Folklore
How can we describe a troll? What characteristics does a troll have?
A troll is a creature that lives deeply connected to nature. In most folklore it is made of stone wood or
other natural materials.
What does it mean that a troll is human-like?
It means that the troll has features that are like human anatomy, culture or habits.
Do you know any folktales where trolls play a role?
I am not familiar with folklore that includes trolls
In what context is troll used as a term? Here you can refer to both traditional troll concepts and modern
use of the term.
In modern concepts it’s a word for describing a person who is fooling somebody, mostly on the internet.
Huldra
The Huldra is a creature with a female body excluding her tale.
She is described as a woman who lures men into the woods and traps them inside of mountains.
Nisse
The Nisse is described as a creature that lives in the water and tries to lure people inside to drown them.
It is said that it screams when someone is about to drown. The Nisse is especially dangerous at dawn and
nighttime.
To protect yourself against it scream the creature’s name out loud.
Comparison
Norwegian is more centered around nature and getting in the woods where german folklore are stories that happend
in public or in peoples houses.
Alp
The Alp is a creature in German folklore that haunts you in your worst nightmares. It can only be seen if
you dream because of its cape (tarnkappe) it is described as a mix of goad and human with thin extremities
and wool skin.
Rad-Catcher of Hamelin
The Rad-Catcher of Hamelin is a person from German folklore that tried to help the city Hamelin to get rid
of there rads.
He had a flute and he could control the rads with the flute. The rats were a plage for the city.
And they had a reward for the person who could free the city from the rats.
In the night the Rad-Catcher walked around the city and played his flute all night making the rads follow
him.
He let them all drown in the river of Hamelin. The city said that he had a pact with the devil and didn’t
gave him the reward
so the next night the rad catcher walked around the city playing his flute making all the children follow
him.