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supernatural being in Norse mythology and Scandinavian folklore
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“Trolls, it is said, were bred by Melkor because he desired a race as powerful as the giant Ents, the Tree-herds.”
“They were trolls. Obviously trolls. Even Bilbo, in spite of his sheltered life, could see that: from the great heavy faces of them, and their size, and the shape of their legs, not to mention their language, which was not drawing-room fashion at all, at all.”
“Trolls are slow in the uptake, and mighty suspicious about anything new to them.”
“Trolls simply detest the very sight of dwarves (uncooked).”
“'Now is the time!' cried Gandalf. 'Let us go, before the troll returns!'”
“Trolls are only counterfeits, made by the Enemy in the Great Darkness, in mockery of Ents, as Orcs were of Elves.”
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