Looking for the Hidden Folk: How Iceland's Elves Can Save the Earth

In exploring Icelanders’ interaction with nature and their belief in elves, author Nancy Marie Brown shows how altering our perceptions of the environment can be crucial for saving it. Icelanders believe in elves, and Brown explores this belief through history, science, religion, and art. Each discipline defines reality, nature, and the supernatural, and each has its own way of perceiving and valuing the world.

Brown’s encounters with Iceland’s Otherworld, from ancient lava fields to erupting volcanoes, illuminate how we look at and find value in nature. Scientists call our time the Anthropocene, the Human Age, and climate change threatens mass animal extinctions unless we change our course. Iceland offers a different way of thinking about the Earth, one that provides hope.

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