The Genre of Trolls - Doria

6) he va in gang i metsjipe in flikku, såm vala kåur å så tåu trulli inar å fört un ti se. hun
va leng tär o hadd e bra. matin va å bra, bara un int velsina an, men tå vart e bara ti
maskar o elur. int hadd un drygt å int kåm un ihåg na helder, men eingang så hört un
tsjyrkklåkkuna. tå vila un ga ti tsjyrtsjun. ti slut fikk un låv, men un sku int få va tär,
tärtil prestin sku les velsinelsin. föst gangun va e allt svart un fö öguna å un tsjend int
nain. adrun gangun va un in tärtil prestin läs velsinelsin. tå vart un synli för fålktsji å un
byra å tsjenn fålktsji. tå så un at un hadd bara slarvuna på se. prestin la hendrin på enar, så
trulli fikk int un na meir. (SLS 28, 3: 69–70)
6) Once upon a time in Mäkipää there was a girl who was herding the cows, and then the
troll took her and brought her home. She stayed there for a long time and managed well.
The food was good too, as long as she didn’t bless it; then it turned into worms and lizards.
She didn’t pine for home nor did she remember anything, but one day she heard
the church bells. Then she wanted to go to church. At last she was given leave to go,
but she wouldn’t be allowed to stay while the parson pronounced the benediction. The first
time all was dark before her eyes and she knew no-one. The second time she stayed for the
benediction. Then she became visible to the people and she began to recognize the people.
Then she saw she was wearing nothing but rags. The parson laid his hands on her, so the
troll didn’t get her any more.
The carefree existence portrayed in the phrases “[s]he stayed there for a
long time and managed well […] she didn’t pine for home nor did she remember
anything” associates the folklore text to the Bible and the description
of the Garden of Eden provided by the contrast to the conditions prevailing
after the Fall of Man:
7) Då öpnades bägges deras ögon och de wordo warse, at de woro nakne; Och de bundo
tilhopa fikonalöf och gjorde sig skörte. Och de hörde Herrans Guds röst gångandes i
lustgårdenom, då dagen swalkades; och Adam undstack sig, med sine hustru, för
Herrans Guds ansikte, ibland trän i lustgårdenom. Och Herren Gud kallade Adam,
och sade till honom: hwar äst du? Och han sade: Jag hörde dina röst i lustgårdenom,
och fruktade mig, ty jag är naken, derföre undstack jag mig. (1 Mos. 3: 7–10)
7) And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they
sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
And they heard the voice of the LORD GOD walking in the garden in the cool of the
day; and Adam and his wife hid themselves amongst the trees of the garden.
And the LORD GOD called unto Adam, and said unto him; where art thou?
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and
I hid myself.
(Genesis 3: 7–10)
Before the Fall, Adam and Eve are blind to their nudity and blissfully
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