March 11, 2009


Elves

Elves are occasionally thought to disrupt construction in some parts of Iceland:

According to a poll conducted in 2007, 54 percent of Icelanders don’t deny the existence of elves and 8 percent believe in them outright, although only 3 percent claim to have encountered one personally. The ability to see the huldufólk, or hidden folk, can’t be learned; you’re just born with it. To find elves, seers don’t really need to do anything—they’ll just sense an elfin presence. The Vanity Fair article says that elf detection can take six months, but it’s usually a quick process that can last under an hour. And although the magazine claims that a “government expert” had to certify the nonexistence of elves, the Icelandic Embassy insists that these consults are performed by freelancers, not government contractors.

posted by Andrew Simone in culture, mysticism, nature, odd 

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One Response to “Elves”

  1. Rick Neece on March 11th, 2009 at 8:24 pm

    I sensed an elfin presence just this morning. Turned out I was just a little gassy.

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