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Troll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | According to a 1908 cyclopedia: "Trolls are Dwarfs of Northern mythology, living in hills or mounds; they are represented as stumpy, misshapen, and humpbacked, inclined to thieving, and fond of carrying off children or substituting one of their own offspring for that of a human mother. |
 | | Trolls are one of the most frequent creatures of Scandinavian fairy tales and more common than elves, dwarves, witches and giants (in the fairy tales, there is no clear-cut line between witches and female trolls, nor between male trolls and giants). |
 | | The trolls were often considered enemies of the Church and sometimes even in league with the Devil, and could as such be scared or repelled with crucifixes, prayers or the sound of church bells. |
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