Looking for the hidden folk : how Iceland's elves can help save the earth
by Brown, Nancy Marie (Author)
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"Icelanders believe in elves. Why does that make you laugh? asks Nancy Marie Brown, in this wonderfully quirky exploration of our interaction with nature. Looking for answers in history, science, religion, and art--from ancient times to today--Brown finds that each discipline defines what is real an... Full description
Table of Contents:
- One.
- The elf lobby
- Icelanders believe in elves
- Otherworlds
- Two.
- The island that likes to be visited
- Thought and memory
- Walking withershins
- Three.
- Windows
- Seeing is believing
- The volcano show
- Send cash, not ash
- Four.
- Elf stories
- Doors
- The house of the steward
- A kind troll
- Five.
- Wonder
- A sould clad in air
- A sense of place
- Everyone is an artist.