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F455.1. Home of trolis. Cf. H945.2.
F455.1.1. Troils live in howe (barrow, grave). Cf. E481.3.1; F451.4.1.9. SigrgFr
90-93 ch. 14-15; EgÅsm 54 ch. XII 2: »tyrf<5 ok trollum gefin«, cf. F455.4.
F455.1.2. Troils live in cliffs, caves. HrolfG ch. 20 in FAS III 137; 6låfTr ch. 213
in FMS II185, by Odd ch. 60 (48); BåråSn 7 ch. 4: a cliff called »Trollakirkja«;
GunnarK 240.
F455.2. Appearance of trolis.
F455.2.2. Troils are usually ugly, hideous, big, and strong. Sturl II 45; HrolfG 67
ch. 41 (FAS III 176): This also appears from the people that are compared to
them, who are »mikill sem troli«, e.g. Eg 59 ch. 178, or »likari trollum en monn-
um«, etc., e.g. ForstB ch. 5, 7, 11 in FMS III 185, 188-89, 194-95; BåråSn 12
ch. 6; GHrolf 322, 326, 357 ch. 30, 31, 36; HjOlv 458 ch. 3; Sigt 252 ch. 54;
HéåinH 9 ch. 5; Oif 189, 210, 211, 225; Kongab 4, 33; ÅsmVik 20 ch. 11; Villif
8 ch. 5; ParmesL 14 ch. 6; Ector ch. 12, 14, 20; RémK 274 ch. 56; KåraK ch.
15 etc.
F455.2.3. Troils are black (dark). Cf. F527.5. Sigt 252 ch. 54; ForstB 188 ch. 7;
GunnarK 241; Andr 3, 4 (giants).
F455.2.4. Troils dressed in skins. Cf. F531.4.7.1. ÅnB 361 ch. 7: »skinnkyrtlur«;
Sigt 223 ch. 41. Cf. HrolfG 67 ch. 41 (FAS III 176): dressed as »troli mikit«.
F455.3. Characteristic activities of troils.
F455.3.1. Troils skillful as smiths. Cf. F451.3.4.2.
F455.3.3. Troils ride.
F455.3.3.3. Trolis ride on men and cattle. Cf. G241. Cf. Fritzner III 722 »trollriåa«;
StrombåckSejd 106.
F455.6. Trolis and men.
F455.6.9. Troils as the constant enemies of human beings. Cf. F531.5.11; G304 and
G400 ff. Band 354 ch. 10; BåråSn 10 ch. 5; HrolfG 67 ch. 41 (FAS III 175)
and ch. 28 in FAS III 165 (4- Detter); AnB 361-62 ch. 7; HjOlv 457 ch. 3; Sigt
223 ch. 41; JarlmH 27 ch. 14 (abducted bride supposed to be carried off by t.);
VilhSj 53-70 ch. 23-28; Dåm 92-103 ch. 14-15; Vilm 152-53 ch. 8. Cf. »gefa
trollum« in Orkn ch. 7 and Skj I 167, and the wish »troli taki (hafi) tik«, e.g.
Skj I 88; Vatnsd XXXIII 2; Njåla XXXVI 1; CXLVIII 13; B6sa 102 ch. 9 (cf.
18 ch. 5 = FAS III 205); OOdd 175 (ch. XLII 5, FAS II 284, 554); Dåm 100
ch. 14; SamsF ch. 19, 24. People possessed by troils are »trollaukinn«: Ldb
33 n. and 135 n.; Forsti! 195 ch. 12; Hell 7, 38 ch. 3,19; HringH 6 ch. 2; Andr 3.
F455.6.10. People possessed by troils. Cf. F455.6.9.
F455.ll. O ff spring of trolis. BåråSn 1 ch. 1: king Dumbr’s mother was »af trolla-
ættum«; Eg I 1, OOdd 2-3 (ch. I 1, FAS II 161, 504), and KetilH 109 ch. 1:
Hallbjom was »hålftroll«; Herv 90-91 (FAS I 412) and Stark 3 ch. 1: Hergrimr
was »hålftroll«; NikL 30 ch. 10: »hålftroll og hrimtursar«, etc.
F460. Mountain-spirits. Many of the motifs håndled under Fairies and Elves (F200-
399) belong also under Mountain-spirits.
F460.1. Appearance of mountain-men.
F460.1.2. Mountain-wife has breasts so long that she throws them over her shoulder.
Cf. B81.9.2.
F460.4. Relation of mountain-men and human beings.
F460.4.4. Malevolent mountain-men. Bisk I 599, II 111: hånd from mountain cuts
fowler’s rope.