Trolls are supernatural beings in Norse Mythology, who dwell in mountains, caves and live together in family groups. In some folk tales they are ugly in others they say they look like humans but live life hermits or isolated in mountains with their families.
* I am going to make a troll or Gnome as part of my installation.
John Bauer; trolls
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where as Gnomes, one of the Scandinavian names for Gnomes are Tomte which was originally coined by Saint Birgitta of Sweden in the 1300s. They are also known as Nisse in Norway and Denmark. Gnomes are believed to live for 400 years, are industrious, kind, and wise. Family is important to them, and they almost always merry. Female gnomes give birth only once, usually to twins. They always live in rural areas, sometimes even on (or below) farms, and will give advice to farmers. They are seen as guardians of nature and animals. Although they are kind to humans, gnomes are still very secretive; they never allow humans to know the location of their burrows, never teach non-gnomes their language, and appear only when they want to.
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Gnome#cite_note-beryl-2
My attempt at making a troll or gnome;
I used knitted fabric and stuffing for the body and head and the had to the left is made of cotton Scandinavian print fabric and the beard is acrylic and viscose yarn.
The pattern is based on a old early 90's American style troll doll pattern.
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