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

Motif

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

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic Boberg.

Within the index

Filed under Tasks voluntarily undertaken.

Filed beside it

Warriors go towards strong enemy as consequence of own boast

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

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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