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<blockquote data-quote="Shade" data-source="post: 4375108" data-attributes="member: 287"><p>Do we want to do anything with these?</p><p></p><p><strong>Bjerg-trolde</strong></p><p>The bjerg-trolde's abilities are identical to those of an ordinary troll. However, it lives in desert and hilly regions, and its hide is brown to tan.</p><p></p><p>Originally appeared in Dragon Magazine #158 (1990).</p><p></p><p></p><p>Obviously, that alone isn't worthy of conversion. However, we might be able to make something cool out of it.</p><p></p><p>For inspiration:</p><p></p><p>BJERGFOLK, BJERGTROLDE: Old Norse, hill folk. This race dwelt inside hill mounds and hillocks and is usually considered confluent with Dwarf, Troll, or Trold (which,see). Thesefolk were ruled by kings and sometimes lived in great societies butsometimes dwelt apart as single families. They were regarded as extremelyrick, and on festive occasions, when their hill-tops were raised upon redpillars, people observed hill interiors furnished in crystal and gold and chestsfull of valuables. They might be obliging and neighbourly, but had a weaknessfor thievry, which extended to mortal women and children. "They marry andhave children, bake and brew", but have an intense dislike for noise, and weresupposedly driven out of Scandinavia by the sound of church bells (<a href="http://rodneymackay.com/writing/pdf%20files/worldmyth.pdf" target="_blank">http://rodneymackay.com/writing/pdf files/worldmyth.pdf</a>)</p><p></p><p>"The latter, on the contrary, who were 'classified after their abodes in air, sea, and earth, were not regarded in so favourable a light. It was believed that they, particularly the land ones, the ðaiµoνes επίχθόνίοί of the Greeks, constantly and on all occasions sought to torment or injure mankind, and that they had their dwelling partly on the earth in great thick woods, whence came the name Skovtrolde8 (Wood Trolls), or in other desert and lonely places, partly in and under the ground, or in rocks and hills; these last were called Bjerg-Trolde (Hill Trolls): to the first, on account of their different nature, was given the name of Dverge (Dwarfs), and Alve, whence the word Ellefolk, which is still in the Danish language. These Dæmons, particularly the underground ones, were called Svartálfar, that is Black Spirits, and inasmuch as they did mischief, Trolls." (<a href="http://www.celtic-twilight.com/otherworld/fairy_mythology/eddas_and_sagas.htm" target="_blank">http://www.celtic-twilight.com/otherworld/fairy_mythology/eddas_and_sagas.htm</a>)</p><p></p><p>BERG PEOPLE</p><p>European Folklore</p><p>A.K.A. Berg Dwarfs, Bjerg-Trolde, Skovtrodle (wood troll)</p><p>A type of Dwarf or Troll</p><p></p><p>They are a species of troll often appearing in the shape of a toad. There is a well-known tale of a mid-wife who, on her way home from a successful human delivery, notices in the road a fat toad with white stripes and remarks to it that she will gladly deliver it too. A fortnight later, on hearing a cart draw up outside her door, she sees a little man with a long white beard. He entreats her to attend to his wife just as she had promised. This the midwife does, but she cannot help remarking on their poor abode. The little new mother tells the midwife to anoint her eyes with the liquid nearby, whereupon a vision of great beauty and wealth was revealed to her, and she receives much gold for her service. The little mother then tells her to jump from the cart when she reaches the boggy ground, otherwise the little man will not take the midwife home and may dispose of her. In fear she does as she was told and arrives home safely with her reward. Some time later in the market place she recognizes and greets the little old man who immediately pokes her eyes out. </p><p>(<a href="http://myths.freshcaffeine.com/2006/04/berg_people.html" target="_blank">http://myths.freshcaffeine.com/2006/04/berg_people.html</a>)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shade, post: 4375108, member: 287"] Do we want to do anything with these? [B]Bjerg-trolde[/B] The bjerg-trolde's abilities are identical to those of an ordinary troll. However, it lives in desert and hilly regions, and its hide is brown to tan. Originally appeared in Dragon Magazine #158 (1990). Obviously, that alone isn't worthy of conversion. However, we might be able to make something cool out of it. For inspiration: BJERGFOLK, BJERGTROLDE: Old Norse, hill folk. This race dwelt inside hill mounds and hillocks and is usually considered confluent with Dwarf, Troll, or Trold (which,see). Thesefolk were ruled by kings and sometimes lived in great societies butsometimes dwelt apart as single families. They were regarded as extremelyrick, and on festive occasions, when their hill-tops were raised upon redpillars, people observed hill interiors furnished in crystal and gold and chestsfull of valuables. They might be obliging and neighbourly, but had a weaknessfor thievry, which extended to mortal women and children. "They marry andhave children, bake and brew", but have an intense dislike for noise, and weresupposedly driven out of Scandinavia by the sound of church bells ([url]http://rodneymackay.com/writing/pdf%20files/worldmyth.pdf[/url]) "The latter, on the contrary, who were 'classified after their abodes in air, sea, and earth, were not regarded in so favourable a light. It was believed that they, particularly the land ones, the ðaiµoνes επίχθόνίοί of the Greeks, constantly and on all occasions sought to torment or injure mankind, and that they had their dwelling partly on the earth in great thick woods, whence came the name Skovtrolde8 (Wood Trolls), or in other desert and lonely places, partly in and under the ground, or in rocks and hills; these last were called Bjerg-Trolde (Hill Trolls): to the first, on account of their different nature, was given the name of Dverge (Dwarfs), and Alve, whence the word Ellefolk, which is still in the Danish language. These Dæmons, particularly the underground ones, were called Svartálfar, that is Black Spirits, and inasmuch as they did mischief, Trolls." ([url]http://www.celtic-twilight.com/otherworld/fairy_mythology/eddas_and_sagas.htm[/url]) BERG PEOPLE European Folklore A.K.A. Berg Dwarfs, Bjerg-Trolde, Skovtrodle (wood troll) A type of Dwarf or Troll They are a species of troll often appearing in the shape of a toad. There is a well-known tale of a mid-wife who, on her way home from a successful human delivery, notices in the road a fat toad with white stripes and remarks to it that she will gladly deliver it too. A fortnight later, on hearing a cart draw up outside her door, she sees a little man with a long white beard. He entreats her to attend to his wife just as she had promised. This the midwife does, but she cannot help remarking on their poor abode. The little new mother tells the midwife to anoint her eyes with the liquid nearby, whereupon a vision of great beauty and wealth was revealed to her, and she receives much gold for her service. The little mother then tells her to jump from the cart when she reaches the boggy ground, otherwise the little man will not take the midwife home and may dispose of her. In fear she does as she was told and arrives home safely with her reward. Some time later in the market place she recognizes and greets the little old man who immediately pokes her eyes out. ([url]http://myths.freshcaffeine.com/2006/04/berg_people.html[/url]) [/QUOTE]
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