Iceland's Real-Life Elf School

Oh, absolutely, in ways few other places do. The Icelandic Elf

School, for example. Okay, I saw this mentioned, an elf school.

Seriously? It sounds whimsical, right, but it points to something deeper,

I think, a respect for the land and its mysteries. So what happens there?

Apparently, it's like a three-hour lecture, comes with pancakes and jam,

I read. Pancakes? All about the 13 kinds of elves, or hlutafólk,

the hidden people who are said to inhabit the island. 13 kinds? Yeah,

and the significance really is how this folklore helps explain or maybe cope with the unpredictable,