The Folklore Forum

When you grow up in a location and stay there long term, you firmly plant your roots there. Even if you move away in adulthood, having cultivated your youthful imagination in one particular place stays with you, whether you're conscious of it or not.

Where do elves and huldufolk come from? There are 3 interesting ideas for the origins of the lore.

My list is a nerdy collection of history, grammar, and anecdotal rants on commercialism. If that spikes your interest, enjoy the playlist be

Three folklore tropes that should be put into the compost because it's 2022.

What are Selkies and where do they come from? We look at all this and more.

New Year's Eve bonfires, year-end political comedies, all night long fireworks, and superstitions that date back to the middle ages.

Folklore does not develop in a vacuum. It travels and evolves over distance and time. the same is true for the Huldufólk of Iceland.