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The motif Troll is a part of: Gods, spirits and demons
Keywords:
Folklore, superstition, fairy tales
Description of this motif: Trolls are supernatural creatures of Scandinavian folklore, variously portrayed as friendly or mischievous dwarfs or as giants, that live in caves, or under bridges.
Overview
The tales are sorted by year. The leading numbers refer to the number of occurrences of the motif in the respective texts.
- 1 Dødningen (Danish title) (1830)
- 2 The Traveling Companion (1835)
- 1 The Steadfast Tin Soldier (1838)
- 2 The Snow Queen (1844)
- 1 The Elf Mound (1845)
- 1 The Drop of Water (1847)
- 1 Danish Popular Legends (1870)