Brian Froud's Trolls - Beautiful Book review
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- My review of Brian Froud's Trolls by Brian and Wendy Froud, published by Abrams
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You remind me that I have these books, somewhere 😐Lovely to be reminded! 😬These are lovely aren't they. Thanks as always for sharing!
Looks like a fascinating book! When it comes to trolls and statues, we have very few in Denmark. We do, however, have many many names for nature spirits trolls among these.
Vætter: (a kind of land spirit, though they can also live in huge stones)
Nisser: (a house vætte or house spirit really a "Vætte" that has moved in among people, feed them well an prosper, if you don't your best cow will die - he is vindictive at times)
Huldre: (old female troll, living in old trees usually benign)
Nøkken: (a violin or harp player, male that pulls children into his dead, dark lake with his music and drowns them)
Tuser or Turser: (Troll) "tusmørke" means twilight or the hour where you see the trolls
Jætter: (powerful nature spirits, but also trolls, the old gods "aserne" fight these relentlessly)
Trold: (troll)
Dødningen (the guardian of the grave mount - not a nice fellow)
Valravn (a supernatural raven, who has gained power by eating the flesh of a fallen king)
Helhest (three legged sickly and sometimes headless horse guarding the grave or calling down death upon your family if you see him or her)
Those are just a few - I believe most Scandinavians have this dark part of their nature deep down, we are a silent and brooding lot many of us. Part of our history I guess. But of course also very human. It's all about scaring children so that they do not do stupid things. Very common of course - fables and dark tales are a part of every civilisation.
Woah! Amazing! :D Thank you so much for taking the time to write these all up! Yes! Eat your peas, or the Huldre will getcha! :D I do, however think the lore is fascinating... And might have more to it than just frightening kids into being safe. Hm... I'd want to do a lot more research before asserting that for sure though! :D
He should start an ASMR channel.
This is really a beautiful book. I remember as a child of the 80s having a troll pop up book (I’m guessing the pop up I had was frouds the art work is very similar, and just before you pointed out the connection to the dark crystal I was there thinking this looks very similar to the creatures in the dark crystal, and also labyrinth. Beautiful stuff thank you)
Ah, man, a pop-up book of Froud's art would be AMAZING!
His voice is as smooth as silk.
Thank you for your kind words! Glad you like it 😄🙏
I just finished binging Dark Crystal Resistance n watched The Dark Crystal Documentary an came across the artistic inspiration behind Jim Henson Dark Crystal .MR. Brian Froud his works are legendary this video was awesome I want to get a copy asap an also the Fairies book u showcased at beginning of video ....CHEERS
Did you get them?
maaan its like 4x this amount now! I'm still keen to get it tho lol
Gorgeous book, thanks for showing it to us!!
:D You're welcome!
Man, I Just love froud works, its peak folklore.
Stay tuned. Faeries Tales review coming up shortly 😉
@@FoolishFishBooks Awww yeah!
I love Froud's work. If I had the cash I get everything he puts out.
Ah, same, for sure! I'm looking at Faeries' Tales right now, unfortunately no same price-reduction...
Why are these books only in English?🥺
Many books of Brian Froud can be found in many languages, specially the most famous.
♥Foolish Fish