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   >recorded as troldfolk ("troll-folk"), bjergtrolde ("mountain-trolls"), or   
   >bjergfolk ("mountain-folk") and in Norway also as trollfolk[14] ("troll-   
   >folk") and tusser.[13] Trolls may be described as small, human-like   
   >beings or as tall as men depending on the region of origin of the story.   
   >[15]   
   >In Norwegian tradition, similar tales may be told about the larger trolls   
   >and the Huldrefolk ("hidden-folk"), yet a distinction is made between the   
   >two. The use of the word trow in Orkney and Shetland, to mean beings   
   >which are very like the Huldrefolk in Norway, may suggest a common origin   
   >for the terms. The word troll may have been used by pagan Norse settlers   
   >in Orkney and Shetland as a collective term for supernatural beings who   
   >should be respected and avoided rather than worshipped. Troll could later   
   >have become specialized as a description of the larger, more menacing   
   >Jotunn-kind whereas Huldrefolk may have developed as the term for smaller   
   >trolls.[16]   
   >John Arnott MacCulloch posited a connection between the Old Norse vaettir   
   >and trolls, suggesting that both concepts may derive from spirits of the   
   >dead.[17]   
   >Troll, a Norwegian research station in Antarctica, is so named because of   
   >the rugged mountains which stand around that place like trolls. It   
   >includes a ground station which tracks satellites in polar orbit.   
   >In popular culture   
   >Trolls have appeared in many works of modern fiction, most often in the   
   >fantasy genre, with classic examples being the portrayal of trolls in   
   >works such as in Tolkien's Middle-earth[18] or the Dungeons & Dragons   
   >roleplaying game.[19][20]   
   >Beginning in the 1950s, Troll dolls were a popular toy based on the   
   >folklore creature. Trolls based on the dolls appeared in the Hollywood   
   >animated movie Trolls (2016) and its subsequent sequels Trolls World Tour   
   >(2020), and Trolls Band Together (2023).   
   >Troll[21] is the name, and main antagonist, of a 2022 Norwegian movie   
   >released by Netflix on December 1, 2022.   
   >Rolf Lidberg was a Swedish artist well known for his troll illustrations.   
   >The Danish artist Thomas Dambo has created from recycled wood a series of   
   >monumental troll sculptures that can be seen in several botanic gardens   
   >and similar installations.   
   >Other   
   >It has been hypothesized that the troll myth might have its origin in   
   >real-life interactions between anatomically modern humans and   
   >Neanderthals.[22][23]   
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