Northern mythology

there suffered great hardships ;
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but that one night he liad
dreamed that a man came to him and said: "Dost thou
still hold thy father dear V and on his answering "Yes/'
it was as if all chains and walls were broken. During
this narrative happening to raise his hand to his neck, he
found that a piece of the iron chain still remained there.
At this they were struck dumb with amazement, and went
to Lynge, where they hung the piece of chain up in the
church as a memorial.
Not far from Soro is the village of Pedersborg, a little
beyond which is another called Lynge. Between these
two places there is a mount called Brondhoi, which is said
to be inhabited by Troll-folk. Among these there was an
old jealous Troll, on whom the others had bestowed the
name of Knurremurre; because through him there was
often dissension and ill-feeling in the mount. It once
reached the ears of this old Knurremurre that there was too
close an intimacy between his young wife and a young Troll,
which the old Troll took so much amiss that he threatened
the life of the other, who consequently deemed it advisable
to flee from the mount, and betake himself, transformed
into a yellow cat, to the village of Lynge, under which
form he ingratiated himself with a poor housekeeper named
Piatt. With him he lived a considerable time, got milk
and porridge every day, and lay from morning till
night
in the easy-chair behind the stove. One evening Piatt
came home just as puss in his usual place was lapping
some porridge and licking the pot. " Well, mother,^'
said the man, " I will now tell thee what happened to me
on my way home. As I was passing by Brondhoi, a Troll
came out and called to me, saying :
tell your cat that Knurremurre is dead.' ''
^ Holla you, Piatt
!
At these words
the cat rose on his hind legs, let the pot roll and said,
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