The Boy Who Had an Eating Match with a Troll is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe. The troll is, as commonly depicted, not very intelligent and has poor vision, while the boy is c
Illustration by Theodor Kittelsen, Meeting the troll
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The youngest son is a stock character in fairy tales, where he features as the hero. He is usually the third son, but sometimes there are more brothers, and sometimes he has only one; usually, they ha
The Boy Who Had an Eating Match with a Troll
…a forest he owned, to pay off debts. A troll threatened them as they came, one by one; the two older ones allowed themselves to be chased off, but the youngest son (known in Norwegian as Askeladden 'Ash-lad', or called Boots in some versions), asked his mother for food before going out. When the troll threatened…
Illustration by Warwick Goble to Beauty and the Beast: the heroine is the youngest daughter in her family.
The heroine of Diamonds and Toads is the younger of two sisters.