as you wish to be treated yourself then they return favours for favours if however you are mean to them they will seek their revenge.
Trolls are nocturnal creatures and are supposed to be very sensitive to the sun and they turn to stone if caught by the rays of the Sun. One of the most dramatic and my personal favourite troll is Hvitserkur, a troll cow in fact which is forever drinking the sea water on the northwest coast. Also in the north we have Dimmuborgir, which my guide pointed out is a famous site with the tourists. The story is that some Trolls that were distracted by having so much fun enjoying a picnic, they forgot that in the summer the sun comes earlier unfortunately turning them into seven huge fortifications.
Gryla is Iceland´s most famous troll woman and it is believed that she is the mother of the 13 Icelandic Christmas lads. Gryla is apparently well known for stealing naughty children to put into her bubbling cauldron. These lads used to creep down from the hillside in the thirteen days running up to Christmas to wreck havoc on unsuspecting families, stealing things and generally making mischeif. I must admit that when I was told some of the names of these lads Curd Glutton, Peeping Tom, Bowl Licker and Door Slammer, I pointed out to my guide that they would be locked up in England for some of that behaviour. The lads are not as bad as they sound however, as they leave behind small gifts in children’s shoes in the run up to Christmas.
My guide then told me about the Huldufolk (I looked up the spelling of this when I got home, it took me a few tries!) this means “hidden people” and it was explained to me that their origins concern Eve (I presume she meant Adam’s Eve). Now