Talk:The Silent Audience—A Historical Note/@comment-4849011-20160814002759/@comment-4849011-20160914003049

Oh, you'll have to tell me the original version of the drum story sometime! Here's the troll story. There was a holy man named Nicodemus (I think that was it) who wanted to build a church. Trolls normally didn't like churches because of the loud bells calling people to prayer, but one volunteered to build it. He said he didn't want money, but if Nicodemus didn't guess his name within forty days, he'd have to give him the sun, the moon, and both his eyes. Nicodemus agreed, thinking he could do it, but on the thirty-ninth day he still hadn't correctly guessed the troll's name. That night he went for a walk in the woods to do some thinking. He saw a light in the distance and came across a group of trolls dancing around a bonfire. They sang, "Papa Finn will be here soon/He will bring the Sun and the Moon/Daytime, nighttime, and likewise/Both Nicodemus's eyes." The next morning, when Nicodemus came to the newly-built church, the troll was putting the cross on the newly-built steeple. Nicodemus called, "Finn, I say, that cross is crooked!" and Finn was so startled that he fell to his death.