Tuesday, June 28, 2016

What is a Troll Other than That?

There is a poem within the Skáldskaparmál describes an encounter between a female troll and one Bragi Boddason.

'Trolls call me
moon of dwelling-Rungnir,
giant's wealth-sucker,
storm-sun's bale,
seeress's friendly companion,
guardian of corpse-fiord,
swallower of heaven-wheel;
what is a troll other than that?'

Translation by Anthony Faulkes

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