Icelandic folklore deeply influences modern life, where beliefs in hidden people like elves and gnomes impact construction ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Watch out! What happens if you look at the solar eclipse? It's as eye-damaging as it is eye-catching. In ancient China, the sun-devouring animal was said to be a heavenly dog, Krupp said, adding that ...

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.

No stranger to extreme challenges, Britain's Ross Edgley is battling towering waves and swimming past orcas as he takes on everything Iceland can throw at him.