A trip to the home of elves - Iceland
[VOVWORLD] - "Do you believe in elves?" - In 1998, a local newspaper in Iceland did a quick survey asking this question to 600 people. More than half said yes. Even today, if you visit Iceland, and ask Icelanders the same questions, more often than not, people would say "Why not?" Our episode today will take us to Iceland to look into these elves and their cultural impacts here.
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