They're big, they're ugly, they show no mercy. You'll love them.
Who has never seen a troll during a nocturnal walk in the dark forest? A tousled head appearing from behind a large crag, or a gleaming troll eye shining between heavy tree trunks. In no other Scandinavian countries are trolls such an established part of the culture and the narrative tradition as in Norway. Few Norwegian illustrators or painters have managed to capture these strange creatures and the enchanted atmosphere of Norwegian nature on paper and canvas as successfully as Theodor Kittelsen. Kittelsen's art and artistic use of the medium of drawing, with black and white extremities and scales of gray in between, are in a class of their own in Norwegian art. Theodor Kittelsen was fascinated by this shadowy world populated by supernatural siren beings and spirits. Walking in the forests and fields, he could see them everywhere: in the mists over the marches, in the twilight surrounding fallen pine trunks and in the dripping fir trees on rainy days.
The excerpts from fairytales contained in this book are mainly what are known as fantastic or magical tales, which are the most common type of Norwegian folktale. These stories usually deal with trolls, witches and people with supernatural powers.
But we're warning you. For 100 years these pictures and stories have been scaring Norwegians, who have learned that no matter how big and ugly a troll might be, it will always find room under your bed. - Troll Scandinavian Film Group, 1998
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