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''The Sea of Trolls'' is a fantasy novel for children, written by Nancy Farmer and published by Atheneum in 2004. It inaugurated the unofficially titled Sea of Trolls series, which Farmer continued in 2007 and 2009.〔 . Retrieved 2012-04-15. Select a title to see its linked publication history and general information. Select a particular edition (title) for more data at that level, such as a front cover image or linked contents.〕 ==Plot summary== The Sea of Trolls is set in Anglo-Saxon England, Scandinavia, and the mythical realm of Jotunheim. Jack Crookleg the main character of the book is being trained by a famous skald (bard) named Dragon Tongue who lived in a Rowan house at the edge of Jack's village. His training as a bard had not been completed when he was captured by Viking raiders along with his younger sister Lucy (ages 11 and 5 at the beginning of the book; 12 and 6 when captured). The pair are captured as slaves meant to be sold when they reached land. On board the Viking ship Jack meets, and ultimately, befriends Thorgil, a young would-be berserker and shield maiden, and Olaf, the leader of the raiders along with Boldheart the crow whom Jack had met back at his native village. The Northmen intend to sell Jack and Lucy at the slave market to "Picts", but the two thralls are spared because Lucy is Thorgil's first capture and Jack is revealed to be a bard. Olaf decides to keep Jack as his personal ''skald'' (Viking term for bard) to sing praises and songs for Olaf himself and Thorgil decides to give Lucy as a present to King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll wife, Queen Frith. When they arrive at the court nothing goes as planned. Jack is sentenced to menial labor and made to clean the barn by other older thralls that lived in Olaf's property. There Jack encounters the deadly troll-pig, Golden Bristles, who is to be sacrificed to the goddess, Freya, by being placed in a wooden cart and left to sink in a bog. After singing Olaf One-Brow's praise-song for the Northman's homecoming, Jack inadvertently makes Queen Frith lose her hair. Queen Frith threatens to sacrifice Lucy (instead of the troll-pig) to the goddess Freya, because Jack set Golden Bristles free. However, Frith allows Jack a chance to save Lucy and their freedom if he can make her hair grow back, which is much more difficult than she makes it sound. Jack goes with Olaf and Thorgil to Jotunheim, land of the Trolls, to seek the mythic Mimir's Well, a well with magical water (song mead) which gives the drinker knowledge, at the roots of the world tree Yggdrasil. Olaf One-Brow is killed in a battle with a "trollbear," a gigantic bear native to Jotunheim. Jack and Thorgil are captured by a female mother dragon, but Bold Heart the crow tricks the dragon and enables Jack and Thorgil to escape. Thorgil slays the baby male dragon but gets some blood on her tongue, allowing her to speak with birds. On the way Jack also visits the queen of the Jotuns (Trolls), as he needs her consent to continue seeking Mimir's Well. He finds the tree Yggdrasil and Mimir's Well. Both he and Thorgil drink from the well, and Jack saves some for Rune, a skald (bard) who teaches Jack poetry. With the knowledge Jack gains from drinking from Mimir's Well, he returns to the land of Northman to restore Frith's hair. Upon return, Jack and company are summoned to the court. Jack explains to Queen Frith that she needs to cut off 1/3 of the hair from her troll cats but no more to restore her hair. She doesn't listen and cuts all of the cats' hair off. As a result, Frith's hair grows everywhere not just back on her head. She runs off crazed. Later Olaf's oldest son takes over the role of captain of Olaf's ship and sailes Jack and Lucy back to their village. Upon return, Jack finds his mother and learns that Dragon Tongue, his mentor, has been a mad person ever since Jack and Lucy had been captured by the Northmen. He goes to see Dragon Tongue with Bold Heart and Dragon Tongue's heart stops beating. Jack gives Dragon Tongue the remaining mead from Mimir's Well and he comes back to life. Dragon Tongue tells him that he had become a crow during the voyage. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Sea of Trolls」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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