μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • general Hartmann 71, *Boberg DF XLVI.
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Filed under Characteristic activities of trolls.

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Trolls skillful as smithsTrolls danceTrolls rideTrolls spin and weave fine clothTrolls go about at night
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Giant comes to bake too soon; spills dough. Giant who has common oven with another thinks he hears companion in next valley scraping the kneading trough. He bakes his dough but finds he is too early and that he has only heard himself scratching. He spills the dough: hence fruitful soil. (Cf. F451.7.2, F455.3.5.)

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