[WikiEN-l] Female trolls?

Fri May 7 16:21:32 UTC 2004

dpbsmith at 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