dpbsmith(a)verizon.net wrote:
That leads to all sorts of questions. What should
female trolls be called?
Are they as sweet and lovely as Tove Jansson's "Snork Maiden" in the
Moomintroll books?
According to
http://www.whatson.is/default.asp?web_id=3&page_id=181 ,
"Female trolls were usually more benevolent than male trolls. The female
trolls would often yearn for the love of humans luring men to their caves
with magic spells. In many cases the men would fall in love with the trolls
eventually becoming trolls them selves. Sometimes the trolls would have
children with humans a sort of a half troll. These half trolls would
generally look like ordinary humans possessing the magical powers of the
troll parent. Female half trolls would often be exceedingly beautiful and
enchanting."
It sounds like female trolls catch a lot more fish. Perhaps the Sirens
were really trolls. :-)
Ec