in the Three Billy Goats Gruff?
I always wondered what he did with the horns when I was a kid.
2006-09-02 19:46:29 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Less heartburn than horses
horns were used as coat hooks in their cave dwellings
2006-09-02 22:41:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having seen cats hunt birds and mice, I didn't wonder about troll diets when I was a kid. On the other hand, I wondered about the sanity of the readers of these fables, because they seemed to truly believe that animals could talk, and although I was only three, I could clearly see that even the two year olds of my acquaintance knew that animals could not talk. But somehow none of the adults had been clued in. Curious. Unsettling, too, because I felt that they weren't too reliable as a result.
This was also why I didn't believe the Jesus stories, either. I tried to reproduce a few of the miracles of the New Testament, and it didn't work (even if I wore a bedsheet and my older sister's wig (to appear as Christlike as possible) while tapping the water jugs or attempting to rescusicate dead earthworms like Lazarus.
Spying on my toys through the crack between the door jamb and door of the closet to see if they got up and talked and walked a la Raggedy Ann stories produced no results except a knot on my forehead when I fell forward (sound asleep when someone opened the closet door).
Consequently, the only person I trusted when I was small was my father, who didn't fill my head with such nonsense except when he carefully prefaced it with a warning that the story he was about to relate was all make-beileve.
To this very day, he is the person I've trusted most in the whole wide world.
2006-09-03 03:31:51 · answer #2 · answered by nora22000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you ever smelled a billy goat then you'd know why humans, who've always maligned the poor trolls, would have told a story like that. It's vile and the idea to eat that and enjoy it must have been one of the most disgusting things imaginable.
If I were a troll I'd decorate my helmet with the horns, or make lots of them into a breast plate. Would make great armour.
2006-09-03 04:39:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something about goats and sheep which reminded the troll / giant about humans .
2006-09-03 03:57:56 · answer #4 · answered by skeetejacquelinelightersnumber7 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because a troll eats anything....and if you've lived under a bridge for so long eating nothing but bark and leaves...you'd jump at the chance to eat meat too.
As far as the horns, well....maybe he made furniture out of them.
2006-09-03 02:53:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wasn't the troll eating the goats. It was the chupacabra :P
2006-09-03 02:52:10 · answer #6 · answered by curiositykillz 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Omigosh!! Now I know why I love to eat goat meat! Nooooooooo!! Nooo! pleaseeee....don't tell me...please I'm not a troll!! hu hu hu waaaaaah!
2006-09-03 02:56:42 · answer #7 · answered by cellm8te 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same reason some people like eating okra or sushi.
2006-09-03 10:41:58 · answer #8 · answered by axis mentis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
trolls love goats because they are greasy and yummy!!
2006-09-03 11:52:16 · answer #9 · answered by LongAgo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a delicacy among trolls. I thought everyone knew that!
2006-09-03 02:58:27 · answer #10 · answered by Lone Ranja™ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋