“Why So Many Icelanders Still Believe in Invisible Elves”
Last night, I watched “Eurovision” with Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams. It’s quirky and funny, and I especially loved that it’s set in Iceland — a place I’ve researched and was planning to visit next summer (COVID-dependant).
Rachel’s character Sigrit brings gifts to the elves and asks for their favor. And they play another funny role that would be a spoiler to disclose. (Watch the movie if you like quirky humor.)
I hadn’t heard about Icelanders believing in elves, so I did a bit of Googling. Lo and behold — it’s actually a thing!
This article made me chuckle many times. It’s such backward and childlike thinking, but it seems largely innocent of causing harm (other than delaying road projects), and it adds a fun idea for tourist stops. Thoughts?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Thanks for recommending a movie i never heard of, it sounds delightful! I found it on Netflix. Tomorrow night, with popcorn!
AnneWimsey
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July 20, 2020
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Leprechauns elves spirits from the earth are usually harmless in gardens and lawns maybe Iceland geysers/volcanoes are tended by Alice & the 7 dwarfs ? Believers make shit up for little kids and dying old folks headed for graves
Larry68Feminist
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July 19, 2020
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Make sure you book your Iceland Trip when all this is over. I was there 13 years ago and it was the most amazing vacation I've been on. The scenery is spectacular. The people are friendly and polite. It's an awesome country
dermot235
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July 19, 2020
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I was suppose to leave Aug 19 for 6 days there 
I was so excited - meeting my friend from Norway there, staying with her cousin, doing a 5k, trying out their 'baths', riding the ponies and doing some awesome hiking....
Heidi68
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July 19, 2020
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@Heidi69 Aww, I’m so sad for you! 
I’ve fully planned a 12-day trip out there for next summer ... I chose which cities I’d be staying in, how long in each, what activities we would do in each region. I was literally just about to book hotels when the 
hit the fan.
I can’t stop thinking about Iceland and sooooo crave to visit. We’ll just have to wait things out, I guess. 
Well, some people still believe in Sana Clause.
Jolanta
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July 19, 2020
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@Apunzelle xmas time is for xians but leave oatmeal raisin coconut cookies and a Grain Belt beer for Santa, I shall fill your stockings with glee ! Growing my white beard now and ordering the right numbers of coal lumps & gifts for everyone in my sleigh....tiny reindeer are fat & happy with their practice flights
@Larry68Feminist Christmas is actually a pagan holiday supplanted by Christians. That’s why they left it the original December 25, even though Jesus was said to be born in spring, possibly April (per their Bible).
Either way, there’s a “religious” Christmas and there’s a cultural Christmas. I celebrate the latter — and with much joy, gusto, and belief in Santa! 
@Apunzelle there was no alleged vaginal virgin birth of an alleged baby gawd in a dirty donkey stable Saturnalia year zero. The calendar was not invented until 6 centuries after real King Herod died 4 bce additional evidence the bible story is 100% fiction written over 8 decades after the alleged crucifixion survival year 29 ce .... there are so many pagan traditions 2200 years old that alleging xmas is December 25 event year zero is ludicrous hoax of 17 centuries after real Emperor Constantine
Love your inner tinkerbell.
thinkwithme
Level 7
July 19, 2020
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Walt Disney was an Atheist bringing joy and science/nature films to all who loved him/his Mouseketeers
Here’s another fun read about Icelands’s elves:
“Elves Are So Real in Iceland They Even Have Their Own Homes”
Apunzelle
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July 19, 2020
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Iceland is one nation that puts banksters and zionists IN JAIL not office like TrumpOLINI and BidenS WWW.HOWIEHAWKINS.US elect Howie and USA will be alot like Iceland with geothermal wave solar wind powered hydrogen cars and free healthcare....how are the Rekyvik leaders preventing or handling the virus ??
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