Hero goes north to fight with trolls. (Cf. F455.)

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Hero goes north to fight with trolls. (Cf. F455.)

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Assignment and performance of tasks. · Assignment of tasks. · Assignment of tasks – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as H945.2

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IcelandicBoberg.

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Filed under Tasks voluntarily undertaken.

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Warriors go towards strong enemy as consequence of own boast

Travels with

Trolls. Sometimes underground spirits, sometimes also thought of as mountain-spirits. In many tales trolls are ogres. (Cf. G100, G400–G599.)

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