Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Orlygur Orlyson, left, and Johanna Baldursdottir pose for photographs in front of three elf homes, a location that appeared in the ...

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 ...

HAFNARFJORDUR, ICELAND — Iceland is known for its northern lights and black sand beaches, but there's another layer of magic in this Nordic island nation that many visitors might miss. In the town of ...

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, making ...

(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 elves, making their homes ...

Stories about elves and hidden people are among the most famous elements of Icelandic folklore, often portrayed abroad as evidence of lingering superstition. In reality, the tradition is far more ...

In Iceland, the Christmas holiday tradition includes not one, but 13 Santa Clauses — brothers who live in the mountains with their parents, creating all manner of mischief, including giving naughty ...

REYKJAVIK (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 elves, ...

There's a bunch of different ways you can spend a flight layover - get some sleep, get some food, check out the airport bookstore. But journalist Jelisa Castrodale had something a little different in ...