This is our beloved Finnish Troll called RÖLLI. He belongs to the wicked trolls called Rölli and wants to very much to be just like them, an evil wicked Rölli. But unfortunately - or rather luckily - he quite does not succeed in this. In the reality, he is quite charming, intelligent and even good. Which is rather a naughty word for the Rölli Trolls.
And our Rölli the Troll has many very interesting friends. He belongs to a society called "The Weird Creatures", in Finnish "Omituisten otusten kerho".
He even falls in love with a good Wood Sprite called Milli, who belongs to the Tribe of the Spirits of the Wood. They are rather gnomish-like wood fairies.
These pictures are from the movie "Rölli and the Wood Sprite" in Finnish "Rölli ja metsänhenki". It is a fairy-tale and fantasy story for children and child-minded people. "Rölli the Troll " appeared first as a childern´s TV show, and the show and the character are really very famous and popular in Finland. There are many casettes and CDs of the Rölli Songs sung by the character figure Rölli and also many of his adventures are on tapes and discs, too. The actor of our Rölli is Allu Tuppurainen, a Finnish man who is originally from my home county, Savo, but has since moved on.
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P.S. This story about the trollish Rölli and his love Milli the Wood Spirit reminds me of another Finnish fairy-tale named "Pessi and Illusia". And in my mind the best way to tell the story of Pessi and Illusia is a beautiful and melancholic old Finnish Song, sung by Tapio Rautavaara and composed and lyrics by Reino Helismaa, named in Finnish "Päivänsäde ja Menninkäinen" and translated in English as "Ray of Day and Spirit of Night".
Luckily after a search I found this song´s lyrics also in English, probably translated by a Finnish artist called Apulanta, for your delight and benefit ;-) Here you are:
Ray of day and spirit of night
When the sun finished her tour, one of her sisters lingered around:
the last Ray of Day.
Twilight crawled into the forest; golden-winged Ray of Day
was just going to flee in front of it,
when she saw little Spirit of Night coming toward her;
who had just gotten up out of his cave.
You see, Spirit of Night can, before the end of day,
never set foot above the ground.
They looked at each other. Spirit of Night, in his chest
felt a warm glow.
Said: "You're burning my eyes, but, in my life,
I have never seen anything as wonderful!
What does it matter, though your shine blinds me;
it's good living in the dark.
Come with me, then I'll show you the way to my home cave,
and take you there as my lover."
Ray said: "My dear troll, darkness takes my soul away,
and I don't desire death.
Away I have to go quickly; if I don't soon fly toward the light,
I can not live any moment longer!"
Thus left beautiful Ray of Day, but still,
while Spirit of Night walks in the dark,
he thinks: "Why is here one a child of the light,
and loves the other the night?"
I have also once played a role of a Wood Spirit named "Blueberry" in a LARP - a live-action-role-playing game - based on the world of the Rölli. It was real fun! To play to be in reality a fantasy fairy-tale figure, a Wood Spirit, and to immerse myself for a moment into fantasy world, all safely.
And here in the end, some links for your interest:
- Trollish Art Dolls created by Toini Sorvari-Huhtanen:http://www.taidenuket.com/sivusto/template.asp?kieli=fin&content=5#
- The English and Finnish lyrics of the "Ray of Day and Spirit of Night": http://lirama.net/song/134247/134843+134841
~HAVE A FUNNY AND HAPPY AND TROLLISH DAY!~
Hope you have a great day.
EileenDallaEileenDalla
04:04 PM EET