In Iceland, the Yule Lads are stirring. And like so much in this strange — and strangely beautiful — place, they are not what you expect. Yes, the Yule Lads appear at Yuletide, all 13 of them, and yes ...

WATCH: Meet the Elf Whisperer of Iceland. Yes, She Sees Elves. Yes, She’s For Real. Iceland is a land where magic happens. Magical people live there — and I don’t mean those Vikings roaming the ...

A small earthen mound is decorated as an “elf house” near Strandakirkja in southern Iceland. An Icelandic group called the Hrauvinir claims that ancient elves of Iceland would be disturbed by the ...

2005-07-17 04:00:00 PDT Hafnarfjordur , Iceland-- Do elves exist? Like many Icelanders, Hildur Hakonardottir considers the question to be more complicated than it appears. "This is a very, very, very ...

Iceland is a land where magic happens. Magical people live there — and I don’t mean those Vikings roaming the streets of Reykjavik. (Although, for all you single ladies out there, yes, they are indeed ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — In this land of fire and ice, where the fog-shrouded lava fields offer a spooky landscape in which anything might lurk, stories abound of the “hidden folk,” thousands of elves, ...

You can be schooled about elves by just about anyone in Iceland, but there are also opportunities to receive a real elfin education while exploring the country. Get a diploma for completing a course ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — In this land of fire and ice, where the fog-shrouded lava fields offer a spooky landscape in which anything might lurk, stories abound of the “hidden folk” — thousands of elves, ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- In this land of fire and ice, where the fog-shrouded lava fields offer a spooky landscape in which anything might lurk, stories abound of the "hidden folk" — thousands of ...

Here's a sentence we didn't expect to read today: "Elf advocates have joined forces with environmentalists to urge the Icelandic Road and Coastal Commission and local authorities to abandon a highway ...