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A troll is a supernatural being in Norse mythology and Scandinavian folklore. In origin, the term troll was a generally negative synonym for a jötunn , a being in Norse mythology...

is a mythological creature, related to elves, dwarves, or monsters.

Troll may also refer to:

Places

  • Troll (research station)
    Troll (research station)
    Troll is a research station located at Jutulsessen, from the coast in the eastern part of Princess Martha Coast in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It is Norway's only all-year research station in Antarctica, and is supplemented by the summer-only station Tor...

    , a Norwegian Antarctic research station on Queen Maud Land
    • Troll Airfield
      Troll airfield
      Troll Airfield is an airstrip located from the research station Troll in Princess Martha Coast in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Owned and operated by the Norwegian Polar Institute, it consists of a runway on glacial blue ice on the Antarctic ice sheet...

      , an airfield nearby
  • Troll gas field, a large reservoir of gas in the northern North Sea
    • Troll A platform
      Troll A platform
      The Troll A platform is a condeep offshore natural gas platform in the Troll gas field off the west coast of Norway. It is the tallest construction that has ever been moved to another position, relative to the surface of the Earth, and is among the largest and most complex engineering projects in...

      , a production platform for this gas field
  • Troll Ski Resort
    Troll Ski Resort
    Troll Ski Resort, often referred to simply as Troll, is a ski area located in the Quesnel Highland in the northeastern Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada, located between Quesnel and the historic goldfield towns of Wells-Barkerville...

    , a ski area in the Cariboo region of British Columbia

Literature

  • Troll (Artemis Fowl), a creature in the Artemis Fowl series
  • Troll (Discworld)
    Troll (Discworld)
    Trolls in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, unlike the monstrous trolls of folklore and J. R. R. Tolkien, have been subverted into a moderately civilised race. Trolls on the Discworld are, essentially, living, mobile rocks...

    , a creature in Terry Pratchett's Discworld
  • Troll (Harry Potter), a creature in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter universe
  • Troll (Middle-earth)
    Troll (Middle-earth)
    In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Trolls are large humanoids of great strength and poor intellect.While in Norse mythology, the Troll was a magical creature with special skills, in Tolkien's writings they are portrayed as evil, stupid, with crude habits, although still intelligent enough to...

    , a creature in J. R. R. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth
  • Trolls in Shannara
    Trolls in Shannara
    In the Shannara novels by Terry Brooks, there are several characters who fall into the Troll species. The main categories under this are Rock Trolls and Mwellrets.-Amantar:...

    , as depicted in the Shannara series by Terry Brooks
  • The Troll
    The Troll
    The Troll by Julia Donaldson and David Roberts is a children's story about a troll and some pirates. The troll in this story is based on the troll from the Three Billy Goats Gruff fairy tale. However, in this story, no goats ever cross the troll's bridge and he is forced to survive on fish that he...

    , a 2009 children's story by Julia Donaldson and David Roberts

Movies and TV

  • Troll (film)
    Troll (film)
    Troll is a 1986 cult dark fantasy film. Its plot has no relation to the films Troll 2 and Troll 3, which are intended to be more horror than fantasy. Its "sequel", Troll 2 is considered to be one of the worst films of all time.-Plot:...

    , a 1986 fantasy film
    • Troll 2
      Troll 2
      Troll 2 is a 1990 horror film directed by Claudio Fragasso and starring Michael Stephenson, George Hardy, Margo Prey, Connie Young , Deborah Reed, and Jason Wright...

      , an unrelated sequel to the above film, often cited as the "Best Worst Movie"
    • Troll 3
      Troll 3
      Troll 3 is a 1990 Italian horror film directed by Joe D'Amato and Fabrizio Laurenti....

      , a further sequel, again unrelated to the previous two films
  • Trollz
    Trollz
    Trollz is an American animated television series produced by DiC Entertainment and features the adventures of five fictional teenage girls, who call themselves the Best Friends for Life, who use magic to help them with their everyday life as well as battling whatever magical creatures and problems...

    , an animated show based on the Troll doll
  • Troll hunter, a Norwegian fantasy horror film made in the form of a mockumentary.

Games

  • Troll (Dungeons & Dragons)
    Troll (Dungeons & Dragons)
    Trolls are fictional monsters in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Dungeon Masters can use them as enemies or allies of the player characters.-Publication history:...

    , a monster in the Dungeons & Dragons setting
  • Troll (Warhammer)
    Troll (Warhammer)
    Trolls are mythical creatures found in Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy fictional universe.-Description:Trolls are usually depicted as large, ugly, clumsy brutes, with thick skin. Though they vary greatly in appearance, they are all big, stupid and hungry...

    , a monster in the Warhammer Fantasy setting
  • Trolls, a 1992 PC game by Capstone Software
    Capstone Software
    Capstone Software was a subsidiary of IntraCorp, a Miami, Florida-based computer and video game company. Founded in 1984, Capstone created first-person games such as Corridor 7: Alien Invasion, William Shatner's TekWar and Witchaven, and is also known for releasing games based on movie/TV...

  • Trollbloods, a faction in the Hordes game setting
  • Troll, a playable race in the game World of Warcraft

Music

  • Troll (album)
    Troll (album)
    Troll is the second full-length album by the Norwegian folk metal band Lumsk. It was released on June 6, 2005 by Tabu Recordings. The songs tell different stories about trolls and spirits in Norwegian folklore.-Track listing:...

    , a 2005 album by Norwegian folk metal band Lumsk
  • Troll (artist)
    Troll (artist)
    Truls Toftenes , most commonly known by his stage name Troll, is an award winning Norwegian singer, musician, writer, film maker and graphical artist, best known for being lead singer of the Oslo-based rock band Rover...

    , stage name of Truls Toftenes, lead singer of Norwegian rock band Rover
  • Troll (band)
    Troll (band)
    -Biography:It was founded in 1992, when 14-year-old Stian Arnesen aka "Nagash" started writing music with Glaurung and Fafnir. When Glaurung and Fafnir left the project, Nagash continued Troll as a solo project and released Trollstorm over Nidingjuv in 1995 and Drep de kristne in 1996.Following the...

    , a Norwegian black metal band
  • Troll (Swedish band)
    Troll (Swedish band)
    Troll is a Swedish band most noted for the single "Jimmy Dean". First band name was Trollrock because they dressed up as Trolls on stage....

    , a Swedish pop band
  • The Trolls
    The Trolls
    The Trolls are an American musical group, the members of which consist of Iggy Pop, Whitey Kirst, Pete Marshal, and Alex Kirst. The band were first labeled as such on Iggy's 2001 album Beat 'Em Up, and they also appear on 7 tracks on Skull Ring. Drummer Alex Kirst was killed in a hit-and run near...

    , a rock and roll band fronted by Iggy Pop

Other uses

  • Troll (automobile)
    Troll (automobile)
    The Troll was a small car made by Troll Plastik & Bilindustri of Lunde, Norway, from 1956 to 1958.It was one of few attempts at car production in Norway, but only five cars were ever built.-The Car:...

    , a Norwegian car manufacturer
  • Troll (gay slang)
    Troll (gay slang)
    Troll and trolling are slang terms used almost exclusively amongst gay men to characterize gay, bisexual and questioning or bi-curious men who cruise or “wander about looking” for sex or potential sex partners or experiences “in a notably wanton manner and with lessened standards of what one will...

    , a slang term for gay men who wander about looking for sexual partners
  • Troll (Internet)
    Troll (Internet)
    In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking readers into an emotional response...

    , an internet term for a person who, through willful action, attempts to disrupt a community or garner attention and controversy through provocative messages
  • Troll doll
    Troll doll
    Troll dolls, originally known as Leprechauns and also known as Dam dolls, Gonks, Wishniks, Treasure Trolls, and Norfins, became one of America's biggest toy fads from the autumn of 1963 through 1965...

    , a doll created by Thomas Dam in the 1960s
  • Trolling (fishing), the practice of fishing by drawing a baited line or lure behind a boat
  • IK Rindals-Troll, sports club with the former name SK Troll
  • Karl Troll
    Karl Troll
    Karl Troll was an Austrian architect.Karl Troll was son of a carpenter from a small village in Lower Austria. The boy was sent to Vienna to learn textile printing in a vocational school. During 1886-89 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Friedrich von Schmidt...

     (1865-1954), Austrian architect
  • A nickname for a resident of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan
    Lower Peninsula of Michigan
    The Lower Peninsula of Michigan is the southern of the two major landmasses of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is surrounded by water on all sides except its southern border, which it shares with Ohio and Indiana. Geographically, the Lower Peninsula has a recognizable shape that many people...

    , usually used by those from the Upper Peninsula in reference to living under the Mackinac Bridge

See also

  • Copyright troll
    Copyright troll
    A copyright troll is a pejorative term for a party that enforces copyrights it owns for purposes of making money through litigation, in a manner considered unduly aggressive or opportunistic, generally without producing or licensing its own works for paid distribution...

    , in intellectual property rights
  • Fremont Troll
    Fremont Troll
    The Fremont Troll is a piece of public art in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, Washington in the United States.-Description:...

    , a piece of public art in Seattle, Washington
  • Patent troll
    Patent troll
    Patent troll is a pejorative but questioned term used for a person or company who is a non-practicing inventor, and buys and enforces patents against one or more alleged infringers in a manner considered by the target or observers as unduly aggressive or opportunistic, often with no intention to...

    , in intellectual property rights
  • Trademark troll
    Trademark troll
    Trademark troll is a pejorative term for any entity that attempts to register a trademark without intending to use them and who then threatens to sue others who use that mark....

    , in intellectual property rights
  • Trawling
    Trawling
    Trawling is a method of fishing that involves pulling a fishing net through the water behind one or more boats. The net that is used for trawling is called a trawl....

    , a method of commercial fishing
  • Bay Bridge Troll
    Bay Bridge Troll
    A section of the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge collapsed during the Loma-Prieta earthquake that rocked San Francisco Bay Area in 1989. The Bay Bridge was closed for several weeks while repairs were made...

    , a piece of art in the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge
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