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Many Icelanders Believe in Elves

by Libby Casey, Fall 2007 IRP Fellow
Reprinted with permission of NPR's "All Things Considered"

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December 23, 2007

Many in Iceland believe human-sized elves may dwell in the lava rocks and hillsides. This belief is so persistent that Icelanders halt construction projects or divert roads to avoid disturbing the mythical folk.

Fall 2007 IRP Fellow Libby Casey

Libby Casey interviews Sigabjor Karlsdottir, or
Sibba, the “elf expert” in Hafnarfjordur, a port town
outside Reykjavik that is Iceland’s self-declared
“elf capital.”

Libby Casey from member station KUAC reports.

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