To understand how we arrived at our current vision of elves, you have to rewind past Will Ferrell vehicles, Christmas ...

The concept of Christmas elves, with roots in European mythology, has been around almost as long as any Christmas tradition, ...

Every morning during the holidays, KQED’s Senior Operations Manager Tiff Mitchell wakes up her seven-year-old daughter Kahlea with a mission: find Cookie, their elf, on a shelf. Cookie is a miniature ...

A small earthen mound is decorated as an “elf house” near Strandakirkja in southern Iceland. An Icelandic group called the Hrauvinir claims that ancient elves of Iceland would be disturbed by the ...

Every December, they quietly appear everywhere. In storybooks, films, classroom decorations and Christmas cards, elves are shown hammering toys, checking lists ...

Elf culture is a legitimate thing in Iceland. Not only does much of the country's folklore revolve around pint-sized elves, but many people around the world believe in their existence. So much so, ...

A few years ago, Kurt Neesley of Redondo Beach, California, was brainstorming where to put his family's Elf on the Shelf for his three kids to find the ...

Apparently, Calgary is a smallish town — when it comes to elves. That was the instant analysis delivered on Monday by Magnus Skarphedinsson, the headmaster of the Elf School. It's a Reykjavik think ...

Mythical elves often called the "hidden people" are a key part of Iceland's folklore. In Iceland, Elf School Is In Session SUSAN DAVIS, HOST: There's a bunch of different ways you can spend a flight ...

Ragnhildur Jónsdóttir can still recall the moment she saw a furious elf taking on a construction team who were trying to demolish its home. ‘His aura was horrible,’ she says, shaking her head. ‘He was ...