The Troll Shoes
Shoes worn by a troll in a Swedish folk tale. In the tale 'The Troll Shoes', the troll's footwear, or the wearing of it, lets a human stride over mountains or move faster than thought, and the shoes are won or put on during the tale's test. The wonder-shoes belong to a wider family of magic footwear in Nordic tales, where boots or shoes carry the wearer across any distance, the same gift that appears in tales of seven-league boots elsewhere in Europe. Winning them usually demands courage or a clever bargain with the troll, and wearing them well shows the hero's worth. The troll's shoes are a t