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 The beings known as [[Dimensional Shambler]]s are described similarly to Trolls, and may be the same creature, crossed over into our world from their own mysterious plane through "thin spots" bridging worlds.
-=== Nagaae ====
+=== Nagaae ===
 See [[Nagaae]], a toadlike alien horror that lives in desolate swamps, bogs, canals, tunnels, and under bridges, and delights in torture and murder.

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 === Dimensional Shamblers ===
 The beings known as [[Dimensional Shambler]]s are described similarly to Trolls, and may be the same creature, crossed over into our world from their own mysterious plane through "thin spots" bridging worlds.
 === Faeries ===

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 ** "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVjE_WUtw_g Dirt]" (depicts a human who has become one with earth, sprouting plants and growing into his own self-sustaining ecosystem)
 * Art:  [http://kittelsen.se/fortrollade-norge/ Theodor Kittelsen], 1857-1914 (depicts a variety of forms of trolls, ranging from shaggy wild-men in various natural settings, to yawning aquatic monsters, to constructs of earth and stone from which sprout forests of plants, and more)
 [[Category:Races]]

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 In the mad, rambling ''[[Cultes des Goules]]'', the [[Comte D'Erlette]] hinted that "trolls" might take other elemental forms, including aquatic "Nymphs" ([[Deep One]]s), aerial "Sylphs" ([[Poltergeist]]s and other "demons of the air"), and fire-based "Djinn" (including [[Ghoul]]s and [[Vampire]]s).
-== Halfling ==
+=== Halfling ===
 See also:  [[Halfling]] for a general treatment of hybrid, partly-human creatures (changelings, nephilim, giants, demigods, etc.)

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 In the mad, rambling ''[[Cultes des Goules]]'', the [[Comte D'Erlette]] hinted that "trolls" might take other elemental forms, including aquatic "Nymphs" ([[Deep One]]s), aerial "Sylphs" ([[Poltergeist]]s and other "demons of the air"), and fire-based "Djinn" (including [[Ghoul]]s and [[Vampire]]s).
 === Other ===
 * Tome:  ''Beowulf'', a real-world ancient work of literature which includes the famous monsters, Grendel and its mother, as blood-thirsty and savage creatures that dwell in the wilderness and emerge at night to attack armed and living civilized fighting men in their halls.
+* See also [[Mythic Creatures]] for alternative treatments of this theme, including chimerae, griffons, sphinxes, minotaurs, unicorns, and the like, any of which might be misidentified mythos monsters.

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 === Dimensional Shamblers ===
-The beings known as [[Dimensional Shambler]]s are described similarly to Trolls, and may be the same creature, crossed over into our world from their own mysterious plane through "thin spots" between worlds.
+The beings known as [[Dimensional Shambler]]s are described similarly to Trolls, and may be the same creature, crossed over into our world from their own mysterious plane through "thin spots" bridging worlds.
 === Faeries ===
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 === Elementals ===
-As nature spirits, Trolls might literally be "one with the earth" - they live in and consist of dirt and stone, growing plants from their bodies, etc.  In this form, the [[Comte D'Erlette]] referred to Trolls as "[[Faerie|Satyrs]]" or "Earth Elementals".
+As nature spirits, Trolls might literally be "one with the earth" - they live in and consist of dirt and stone, growing plants from their bodies, etc.  In this form, the [[Comte D'Erlette]] referred to Trolls as "[[Faerie|Satyrs]]" or "Earth [[Elemental]]s" (see [[Elemental]] for more information).
 In the mad, rambling ''[[Cultes des Goules]]'', the [[Comte D'Erlette]] hinted that "trolls" might take other elemental forms, including aquatic "Nymphs" ([[Deep One]]s), aerial "Sylphs" ([[Poltergeist]]s and other "demons of the air"), and fire-based "Djinn" (including [[Ghoul]]s and [[Vampire]]s).

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 === Ghouls, Vampires ===
-In many aspects, some Troll legends are similar to those of the Draugr ("Again Walker"), a form of reanimated corpse or other being that dwells in graveyards and tombs; Trolls might be similar to or identical with such creatures as [[Ghoul]]s (perhaps a more primitive, ape-like version of the Ghoul) or [[Vampire]]s, or [[Wendigo (Race)]].
+In many aspects, some Troll legends are similar to those of the Draugr ("Again Walker"), a form of reanimated corpse or other being that dwells in graveyards and tombs; Trolls might be similar to or identical with such creatures as [[Ghoul]]s (perhaps a more primitive, ape-like version of the Ghoul) or [[Vampire]]s, [[Wendigo (Race)]], or even [[Crawling One|Worms that Walk]], swelled monstrous to plague the earth below....
 === Byakhee ===

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 == Quotes ==
-<blockquote>"large apelike creatures descended from prehuman hominids. (Their own name for themselves is unpronounceable; they are called 'trolls' here for convenience.) They are slightly smaller than humans. They have dull white coats and dark eyes, and are scavenging omnivores. There [sic] faces are almost indescribably ugly, and they have a pronouncedly unpleasant rancid smell." They worship [[Tsathoggua]], who has given them the special ability to call blizzards in order to protect themselves as the last of his [[Voormi]] worshipers.
+<blockquote>"large apelike creatures descended from prehuman hominids. (Their own name for themselves is unpronounceable; they are called 'trolls' here for convenience.) They are slightly smaller than humans. They have dull white coats and dark eyes, and are scavenging omnivores. There [sic] faces are almost indescribably ugly, and they have a pronouncedly unpleasant rancid smell." They worship [[Tsathoggua]], who has given them the special ability to call blizzards in order to protect themselves as the last of his [[Voormi]] worshipers.<br>&mdash; [[Marcus L. Rowland]], "[[Nightmare_In_Norway_(Scenario)|Nightmare in Norway (Scenario)]]"
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-<blockquote>Brunhild, queen of [[Bal-Sagoth]], writhed helpless in midair, gripped by the black shadow of a nightmare. Then as the great black shape turned cold flaming eyes on them Turlogh saw it was a living creature. It stood, man-like, upon two tree-like legs, but its outline and face were not of a man, beast or devil. This, Turlogh felt, was the horror that even Gothan had hesitated to loose upon his foes; the arch-fiend that the demoniac priest had brought into life in his hidden caves of horror.  What ghastly knowledge had been necessary, what hideous blending of human and bestial things with nameless shapes from outer voids of darkness?   ...Turlogh gazed at the huge formless thing. Looking directly at it, he could form no estimate of its nature. He got only a chaotic impression of great size and inhuman evil. Now it lay like a vast shadow blotched out on the marble floor. Surely black wings beating from moonless gulfs had hovered over its birth, and the grisly souls of nameless demons had gone into its being.
+<blockquote>Brunhild, queen of [[Bal-Sagoth]], writhed helpless in midair, gripped by the black shadow of a nightmare. Then as the great black shape turned cold flaming eyes on them Turlogh saw it was a living creature. It stood, man-like, upon two tree-like legs, but its outline and face were not of a man, beast or devil. This, Turlogh felt, was the horror that even Gothan had hesitated to loose upon his foes; the arch-fiend that the demoniac priest had brought into life in his hidden caves of horror.  What ghastly knowledge had been necessary, what hideous blending of human and bestial things with nameless shapes from outer voids of darkness?   ...Turlogh gazed at the huge formless thing. Looking directly at it, he could form no estimate of its nature. He got only a chaotic impression of great size and inhuman evil. Now it lay like a vast shadow blotched out on the marble floor. Surely black wings beating from moonless gulfs had hovered over its birth, and the grisly souls of nameless demons had gone into its being.<br>&mdash; [[Robert E. Howard]], "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth"
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 <br>&mdash; [[Robert E. Howard]], "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth"
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 ==References==
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 ** Sourcebook:  ''[[Malleus Monstrorum]]'' (Trolls in this volume are apparently of the degenerate [[Voormi]]/[[Gnophkeh]] or feral [[Yeti]]/[[Sasquatch]] variety)
 ** Sourcebook:  ''RuneQuest'' - an excellent sourcebook for trolls is RuneQuest2 Trollpak, perhaps with the addition one of the more horrific cults from the RQ3 supplement Troll Gods....  (RuneQuest has a rather unique take on Trolls, the "[[Uz]]")
 * Films:
 ** "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVjE_WUtw_g Dirt]" (depicts a human who has become one with earth, sprouting plants and growing into his own self-sustaining ecosystem)

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 ==Associated Mythos Elements==
 According to Scandinavian and Nordic tradition, a "troll" is an intelligent denizen of the wilderness, sometimes taking the form of slow-witted giants, sometimes the form of feral dwarfs, sometimes almost indistinguishable from humans and wise in magic and other powers, or any variation on these.  Trolls are often associated with nature - shy creatures dwelling in mountains, forests, fields, lakes, seas, and caverns far from human civilization.  Sometimes, they are associated with tombs and the unquiet dead, perhaps being a representation of long-forgotten dead ancestors or the remains of precursor races, "living" in a sort of afterlife deep within burial mounds or in tombs.  According to folklore, Trolls are believed to make their homes on, under, or near bridges, where they demand tolls for passage or threaten to eat any who might try to pass without their permission.