Inspired by the dramatic landscape of the Westfjords of Iceland in the 1800s and the region’s folklore, the psychological horror film “The Damned” so excels in creating a memorable ...

In Iceland, Slowing Down to Appreciate Folklore and Nature’s Silence After three years in a pandemic, I sought out the most comforting place in the world to recalibrate.

I mean, there are elves and gnomes and everything short of, like, Smurfs. DAVIS: Elves, or as they're sometimes called, the hidden people, form a large part of Iceland's folklore.

However, in the Norse lands — particularly Iceland — folklore takes a darker turn. The Yule Cat (or Christmas Cat) is a fearsome feline from Icelandic folklore.

Mythical elves often called the "hidden people" are a key part of Iceland's folklore. In Iceland, Elf School Is In Session SUSAN DAVIS, HOST: There's a bunch of different ways you can spend a ...

Inuit folklore, said Todd Young, director of the Fred G. Dale Planetarium at Wayne State College in Nebraska, had a more benign explanation: The sun and the moon were a warring brother and sister.

My condolences to the children of Iceland. While many Christmas celebrations around the world are full of tidings of comfort, joy, and rampant consumerism, for young Icelanders it’s a time of ...

Some folklore explains the return of the sun, Wayne State's Young said: It's way too hot to eat, so the frog or wolf or snake spits it out. But ancient people weren't always content to wait.