{"id":2178,"date":"2016-02-25T13:52:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T13:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=2178"},"modified":"2016-02-25T13:52:52","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T13:52:52","slug":"7-facts-about-trolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/7-facts-about-trolls\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Facts about Trolls"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A real Norwegian troll from the Hunderfossen amusement park in the Lillehammer area. (Photo courtesy of Jan Hammershaug<\/a> at Flickr, CC License.)<\/p><\/div>\n

Turister<\/b> (tourists) never seem to tire of troll<\/b> (trolls), so I hope you won\u2019t mind yet<\/a> another<\/a> look at Norge<\/b>\u2019s most popular inhabitants. \ud83d\ude42 As I recently had the fun task of doing some troll research, I thought I\u2019d share a few fakta<\/b> (facts) with you:<\/p>\n

1. The first troll in history was Norwegian and female. She appeared in a norsk skog<\/b> (Norwegian wood) in the 800\u2019s, challenging the Viking poet Bragi to a gammeldags <\/b>(old-world) kind of rap battle. Bragi made the best dikt <\/b>(poem), and was allowed to escape without the troll killing him\u2026<\/p>\n

2. Originally trolls existed only in Skandinavia<\/b>. England had goblins and many other creatures, but no trolls. The Norwegian word troll<\/b> entered English only after the folkeeventyr <\/b>(folk or fairy stories) by Asbj\u00f8rnen og Moe<\/a> <\/b>had been translated (19th<\/sup> century). The 3 Billy Goats Gruff<\/i> (De tre bukkene Bruse<\/b>), for example, was a huge hit, and the Norwegian trolls went viral in Britain and the US! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

3. I middelalderen<\/b> (in the Middle Ages), laws from Bergen and Oslo prohibited the \u201dawakening of trolls\u201d. If you went ut i naturen<\/b> (into Nature) to \u201dwake up\u201d a troll, everybody knew you were the enemy of kirken<\/b> (the Church). With such skills, at least, you could not be a normal menneske<\/b> (human being).<\/p>\n

4. In the movie Trolljegeren<\/a> <\/b>(the Troll Hunter) you can see the classical \u201dtroll look\u201d: stor, stygg, lang nese, hale<\/b> (big, ugly, long nose, tail). This design was made popular by Norwegian painters Theodor Kittelsen<\/b> and Erik Werenskiold<\/b>.<\/p>\n

5. Norwegian trolls sometimes have more than 1 hode<\/b> (head). The number of heads can often be divided by three \u2013 3, 6, 9, 12 hoder<\/b>\u2026 In the story \u201dMumle g\u00e5segg\u201d <\/b>(\u201dMumble Goose-egg\u201d), however, there\u2019s a troll with 7 heads.<\/p>\n

6. If you\u2019re attacked by a troll, the best way \u00e5 overleve <\/b>(to survive) is to keep talking! Trolls are not too clever. In the story \u201dAskeladden som kapp\u00e5t med trollet\u201d <\/b>(Askeladden who had an eating contest with the troll), the boy Askeladden convinces the troll that stabbing yourself in magen<\/b> (the belly) is a great way to renew your appetite\u2026<\/p>\n

7. Troll er nattaktive<\/b> (trolls are active at night). Keep entertaining the troll till soloppgang<\/b> (sunrise), and it will turn to stein<\/b> (stone)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Turister (tourists) never seem to tire of troll (trolls), so I hope you won\u2019t mind yet another look at Norge\u2019s most popular inhabitants. \ud83d\ude42 As I recently had the fun task of doing some troll research, I thought I\u2019d share a few fakta (facts) with you: 1. The first troll in history was Norwegian and…<\/p>\n

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