It's hard to find anyone in Iceland who will say with certainty they don't believe in elves. As Icelander Sibba Karls says, 'You see, the thing is, they don't want to rule it out … this is part of the culture. It's just part of life.'
. As Icelander Sibba Karls told us,"You see, the thing is, they don't want to rule it out … this is part of the culture. It's just part of life."There, she gives tours to those who want to learn more about the so-called Hidden People — who include gnomes, dwarves and trolls — living in the area.
Karls also tells stories that have become part of Icelandic lore, including several about lost children who were sheltered by elves. Her own uncle said an elf helped him tend sheep when he was a child, and gave him a rock as a gift. Eventually, the rock was lost. "If we cross them, or try to break down their house or do something they don't like,” Karls says, “they will put a spell on them and something bad will happen."
That sentiment isn't just in elf capital Hafnarfjarðar. Back in Reykjavik, Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, Iceland's“Most Icelanders you meet, if you would ask them whether they believe in elves, trolls, Hidden People, they would say 'I cannot out-rule that they exist. And that is my answer,’ ” Guðbrandsson says.
And Skarphéðinsson provides statistics."I’ve met more than 900 Icelanders and 500 foreigners from 40 countries that have seen elves. Three hundred and eighty have talked to them; 170 have talked with them more than once; 65 or 70 have had a lifetime friendship with them ...; and 15 or 16 have been invited into their houses in another dimension,” he says.
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