According to Nordic folklore, trolls are giant and malevolent creatures that reside in mountains and forests.

Trolls are often depicted as strong, ugly and hostile to humans, though other tales have them simply as mischievous creatures.

Who’s that trip-trap-tripping over my bridge?’ Trolls live in isolated areas and inhabit caves, burial mounds, mountains and large rocks.

Legends of Neanderthal-style "wildmen" are common in cultures around the world. The New World Dictionary tells us that sasquatch, the North American version (and the original name for bigfoot) comes from British Columbia's Saiish Indians' word saskehavas, meaning just that--"wild men." To the average American/ a troll is likely to be regarded as less of a sasquatch like wildman than a dwarf-like fairy-tale creature. Yet into the 1800s, trolls were widely believed by Germanic