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  1. Trolls actually originate from Nordic folklore and storytelling traditions. They have roots in Norse mythology and are featured heavily in the fairy tales of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. The word ‘troll’ likely originated from the Norwegian words for witches and witchcraft, which were trollfolk and trolldom, respectively.
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    Trolls have a long and rich history amongst the Norse peoples in the Early Middle Ages. As early as the ninth century we can see them appearing in Scandinavian legends and tales, and their infamy was further spread by Icelandic sagas.
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    The distinguished Swedish-speaking Finnish paleontologist Björn Kurtén has entertained and expanded this theory to determine that trolls are a distant memory of an encounter with Neanderthals by our Cro-Magnon ancestors some 40,000 years ago during their migration into northern Europe.
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    The Old Norse nouns troll and trǫll (variously meaning "fiend, demon, werewolf, jötunn") and Middle High German troll, trolle "fiend" (according to philologist Vladimir Orel likely borrowed from Old Norse), possibly developed from Proto-Germanic neuter noun *trullan, meaning "to tread, step on". The origin of the Proto … See more

    A troll is a being 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 … See more

    Later in Scandinavian folklore, trolls become defined as a particular type of being. Numerous tales are recorded about trolls in which they … See more

    It has been hypothesized that the troll myth might have its origin in real-life interactions between anatomically modern humans and Neanderthals. See more

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    In Norse mythology, troll, like thurs, is a term applied to jötnar and is mentioned throughout the Old Norse corpus. In Old Norse sources, trolls … See more

    Trolls have appeared in many works of modern fiction, most often, in the fantasy genre, with classic examples being the portrayal of trolls in … See more

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