{"id":5236,"date":"2013-02-21T20:24:41","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T03:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=5236"},"modified":"2013-02-22T11:49:51","modified_gmt":"2013-02-22T18:49:51","slug":"the-hidden-folk-of-iceland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=5236","title":{"rendered":"The Hidden Folk of Iceland"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"“Two nations live in this country \u2014 the Icelandic nation and this invisible nation.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Hulduf\u00f3lk 102<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>is a wonderful 2006 documentary about Icelanders’ relationship with the Hidden Folk (elves, fairies) in their landscape. You can watch it online here (74 min.)<\/a> Here is the trailer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One of my favorite parts starts eight minutes in, when a primary school teacher is explaining to the kids<\/em> how the elves live in a boulder.<\/p>\n

Only one of the numerous people interviewed is obviously New Age-y, with her talk about earth chakras, etc. And there is one guy in sort-of medieval Norse garb, his cap decorated with runes, who is described in the subtitle as a “sorcerer.” (Some people are speaking English, some Icelandic with subtitles.) The rest are pretty much down-to-earth Icelanders, a couple of whom describe their own outlooks as Pagan and\/or Heathen.<\/p>\n

You have heard stories about roads being routed around “inhabited” spots? Here is a civil engineer who did it.<\/p>\n

Also\u00a0 the land itself: mountains, geysers, rocky coasts, cliffs \u2014 wonderful as well.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Bad link to complete film now fixed.<\/p>\n

(Hat tip to Galina Krasskova<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Two nations live in this country \u2014 the Icelandic nation and this invisible nation.” Hulduf\u00f3lk 102\u00a0is a wonderful 2006 documentary about Icelanders’ relationship with the Hidden Folk (elves, fairies) in their landscape. You can watch it online here (74 min.) Here is the trailer. 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