theorized that these were originally four distinct classes of beings: lords of nature (<i>jötunn</i>), mythical magicians (<i>troll</i>), hostile monsters (<i>þurs</i>), and heroic and courtly beings (<i>risi</i>), the last class being the youngest addition. On the other hand, Ármann Jakobson is critical of Motz's interpretation and calls this theory "unsupported by any convincing evidence".<sup id="cite_ref-JAKOBSSON06_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JAKOBSSON06-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ármann highlights that the term is used to denote various beings, such as a jötunn or mountain-dweller, a witch, an abnormally strong or large or ugly person, an evil spirit, a ghost, a <i><a href="/wiki/Black_people" title="Black people">blámaðr</a></i>, a magical boar, a heathen demi-god, a demon, a <a href="/wiki/Brunnmigi" title="Brunnmigi">brunnmigi</a>, or a <a href="/wiki/Berserker" title="Berserker">berserker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JAKOBSSON08_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JAKOBSSON08-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scandinavian_folklore">Scandinavian folklore</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Theodor_Kittelsen_-_Forest_Troll_-_NG.K%26H.B.03222_-_National_Museum_of_Art,_Architecture_and_Design.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Theodor_Kittelsen_-_Forest_Troll_-_NG.K%26H.B.03222_-_National_Museum_of_Art%2C_Architecture_and_Design.jpg/250px-Theodor_Kittelsen_-_Forest_Troll_-_NG.K%26H.B.03222_-_National_Museum_of_Art%2C_Architecture_and_Design.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="243" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Theodor_Kittelsen_-_Forest_Troll_-_NG.K%26H.B.03222_-_National_Museum_of_Art%2C_Architecture_and_Design.jpg/330px-Theodor_Kittelsen_-_Forest_Troll_-_NG.K%26H.B.03222_-_National_Museum_of_Art%2C_Architecture_and_Design.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Theodor_Kittelsen_-_Forest_Troll_-_NG.K%26H.B.03222_-_National_Museum_of_Art%2C_Architecture_and_Design.jpg/500px-Theodor_Kittelsen_-_Forest_Troll_-_NG.K%26H.B.03222_-_National_Museum_of_Art%2C_Architecture_and_Design.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2796" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Skogtroll (<i>Forest Troll</i>), by <a href="/wiki/Theodor_Kittelsen" title="Theodor Kittelsen">Theodor Kittelsen</a>, 1906</figcaption></figure> <p>Later in Scandinavian folklore, trolls become defined as a particular type of being.<sup id="cite_ref-SIMEK335_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SIMEK335-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Numerous tales are recorded about trolls in which they are frequently described as being extremely old, very strong, but slow and dim-witted, and are at times described as man-eaters and as turning to stone upon contact with sunlight.<sup id="cite_ref-KVEDELUND-SEHMSDORF-301-313_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KVEDELUND-SEHMSDORF-301-313-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, trolls are also attested as looking much the same as human beings, without any particularly hideous appearance about them, but living far away from human habitation and generally having "some form of social organization"—unlike the <i>rå</i> and <i>näck</i>, who are attested as "solitary beings". According to <a href="/wiki/John_Lindow" title="John Lindow">John Lindow</a>, what sets them apart is that they are not Christian, and those who encounter them do not know them. Therefore, trolls were in the end dangerous, regardless of how well they might get along with Christian society, and trolls display a habit of <i>bergtagning</i> ('kidnapping'; literally "mountain-taking") and overrunning a farm or estate.<sup id="cite_ref-LINDOW-1978-33-35_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LINDOW-1978-33-35-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lindow states that the etymology of the word "troll" remains uncertain, though he defines trolls in later Swedish folklore as "nature beings" and as "all-purpose otherworldly being[s], equivalent, for example, to <a href="/wiki/Fairy" title="Fairy">fairies</a> in <a href="/wiki/Anglo-saxons" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-saxons">Anglo</a>-<a href="/wiki/Celts" title="Celts">Celtic</a> traditions". They "therefore appear in various migratory legends where collective nature-beings are called for". Lindow notes that trolls are sometimes swapped out for cats and "little people" in the folklore record.<sup id="cite_ref-LINDOW-1978-33-35_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LINDOW-1978-33-35-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A Scandinavian folk belief that <a href="/wiki/Lightning" title="Lightning">lightning</a> frightens away trolls and jötnar appears in numerous Scandinavian folktales, and may be a late reflection of the god <a href="/wiki/Thor" title="Thor">Thor</a>'s role in fighting such beings. In connection, the lack of trolls and jötnar in modern Scandinavia is sometimes explained as a result of the "accuracy and efficiency of the lightning strokes".<sup id="cite_ref-LIGHTNING_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LIGHTNING-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, the absence of trolls in regions of Scandinavia is described in folklore as being a "consequence of the constant din of the church-bells". This ringing caused the trolls to leave for other lands, although not without some resistance; numerous traditions relate how trolls destroyed a church under construction or hurled boulders and stones at completed churches. Large local stones are sometimes described as the product of a troll's toss.<sup id="cite_ref-THORPE-1851-158-154-156_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THORPE-1851-158-154-156-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, into the 20th century, the origins of particular Scandinavian landmarks, such as particular stones, are ascribed to trolls who may, for example, have turned to stone upon exposure to sunlight.<sup id="cite_ref-KVEDELUND-SEHMSDORF-301-313_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KVEDELUND-SEHMSDORF-301-313-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Bauer_-_The_Princess_and_the_Trolls_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/John_Bauer_-_The_Princess_and_the_Trolls_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/250px-John_Bauer_-_The_Princess_and_the_Trolls_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/John_Bauer_-_The_Princess_and_the_Trolls_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/330px-John_Bauer_-_The_Princess_and_the_Trolls_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/John_Bauer_-_The_Princess_and_the_Trolls_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/500px-John_Bauer_-_The_Princess_and_the_Trolls_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3047" data-file-height="3042" /></a><figcaption>The Princess and the Trolls –<i><a href="/wiki/Changeling#Scandinavia" title="Changeling">The Changeling</a></i>, by <a href="/wiki/John_Bauer_(illustrator)" title="John Bauer (illustrator)">John Bauer</a>, 1913</figcaption></figure> <p>Lindow compares the trolls of the Swedish folk tradition to <a href="/wiki/Grendel" title="Grendel">Grendel</a>, the supernatural <a href="/wiki/Mead_hall" title="Mead hall">mead hall</a> invader in the <a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a> poem <i><a href="/wiki/Beowulf" title="Beowulf">Beowulf</a></i>, and notes that "just as the poem <i>Beowulf</i> emphasizes not the harrying of Grendel but the cleansing of the hall of Beowulf, so the modern tales stress the moment when the trolls are driven off."<sup id="cite_ref-LINDOW-1978-33-35_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LINDOW-1978-33-35-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Smaller trolls are attested as living in burial mounds and in mountains in Scandinavian folk tradition.<sup id="cite_ref-MACCULLOCH33_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MACCULLOCH33-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Denmark, these creatures are recorded as <i>troldfolk</i> ("troll-folk"), <i>bjergtrolde</i> ("mountain-trolls"), or <i>bjergfolk</i> ("mountain-folk") and in Norway also as <i>trollfolk</i><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ("troll-folk") and <i>tusser</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-MACCULLOCH33_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MACCULLOCH33-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Trolls may be described as small, human-like beings or as tall as men depending on the region of origin of the story.<sup id="cite_ref-MACCULLOCH34_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MACCULLOCH34-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Norwegian tradition, similar tales may be told about the larger trolls and the <a href="/wiki/Hulder" title="Hulder">Huldrefolk</a> ("hidden-folk"), yet a distinction is made between the two. The use of the word <i><a href="/wiki/Trow_(folklore)" title="Trow (folklore)">trow</a></i> in Orkney and Shetland, to mean beings which are very like the Huldrefolk in Norway, may suggest a common origin for the terms. The word <i>troll</i> may have been used by pagan Norse settlers in Orkney and Shetland as a collective term for supernatural beings who should be respected and avoided rather than worshipped. <i>Troll</i> could later have become specialized as a description of the larger, more menacing Jötunn-kind whereas <i>Huldrefolk</i> may have developed as the term for smaller trolls.<sup id="cite_ref-Narváez2_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Narváez2-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>John Arnott MacCulloch posited a connection between the Old Norse <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A6ttir" class="mw-redirect" title="Vættir">vættir</a> and trolls, suggesting that both concepts may derive from spirits of the dead.<sup id="cite_ref-MACCULLOCH30_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MACCULLOCH30-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Troll_(research_station)" title="Troll (research station)">Troll</a>, a Norwegian research station in <a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a>, is so named because of the rugged mountains which stand around that place like trolls. It includes a <a href="/wiki/Ground_station" title="Ground station">ground station</a> which tracks <a href="/wiki/Satellites" class="mw-redirect" title="Satellites">satellites</a> in <a href="/wiki/Polar_orbit" title="Polar orbit">polar orbit</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2></div> <p>Trolls have appeared in many works of modern fiction, most often in the <a href="/wiki/Fantasy" title="Fantasy">fantasy</a> genre, with classic examples being the portrayal of trolls in works such as <a href="/wiki/Troll_(Middle-earth)" class="mw-redirect" title="Troll (Middle-earth)">in Tolkien's Middle-earth</a><sup id="cite_ref-Eden_2014_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eden_2014-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or the <i><a href="/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons" title="Dungeons & Dragons">Dungeons & Dragons</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Roleplaying_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Roleplaying game">roleplaying game</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dummies_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dummies-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beginning in the 1950s, <a href="/wiki/Troll_dolls" class="mw-redirect" title="Troll dolls">Troll dolls</a> were a popular toy based on the folklore creature. Trolls based on the dolls appeared in the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_movie" class="mw-redirect" title="Hollywood movie">Hollywood</a> animated movie <i><a href="/wiki/Trolls_(film)" title="Trolls (film)">Trolls</a></i> (2016) and its subsequent sequels <a href="/wiki/Trolls_World_Tour" title="Trolls World Tour">Trolls World Tour</a><i> (2020), and </i><a href="/wiki/Trolls_Band_Together" title="Trolls Band Together">Trolls Band Together</a><i> (2023).</i> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Troll_(2022_film)" title="Troll (2022 film)">Troll</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-Netflix_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Netflix-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the name, and main antagonist, of a 2022 Norwegian movie released by <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> on December 1, 2022. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Rolf_Lidberg" title="Rolf Lidberg">Rolf Lidberg</a> was a Swedish artist well known for his troll illustrations. </p><p>The Danish artist <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Dambo" title="Thomas Dambo">Thomas Dambo</a> has created from recycled wood a series of monumental troll sculptures that can be seen in several botanic gardens and similar installations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other">Other</h2></div> <p>It has been hypothesized that the troll myth might have its origin in real-life interactions between <a href="/wiki/Anatomically_modern_humans" class="mw-redirect" title="Anatomically modern humans">anatomically modern humans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Neanderthals" class="mw-redirect" title="Neanderthals">Neanderthals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Eorger%C3%B0r_H%C3%B6lgabr%C3%BA%C3%B0r_and_Irpa" title="Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr and Irpa">Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr</a>, a Norse goddess whose surname sometimes contains the element <i>-troll</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moomintroll" class="mw-redirect" title="Moomintroll">Moomintroll</a>, a fictional protagonist of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Moomins" class="mw-redirect" title="The Moomins">The Moomins</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugo_(franchise)" title="Hugo (franchise)">Hugo</a>, a Danish <a href="/wiki/Video_game_franchise" class="mw-redirect" title="Video game franchise">video game</a> and <a href="/wiki/Media_franchise" title="Media franchise">media franchise</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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href="#cite_ref-OREL-410-411_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Orel (2003:410-411).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ORCHARD1997167-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ORCHARD1997167_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Orchard (1997:167).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-LINDOW-22-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LINDOW-22_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LINDOW-22_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Lindow (2007:22).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FAULKES-132-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FAULKES-132_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FAULKES-132_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Faulkes (1995:132).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-JAKOBSSON06-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-JAKOBSSON06_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ármann Jakobsson (2006).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-JAKOBSSON08-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-JAKOBSSON08_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ármann Jakobsson (2008).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFÁrmann_Jakobsson2017" class="citation book cs1">Ármann Jakobsson (2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.academia.edu/32484922"><i>The Troll Inside You: Paranormal Activity in the Medieval North</i></a>. Earth, Milky Way [sic]: punctum. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.21983%2FP3.0175.1.00">10.21983/P3.0175.1.00</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Troll+Inside+You%3A+Paranormal+Activity+in+the+Medieval+North&rft.place=Earth%2C+Milky+Way+%5Bsic%5D&rft.pub=punctum&rft.date=2017&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.21983%2FP3.0175.1.00&rft.au=%C3%81rmann+Jakobsson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.academia.edu%2F32484922&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATroll" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SIMEK335-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-SIMEK335_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Simek (2007:335).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-KVEDELUND-SEHMSDORF-301-313-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-KVEDELUND-SEHMSDORF-301-313_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KVEDELUND-SEHMSDORF-301-313_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Kvedelund, Sehsmdorf (2010:301–313).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-LINDOW-1978-33-35-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LINDOW-1978-33-35_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LINDOW-1978-33-35_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LINDOW-1978-33-35_10-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Lindow (1978:33—35).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-LIGHTNING-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-LIGHTNING_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See Lindow (1978:89), but noted as early as Thorpe (1851:154) who states "The dread entertained by Trolls for thunder dates from the time of paganism, Thor ... being the deadly foe of their race".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-THORPE-1851-158-154-156-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-THORPE-1851-158-154-156_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Thorpe (1851:158, 154—156).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MACCULLOCH33-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MACCULLOCH33_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MACCULLOCH33_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">MacCulloch (1930:223—224).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBlix_HagenAlm2023" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Blix Hagen, Rune; Alm, Ellen (8 March 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://snl.no/trolldomsprosessene_i_Norge">"trolldomsprosessene i Norge"</a>. <i>Store norske leksikon</i> (in Norwegian). <q>var henholdsvis trollkvinne og trollmann – i flertall omtalt som trollfolk.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Store+norske+leksikon&rft.atitle=trolldomsprosessene+i+Norge&rft.date=2023-03-08&rft.aulast=Blix+Hagen&rft.aufirst=Rune&rft.au=Alm%2C+Ellen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsnl.no%2Ftrolldomsprosessene_i_Norge&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATroll" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MACCULLOCH34-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-MACCULLOCH34_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">MacCulloch (1930:219—223, 224).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Narváez2-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Narváez2_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Narváez (1997:118).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MACCULLOCH30-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-MACCULLOCH30_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">MacCulloch (1930:228 & 231).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Eden_2014-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Eden_2014_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFHartley2014" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Hartley, Gregory (2014). 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