Chasing Trolls

Yule is also a good time to chase out ill-meaning wights like mischievous elves, dwarves, and trolls. Though it's said that wights are who they are, and some serve a purpose, some are just trolls - ugly dwarves or fiends - and unpredictable... and sending them back to where they came from is good for both them and us.

HERE'S WHAT ONE FAMILY DOES:

Towards the end of the night of our Yule Feast, we grab our large family Thor's Hammer (He likes to chase Trolls), and a fire source such as a candle, and some noise makers, like drums that can sound like the thunder Thor is known for. We then form a procession to go through the house waving the hammer and fire while drumming and rattling and shouting, _"Out Trolls, out Trolls!"" scare these ill meaning wights out of the house.

This year we'll try incorporating a version of the chasing out that comes from an Icelandic custom called "_bidding the alfs to home_"...

The house-mother would sweep everywhere, in every corner, then kindle lights all through the house, whereever their might be a shadow. She then went out and around the dwelling, some say three times, and spoke,

'Come, those who wish to come; stay those who wish to stay; and fare, those who wish to fare, harmless to me and mine.'

('Arni Bj"ornsson, J'ol 'a 'Islandi, pp 138-139) ^2

Source: Hex Magazine

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