Episode 42: Troll (2022)

To kick of 2023 we’re reviewing Troll (2022), a Norwegian movie in which the government enlists the help of a paleontologist to stop a rampaging troll. We dig into mythology, tooth ontogeny, and sexual dimorphism, and determine that taxonomically trolls are monkeys.

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In this episode:

The Myth and Mystery behind Norwegian Trolls: https://adventures.com/blog/norway-trolls/

Iceland diverts roads around elf homes: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/mar/25/iceland-construction-respect-elves-or-else

The Square-Cube Law: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SquareCubeLaw

Primate tooth eruption: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ajpa.1330370608

Primate skeletal traits: https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/humans-are-primates/

Hypsodonty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypsodont

Orangutan sexual dimorphism: https://www.orangutan.com/orangutan-facts/

Neanderthals, Scandinavian Trolls, and Troglodytes: https://www.norwegianamerican.com/neanderthals-scandinavian-trolls-and-troglodytes/

The Smith and the Devil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smith_and_the_Devil

Theodor Kittelsen’s trolls: http://wunderkammertales.blogspot.com/2016/04/father-of-trolls-art-of-theodor.html

In the Hall of the Mountain King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLp_Hh6DKWc