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Are all instances of trolls turning to stone ultimately references back to Tolkien?
Trolls have turned into stone for a very, very long time
One example is the myth about "the seven sisters", which tells the story of how seven trolls in Nordland, Norway, was turned into mountains ...
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Trolls: any evidence that they were mutilated Ents?
‘Hoom, hmm!
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This question is similar to "What is the origin of Orcs", although a bit less debated, in the sense that it's not very clear and all a bit confusing.
I'm going to ...
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Why would Hermione send for help from the trolls?
Trolls aren't brainless. The tie-in book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" makes it abundantly clear that some trolls are smarter than others and some are even capable of carrying on ...
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Live-action Norwegian movie about man whose job is to monitor troll migration
This might be the 2010 movie Troll Hunter.
Quoting from the surprisingly complete Wikipedia page:
A group of students from Volda University College, Thomas (Glenn Erland Tosterud), Johanna (Johanna ...
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Why does Gandalf advise the company to "be careful what you touch" in the troll hoard?
This one's actually rather complicated to explain, so bear with me. In the original novel, the horde was evidently protected by a magical door.
They followed the tracks up the hill, until hidden by ...
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A non-Tolkien short fiction about non-Hobbits, non-Dwarves and trolls
It might possibly be The Iron Tower.
It has different names for races similar to those in Tolkien's work.
Aurion, desperate to hold back the dark tide of Rucks, Hloks, Ogrus, and worse, calls for aid ...
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Are there multi-headed trolls in Middle-earth beyond The Hobbit reference?
Multi-headed trolls do not appear elsewhere in Tolkien's works, but they appear in other stories Tolkien would have been familiar with, most notably "Soria Moria Castle" from Andrew Lang's ...
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