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Bonfire night

12 Jan 2015 Crowds gathered at Ægissíða, west Reykjavík on Friday night to celebrate the Twelfth night of Christmas. The traditional bonfires had been postponed for a few days due to poor weather. Icelandic New Year's Eve tradition is to light bonfires where families gather to sing songs about the elves and the hidden folk who according to folklore are prominent at this time of year.

Families like to gather at bonfires on New Year's Eve, an evening associated with elves and the hidden people in Icelandic folklore.

Night of the elves

30 Dec 2014 If you're in Reykjavík on New Year's Eve, you won't miss the multitude of fireworks being lit on every street corner. Another Icelandic New Year's Eve tradition is to light bonfires where families gather to sing songs about the elves and the hidden folk who according to folklore are prominent at this time of year.

Útburður / the ghost of a newborn child left to die out in the cold.

Iceland's hidden creatures

12 Nov 2014 Dwarves, elves, trolls, ghosts , seamonsters, milk carriers, half-humans and half-animals, giant whales, and the mythical kingdom of Tröllbotnaland are the topic of a book by artist Arngrímur Sigurðsson whose fascination with the imagined beings of Icelandic folklore are now the subject of a book called Duldýrasafnið.

Valgerður H Bjarnadóttir says, "I think that there is an awakening in western civilizations to awaken the shamanistic way of thinking," she says and adds that there are memories of the shamanistic tradition in our cultural roots. "

Deep shamanistic roots in Iceland

24 Oct 2014 Sociologist Valgerður H.Bjarnadóttir teaches shamanism in Iceland and next week she hosts a special workshop focusing on the ancient shamanistic traditions of Iceland. She says that shamanism is alive in the world's indiginous cultures and a part of the Icelandic Norse and Celtic heritage.

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