Norwegian Trolls

I have seen many of these odd looking creatures while I was walking around Norway so I did a little research. Did you know a Norwegian troll is either a dwarf or giant inhabiting caves or hills? I certainly did not. They are described as ugly, powerful and generally dangerous humanlike creatures, but stupid and naive. Now I definitely agree with the ugly... I haven't seen a cute one yet. LOL! They really are every where. I actually took a picture with one. Unfortunately it is on Lori's camera....so we have to wait till she gets back to Houston before I can post it.

Here is some more background in case you are as intregued as I was:
Some trolls were believed to be giants, and the biggest of them all was Dovregubben (their king in the mountain Dovre). They were shaggy and rough-haired, with trees and moss-like growth on their heads and noses, their noses were long and they would stir with it when cooking broth or porridge. Some even had two or three heads, some only had one eye in the middle of their foreheads. Their features differed from humans with four fingers and four toes and a tail ressembling that of a cow. The trolls lived to be hundreds of years old, but would die and turn into stone if the sun caught them. They might have looked frightening, but were actually often good natured and terribly naive, so sly peasants would successfully trick them. Their supernatural powers consisted among others of transforming themselves, for instance into beautiful young ladies. Many hunters and farmers were such lured into the mountains and captured, but the trolls could never hide their tails, if you only could get to see them from behind you would know if the captivating creature was a troll or just a beautiful shepardess.

--Tammy