Monday, 19 July 2010
Thursday, 15 July 2010
the huldufólk (hidden people) of Iceland
Eve had many children, and it was hard work to keep them all washed and clean. One day, when she was bathing them, she received a visit from God, and, ashamed of the children she had yet to wash, she quickly thrust them out of the house to go and play in the fields.
God wanted to see her offspring, and Eve proudly presented him with her smart, clean babies. He asked whether she had any more children, to which she answered that she did not. But it is not possible to tell untruths to God, and he informed her that 'what man hides from God, God will hide from man.'
Eve never again saw her unwashed children. They live still in the landscape. But they are hidden from human sight.
The hidden people of Nykhóll
The hidden people of Hverfell
The hidden people in Heydalur, Galtahryggjarlaug
The hidden people of Morsárjökull
The hidden people at Hengill
The hidden people of Arnarvatnshei∂i
The hidden people of Dómadalur
The hidden people of Landmannalaugar
The hidden people around Hrafntinnusker
The hidden people of Siglufjar∂arskar∂
The hidden people of Fúsagil
The hidden people of Mýrdalssandur
The hidden people at Dynjandi
The hidden people of Stífluvatn
The hidden people of Siglufjö∂ur
The hidden people of Ólafsfjör∂ur
The hidden people at Kaldalónsjökull
The hidden people of the glaciers, Vatnasafn, Stykkishólmur
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