The Troll Who Captured a Princess
A classic Faroese folk tale collected by Jakob Jakobsen tells of a troll who lived in a cave and captured a princess to pick lice from his hair. Three brothers set out to rescue her. The elder two brothers failed, but the youngest—helped by the princess who threw him a ball of yarn to track the cave entrance—confronted the troll. The troll tried to trick the boy but was outwitted. When the troll gained entry to the king's house by picking the Faroese wooden lock (hvölpalás), the boy killed him. The treacherous brothers claimed credit, but the princess revealed the truth. The youngest brother m