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  1. Trolls
    an unnatural history
    Author: Lindow, John
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  Reaktion Books, London

    Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln, Hauptabteilung
    ISL1768
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781780232898
    Subjects: Trolls; Troll; Literatur; Kultur
    Scope: 160 S., Ill.
  2. Trolls
    an unnatural history
    Author: Lindow, John
    Published: 2014; © 2014
    Publisher:  Reaktion Books, London

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781780232898; 9781780233307
    Subjects: Trolls; Folklore; Troll; Tradition; Geschichte; Sagengestalt
    Scope: 1 online resource (162 pages), illustrations
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    Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 4, 2014)

  3. Trolls
    an unnatural history
    Author: Lindow, John
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  Reaktion Books, London

    Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln, Hauptabteilung
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781780232898
    Subjects: Trolls
    Scope: 160 S. : Ill.
  4. Trolls
    an unnatural history
    Author: Lindow, John
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  Reaktion Books, London

    Cover; Trolls: An Unnatural History; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction; 1. The Earliest Trolls; 2. Medieval Trolls; 3. Folklore Trolls; 4. Fairy-tale Trolls and Trolls Illustrated; 5. Trolls in Literature; 6. Trolls, Children, Marketing and... more

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    Institut für Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene, Bibliothek
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    Cover; Trolls: An Unnatural History; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction; 1. The Earliest Trolls; 2. Medieval Trolls; 3. Folklore Trolls; 4. Fairy-tale Trolls and Trolls Illustrated; 5. Trolls in Literature; 6. Trolls, Children, Marketing and Whimsy; Epilogue; Sources and Further Reading; Acknowledgements and Photo Acknowledgements; Index. Trolls lurk under bridges waiting to eat children, threaten hobbits in Middle-Earth, and invade the dungeons of Hogwarts. Often they are depicted as stupid, slow, and ugly creatures, but they also appear as comforting characters in some children' s stories or as plastic dolls with bright, fuzzy hair. Today, the name of this fantastic being from Scandinavia has found a wider reach: it is the word for the homeless in California and slang for the antagonizing and sometimes cruel people on the Internet. But how did trolls go from folktales to the World Wide Web? To explain why trolls still hold our interest, John Lindow goes back to their first appearances in Scandinavian folklore, where they were beings in nature living beside a preindustrial society of small-scale farming and fishing. He explores reports of actual encounters with trolls - meetings others found plausible in spite of their better judgment - and follows trolls' natural transition from folktales to other domains in popular culture

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781780232898
    Subjects: Trolls; Folklore; Trolls; Trolls
    Scope: 160 S., Ill., 23 cm
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

    The earliest trollsMedieval trolls -- Folklore trolls -- Fairy-tale trolls and trolls illustrated -- Trolls in literature -- Trolls, children, marketing and whimsy.