[Ansteorra] Elfsea Mud I mean Springfair

[Keyna]

You will see trolls at coronation
Keyna

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From: "Brian Martin" <BMartin at corp.prodigy.com>
To: <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 11:06 AM
Subject: RE: [Ansteorra] Elfsea Mud I mean Springfair


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> Good Mistress,
>
> While I appreciate your fanciful tales, I'll need more evidence than a
rock
> that anyone could have carved with a hammer and chisel. If you find a
troll
> wandering around an event site somewhere and can bring it to me, then I'll
> believe. (Perhaps you can lure one with honey cakes or something). Until
> then, I advise that you not let a priest hear you talking about these
things
> or else he'll likely try to have you exorcised or something.
>
> Your friend,
> Pendaran
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C. L. Ward [mailto:gunnora at vikinganswerlady.org]
> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 10:37 AM
> To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
> Subject: RE: [Ansteorra] Elfsea Mud I mean Springfair
>
>
> Pendaran said:
> >Troll? There was a troll on that site? Good
> >heavens, why didn't someone try to kill it?
>
> Now wait a minute!
>
> There are trolls that help fishermen in distress, trolls that kidnapped
> people to make them their slaves, trolls that hated people and did
anything
> to harm them and trolls that loved people so much that they died for them.
> The list is never ending and there are a lot of different types of trolls
> that exist, small, big, bad and good. Trolls are usually bigger than
humans,
> rather stupid and in most cases greedy and cruel. However the tales also
> tell of trolls that are smart, trolls that have knowledge beyond humans,
> trolls that are sensitive and trolls that are more loyal than any other
> being to humans.
>
> Before you go killing any trolls, remember that when trolls experience
> adversity they normally react with great anger and horrific revenge.  On
the
> other hand, when they want to repay someone's kindness towards them there
is
> no distance that they would not travel and no mountains they would not
climb
> in order to come to that persons aid. Some trolls are known to help people
> on there own initiative and expect no rewards. Some stories tell of trolls
> that eat humans while others tell of trolls that kidnap humans (males and
> females) for sexual games and pleasure. It is not uncommon that a troll
will
> fall in love with a human and then kidnap that person. Usually the person
is
> held hostage in the troll cave and eventually die there. The troll that
> loved that person then died in grief. Other tales tell of humans that fell
> in love with trolls and went to live with them. In most cases like that
the
> human started to gradually change and in the end turned into a troll too.
>
> It's a *much* better idea to leave out cream and honeycakes for the
trolls,
> then they'll be your friend.  You know the old saying, "trusty as a
> troll" -- that comes from the loyalty a well-fed and friendly troll will
> repay their neighbors!
>
> >Of course, I still don't believe that those
> >things exist, I don't care what Ivar and
> >Gunorra say.
>
> I can *show* you a troll.  There are several places in Iceland and
elsewhere
> where a troll fell asleep and was caught by the daylight and turned to
> stone.  Here's one in Iceland:
>
> http://www.alda.is/images/troll.jpg
>
> ::GUNNORA::
>
> Who *regularly* leaves out milk, mead and honeycakes for my trolls, don't
> *anyone* try and hurt them!  They watch over my horses and keep wolves
away!
>
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