Poll: 57% of people in Iceland believe in...

[Joos]

Well, it is no stranger than believing that cannibalising on the creators son's flesh and blood will bring you to salvation.

 

[Deleric]

Batman is an elf, obviously.

 

[Anarchemitis]

Alright, now that that's done, where did you get that? Just curious.

Found it on TVtropes. Check the URL for it's source.

 

[LongAndShort]

I hope they exist, but only Batman knows for sure. That's why all the super-villains are out to get him, to find the secret of the elfs.

 

[DrunkWithPower]

You guessed it Elves.

No, no I did not.

Meh, 60 something of Americans believe in Aliens.

 

[Pacman_69_42]

im gonna have to go with batman

 

[fletch_talon]

I like how the Batman choice has the most votes, despite making no sense.

I have a question for you, but it will have to wait until I've saved that...

*saving*

Alright, now that that's done, where did you get that? Just curious.

Its from a webcomic called Shortpacked. It can be pretty funny at times.

 

[iblis666]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfr

as seeing as most Scandinavians probably have a ancestor that has taken the title of elf it is not all that surprising to see that modern day Icelanders might accept the idea of elves even if only as a way to honor their ancestors

 

[headshotcatcher]

Kinda interesting, the Dutch Wikipedia says:

Spoiler

Een voorbeeld van ongeluk dat het huldufólk kan veroorzaken indien je hun leefomgeving verstoord stamt uit 1999. Bij de bouw van de nieuwe weg naar de Hvalfjarðargöng onder de Hvalfjörður (walvisfjord) naar Akranes ging telkens iets mis. Constructiegereedschap ging continu kapot wanneer het gebruikt moest worden, en er waren telkens onvoorziene tegenslagen. Toen een bouwvakker door een ongeluk overleed werd uiteindelijk een lokale inwoonster ingeschakeld, waarvan men beweerde dat ze in contact stond met het huldufólk. Zij vertelde dat het huldufólk op de route van de nieuwe weg woonde en bezig waren te verhuizen, maar nog meer tijd nodig hadden. De werkzaamheden werden tijdelijk gestaakt, tot de vrouw de overheid kwam vertellen dat alle huldufólk verhuist was, De werkzaamheden werden hervat, waarna er niets meer fout ging.

Translated:

An example of bad luck the Huldufolk can cause when you disturb their homes stems from 1999. People were working on building a new road to Hvalfjarðargöng under the Hvalfjörður to Akranes. It kept going wrong, construction tools broke every time they had to be used as well as other unforseen misfortune. When a construction worker died from an accident a local inhabitant was hired, who people claimed to have contact with the Huldufolk. She told the construction crew the Huldufolk lived on the route of the new road and were trying to evacuate, but needed some more time. The work was temporarily stopped, until the woman told the government the Huldufolk had evacuated. The building was continued and nothing went wrong anymore

Personally I am of the opinion that when almost every mythology contains stuff about elves and the like, maybe it means that is at least POSSIBLE

 

[SmilingKitsune]

Elves could not possible be real. By Elves, I mean the Eldar as written by Tolkien. They are an invention of the imagination of a man who claimed them as such. Nice story, but "my fans appreciate my works in a way that I do not."

Actually Tolkien didn't create them, he based his Elves on Nordic folk-tales.
I'm half Swedish and there you have stories of both the small pixie like elves, and the tall elves that Tolkien used.

 

[OMLK5150]

Elves are real! And they are douches! Never trust an ELF!

 

[tehroc]

It's not just in Iceland, quite a lot of countries have folklore concerning Pixies, Sprites, Elfen Folk... all manner of Goblinry.

Dragons masquerade in modern days as housecats.

 

[Fraught]

Holy idiocy of Icelanders, Batman!

The one the sentence was talking to is the one who's name was on the poll, which I chose. Any other answers are pointless in my eyes.

 

[Joos]

Well, it is no stranger than believing that cannibalising on the creators son's flesh and blood will bring you to salvation.

Actually, the metaphrical cannibalism thing is just some kinda symbolic tradition or something; I never understood it. The actual Salvation part is when you believe Jesus scapegoated himself for your sins.

He, it makes so much more sense now. ;-)

 

[Soxafloppin]

Dont like 90% of americans think leprechauns are real?

 

[Kollega]

Batman!

 

[Hitman 43]

I really don't care.