81-Trolls: Breakups

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2017

⏱️ 34 minutes

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An episode with a story from Scandinavia about trolls. Not the internet kind. No, these are the less annoying ones that will murder you in the forest. Two creatures this week! And they are dogs! And Myths and Legends will ruin dogs for you, too! Sponsors: Check out http://www.audible.com/myths for a free 30-day trial membership (and to get a free audible book). If you play your cards right, you could get 62 hours of Stephen Fry narrating Sherlock Holmes. I was an English major so this will only be a rough estimate, but I believe that breaks down to $0/per hour to listen to Sherlock Holmes for 62 hours. Audible has a massive catalog, excellent actors, and exclusive content. Check them out. Also, we're on Spotify! Go to http://spotify.com/podcasts and find us down in the storytellers category. It's a great app and an excellent way to find the most popular shows.

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0:00.0	This is a quick disclaimer. This week gets a little gruesome, and might not be appropriate for young kids.
0:06.0	Check out mythpodcast.com for more info. This week, on the Myths and Legends podcast,
0:11.2	this is a story from Scandinavian folklore, and you'll see that if your significant other has a
0:15.1	corpse room, and almost worst of all, barely even bothers to hide sig corpse room, it might be a good
0:21.7	time to end it. Just make sure it's on your terms. On the creature of the week, Myths and Legends
0:26.5	ruin something else. This time, it's making friends with random dogs.
0:34.9	This is the Myths and Legends podcast, episode 81. Breakups.
0:44.3	This is a podcast where I tell stories from mythology and folklore. Some are incredibly popular
0:49.0	stories you think you know, but with surprising origins. Others are stories you might not have
0:53.2	heard, but really should. Before starting this story this week, I want to say that this story,
0:58.0	though its folklore set in Scandinavia, has almost nothing to do with Norse mythology.
1:02.6	It's a standalone folktale about people breaking the first rule of the Myths and Legends podcast,
1:07.7	going into the dark forest, alone.
1:10.0	She shivered in the forest twilight. This was a mistake. Of course, she knew she had to find it.
1:27.6	It was her family's only hen. Their only source of income and food. She had to find it.
1:33.8	Her eyes, adjusting to the darkness, deceived her. It got late. Too late.
1:41.9	And she was in the hills. As the forest got darker and leaves tossed on the autumn winds,
1:48.8	the young woman's heartbeat faster. Her voice got weaker and weaker as she called out to the hen.
1:55.5	Then she felt like she saw them. On the edges of her vision, watching her,
2:01.7	waiting for darkness to finally envelop the forest so they could spring their trap.
2:07.9	She knew that these hills weren't safe. There were rumors of hill people, trolls,
2:13.8	evil from the time of the old gods still lurked in the darkness. At first, she thought it was the
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