The Jotunbok: Working with the Giants of the Northern Tradition by Kaldera Raven

Author:Kaldera, Raven [Kaldera, Raven]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781257134489
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2013-03-11T16:00:00+00:00

The phrase rendered here as ‘troll-woman’ is an interesting one. It appears that it’s a translation of the word flagð, a word which is also translated as ogress, giantess, witch, she-wolf. This strongly suggests female energy, then; wild female energy, of a fierce, fearsome, devouring nature, but could also be seen as metaphorically referring to monsters and witches in general.

Compare this passage from the Völuspá. . .

The war I remember, the first in the world,

When the gods with spears had smitten Gullveig,

And in the hall of Hár had burned her,

Three times burned, and three times born,

Oft and again, yet ever she lives.

Heid they named her

When she came to the house,

The wide-seeing witch,

In magic wise;

She performed seið where she could,

Worked seið in a trance,

To evil women

She was always a joy.

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