REYKJAVIK, Iceland – In this land of fire and ice, where the fog-shrouded lava fields offer a spooky landscape in which anything might lurk, stories abound of the "hidden folk" — thousands of elves, ...

Every December, they quietly appear everywhere. In storybooks, films, classroom decorations and Christmas cards, elves are shown hammering toys, checking lists ...

To understand how we arrived at our current vision of elves, you have to rewind past Will Ferrell vehicles, Christmas ...

A small earthen mound is decorated as an “elf house” near Strandakirkja in southern Iceland. An Icelandic group called the Hrauvinir claims that ancient elves of Iceland would be disturbed by the ...

Over the past few months, dozens of environmentalists in Iceland have staged a high-profile protest against a road scheduled to cut through an area of volcanic rock on the Álftanes peninsula, not far ...

Western Christmas tradition centers on the jolly figure of Santa Claus and his workshop manned by adorably cheery elves at the North Pole. Fantasy is dominated by figures like J.R.R. Tolkien’s ...

In The Lord of the Rings and most other fantasy stories that followed Elves and Dwarves are portrayed as opposites. In terms ...

Santa’s elves have many responsibilities, as we know from countless books, movies and holiday TV specials. They make toys in Santa’s workshop, help him deliver gifts and look out for which children ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - In this land of fire and ice, where the fog-shrouded lava fields offer a spooky landscape in which anything might lurk, stories abound of the "hidden folk" — thousands of elves, ...