2006-10-08 18:34:22 · 12 answers · asked by ALEE V 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Gremlins were a way to explain inexplicable failures of mechanical devices or missing tools and the like. They were particular popular in the WWII era with aircraft. Bugs Bunny even squared off against one.
Trolls might come from ancestorial memories of earlier indigneous inhabitants in certain countries. In Europe for example, these might have been the earlier non-Indo-Europeans. In England, trolls might have been the Stone Henge culture or even the paleolithic hunters before them that were pushed into the fringes forced to live in caves and such and wary of the newcomers. These "trolls" might have only come out at night to hunt or occasionally ambush the newcomers.
2006-10-08 19:27:49 · answer #1 · answered by samurai_dave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aren't trolls people that sit online and harass people? Gremlins are glitches in the works, so to speak. Although Gremlins were originallly associated with superstitious thoughts about mechanical objects, they are now today recognized as thinking errors or psychological negativity.
Yes, these are both metaphors, just like today's "ghosts" are sad memories that people can't quite block out of their memory...
I'm not sure what the modern conceptual metaphor is for Yeti in other cultures. Maybe in China this is a metaphor for someone that is always giving people the cold shoulder?
2006-10-09 11:15:33 · answer #2 · answered by Cheshire Cat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My sister is a Troll and she once drove a Gremlin.
2006-10-09 01:37:16 · answer #3 · answered by Rusty 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gremlins DO exist check out this site : http://www.gremlinx.com/1974project.htm
2006-10-09 03:54:03 · answer #4 · answered by mike 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
To learn about why certain people believe in this kind of stuff, you need to look into the history of folklore. Then you will know where these legends and fairytales originate, and how they have had influence on civilization throughout the years.
2006-10-09 01:37:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To follow up on samurai_dave's answer, trolls came from the Norse; crazy mountain-rock monsters. They in turn spread it to the British Isles.
2006-10-09 06:16:33 · answer #6 · answered by angk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love Gremlins. No food after midnight and don't get them wet. :)
2006-10-09 01:42:16 · answer #7 · answered by Fleur de Lis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those little trolls scare the **** out of me.
2006-10-09 01:40:14 · answer #8 · answered by frisco415 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you knew my first wife's family, you wouldn't need to ask this.
2006-10-09 07:53:30 · answer #9 · answered by Meow the cat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but if you caught one, I want it.
2006-10-09 01:35:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋