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==In popular culture== Trolls have appeared in many works of modern fiction, most often in the [[fantasy]] genre, with classic examples being the portrayal of trolls in works such as [[Troll (Middle-earth)|in Tolkien's Middle-earth]]<ref name="Eden 2014">{{cite book|last=Hartley|first=Gregory|url=http://www.academia.edu/download/60767850/Civilized_Goblins_and_Talking_Animals_-_Preprint_Draft.pdf|title=The Hobbit and Tolkien's mythology : essays on revisions and influences |publisher=McFarland |year=2014|isbn=978-0-7864-7960-3|editor=[[Bradford Lee Eden]] |volume=Part III: Themes|chapter=Civilized goblins and Talking Animals: How The Hobbit Created Problems of Sentience for Tolkien|oclc=889426663}}{{dead link|date=July 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> or the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' [[roleplaying game]].<ref name="Dummies">{{cite book|last1=Slavicsek|first1=Bill|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xNU7E01MCEgC&q=%22mind+flayer%22&pg=PA361 |title=Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies|last2=Baker|first2=Rich|last3=Grubb|first3=Jeff |publisher=For Dummies|year=2006|isbn=978-0-7645-8459-6|pages=373|access-date=2009-02-12 |author-link=Bill Slavicsek|author-link2=Richard Baker (game designer)|author-link3=Jeff Grubb}}</ref><ref>{{cite conference |url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02910410/document |title=La mythologie nordique dans Donjons & Dragons - Entre réception et stéréotypes |last=Di Filippo |first=Laurent |date=2018 |publisher=Didaskalie |book-title=Les clichés dans l'histoire |pages=75–90 |location=Chazey-sur-Ain |conference=Fest'Ain d'Histoire |language=fr |trans-title=Norse mythology in Dungeons & Dragons - Between reception and stereotypes}}</ref> Beginning in the 1950s, [[Troll dolls]] were a popular toy based on the folklore creature. Trolls based on the dolls appeared in the [[Hollywood movie|Hollywood]] animated movie ''[[Trolls (film)|Trolls]]'' (2016) and its subsequent sequels [[Trolls World Tour]]'' (2020), and ''[[Trolls Band Together]]'' (2023). ''[[Troll (2022 film)|Troll]]''<ref name="Netflix">{{Cite web |date=2022-09-05 |title=Roar Uthaug's Troll Launches on Netflix on December 1 |url=https://about.netflix.com/en/news/roar-uthaugs-troll-launches-on-netflix-on-december-1 |access-date=2022-12-11 |language=en-US}}</ref> is the name, and main antagonist, of a 2022 Norwegian movie released by [[Netflix]] on December 1, 2022. [[Rolf Lidberg]] was a Swedish artist well known for his troll illustrations. The Danish artist [[Thomas Dambo]] has created from recycled wood a series of monumental troll sculptures that can be seen in several botanic gardens and similar installations.
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