Re: Translation: Trolls and their Management

For a Melanesian slant on things, take a look at:
http://thslone.tripod.com/masalai.html
Quote:
In Tok Pisin (the pidgin English of Papua New Guinea), a masalai one of the
following:

A masalai can be a malevolent spirit associated with a specific location (such
as a mountain) or specific natural feature (such as a whirlpool). These
generally fall under folklore motifs F400-499.
In a human-like (anthropomorphic) form, a masalai is often a large and/or ugly
cannibal, similar to an ogre. For purposes of the folk-motif index, I
consider a masalai to be an ogre if there is an association with cannibalism
or cannibalistic intent (folklore motifs G300-G699).
Close quote.

Hence my contribution ...  <;^)


On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 12:48, you wrote:
> En réponse à Andreas Johansson :
> >And the trolls we're speaking of are fairly standard Fantasy ones; big
> >ungainly vaguely humanoid creatures, quite bright by any reasonable
> > standards, but typically seem as irredeemably stupid by the sophont
> > species. Widely disliked for considering pretty much anything smaller
> > than themselves as food.
>
> I like thr trolls of Pratchett's Discworld series, silicon beings
> (basically thinking rocks, probably originating from a Creator wanting to
> cut corners when creating life ;)) ) who are not especially hostile (at
> least no more than any other species) but tend not to take into account
> organic life in their frame of reference :)) . They're not evil, just
> oblivious :))) . And they're usually not very smart, their semi-conductive
> brains being by necessity not very efficient :) .
>
> Christophe Grandsire.
>
> http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
>
> You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.
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