[MR] a little history on the terms we use

[Brett W. McCoy]

kjworz at comcast.net wrote:

> I remember a Geography Professor discussing ancient narratives.
> Prehistoric stuff.  He related a theory that there are some kids
> stories that go back to our caveman days, and the story of the troll
> bridge and the 3 billy-goats gruff was one of them.  So the term
> troll may be WAY prior to period.

We don't know that the word troll was actually used in those prehistoric 
stories... they could have used something that meant 'monster', 'ape', 
'mean guy from across the valley', etc.  There's no question that the 
word is a period word (it comes from Teutonic mythology).

-- Istvan
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