troll

Troll

A monster from Norse mythology .

The etymology is not well known, and in Norse mythology , it was only a general term for scary monsters and did not refer to a specific individual. In the “Prophecy of the Shaman” of the “Old Edda,” Skøll (Noise), the big wolf of the sky that swallows the sun during Ragnarok , is referred to as a troll. However, according to tradition, the Jotuns fell into disrepair and became trolls. According to this legend, trolls are also descendants of Ymir .

Its origins are in Norse mythology . Among the fairies , it is a particularly bad fairy who uses powerful magic and commits severe evil. He likes bridges (bridges), so he says he builds a house under a bridge and lives there.[1]

Among the most common evil actions of trolls is baby swapping ( changeling ). Switches human babies with troll babies without the humans knowing. Although it doesn't change on the outside, it can make people miserable by eating too much or crying uncontrollably. The way to chase them out is to make them confess that they are trolls by doing strange trolling things that even trolls have never seen (making soup with eggshells).[2] It's like pointing a hot iron at someone to scare them, so isn't it the same as humans who get scared when a hot iron is pointed at them ? In forest areas, they are said to have the same speed as fairies and elves , and are weak to sunlight, so their entire bodies turn to stone when touched. Trolls are said to have higher ranks the more heads they have.

It is said that they are usually invisible, and there is a legend that they are descendants of Cain among the children of Adam and Eve , or that the children that Eve hid in secret for fear of being seen by God were taken over by the devil and became the origin of trolls.[3] It is strong enough to lift stones, boulders, and boulders. It also pulls up whole trees and uses them as clubs or bats, and it eats a lot of them.[4] He has the ability to change his appearance into a handsome man or woman, hide his body, transfer his soul to another object, or seal a lake's worth of water in an envelope. He hates the sound of cathedral bells, crosses, and drums. In Scandinavian tradition, there is also an aspect of fear of thunder and lightning , which is the embodiment of Thor .

Its main weaknesses are that it is much less intelligent than humans and that its true name is revealed. It is said that if one's real name is revealed, one's strength will be lost. There is also a story that a priest took advantage of this and lied to the troll by saying he would give him a gift if he built him a cathedral, and when the troll was about to start finishing work on the roof of the cathedral, he told the troll's name and the troll ended up falling to his death. labor exploitation

After the introduction of Christianity, there were many stories of conflict with Christians. There are many stories such as throwing stones at churches because they hate the sound of church bells, eating Christians because they prefer their smell, and a female troll falling in love with a Christian knight and proposing marriage to him, but being rejected because he is not a Christian .

There is also a story that he admires human memory because he is so brainless. The story is that a troll king kidnaps a smart human princess and blackmails her to change her memory using magic, but the smart troll queen cooperates with the human princess and restores it to its original state. The troll women here are said to be smarter than men, but they hide it from violent men. They say that men are idiots anyway, so if you give them a little praise, they will forget about it.

Depending on the tradition , it is sometimes identified with Huldra/Huldufolk . Since troll was also a common term for monster , the image of the little dwarf elf troll might have been moved or overlaid with the image of huldra/huldufolk, and the image of a dwarf or dark elf that turned to stone when exposed to sunlight might have been overlaid . may be

A famous Scandanavian folk tale related to trolls is <Three Billy Goats Gruff>, which tells the story of three goat brothers defeating a troll that lives under a bridge and tries to eat a goat. As a reference to this, the Norwegian film Troll Hunter includes a scene where a goat lures a troll under a bridge, and the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff also appears in Attack of the Trolls .

Originally, in legends and folk tales, they were creatures with fairy- like personalities who played bad pranks or caused harm to humans.

It began to slowly become famous in the fantasy world when JRR Tolkien redefined it as a type of monster and wrote about it in his novels . Paul Anderson, the master of science fiction fantasy, introduced a regenerative troll in Three Hearts, Three Lions, and this form was adopted by D&D and spread widely in the gaming world and pulp fiction fantasy series. Japanese RPGs and fantasy were influenced by D&D and Western fantasy, and trolls appeared, and in the Korean genre of fantasy, the influence of early TRPGs and fantasy games was somehow transformed to become the fantasy troll that exists today.

In terms of level, it is a mid-level monster, so unless you are a skilled person, it is not easy to deal with it due to its incredible power of smashing your head with a stone ax in one blow, coupled with its deceptive regeneration speed. When you see these guys fighting in various media, they know the characteristics of their bodies and launch bold attacks without fear of injury, so inexperienced fighters sometimes get defeated without even being able to use their real weapons. Fortunately, his intelligence doesn't seem to be that high.

Anyway, due to its super regenerative ability, it is also used as an ingredient in healing potions . It is used in commercial stores to test the skills of protagonists who have just entered the fantasy world. In Dragon Nest, it was treated as meat that retains its texture no matter how much you chew it.

When we talk about trolls, we generally think of big, fat trolls, but in Korea, due to the influence of the Warcraft series, we tend to think of tall, skinny trolls. In fact, the trolls in Warcraft are believed to be based on Scottish trolls/ trows , and although they are weaker than Nordic trolls , they can appreciate songs, communicate with humans, and are said to have human-level intelligence.

When they appear as an intelligent race in Korea, their religious tendencies are similar to animism , and they leave their warrior image to the orcs or ogres they associate with, usually use magic , and show the image of a wise man like a druid . Trolls that sometimes use spirits also appear. Going one step further, trolls in the form of wizards appear.

Unlike orcs , ogres , and goblins , which are often grouped together in a similar manner , and have relatively stereotyped appearances, the appearance of trolls varies greatly depending on the medium in which they appear.[5] Although the racial characteristics (big, dull, super regenerative ability ) that appear as clichés in the fantasy genre are similar, their appearances are often very different.[6] I mentioned that some of the dogs had horns on their heads. Among these, representative figures include those with large noses and ugly, comical faces that mimic the mischievous fairies of folk tales; those with giant monsters like boulders established in The Lord of the Rings ; or those with only the crown of the head shaved off, leaving a short portion. The most common sight is a small man with a long hair. It can be seen as similar to a goblin in that it does not have a fixed appearance and the description of its appearance varies depending on the work .

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The Troll is a beheaded Troll with the emblem of the Trolle family, a Swedish noble family.

In Japan, it is written as tororu (トロル).