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Why over half of Iceland believe in 'the hidden people'
Following a series of 'mishaps', road builders in Iceland have had to dig out an elfin rock to placate the elves. Terry Gunnell, Professor of Folkloristics at the University of Iceland, talks to Edward Stourton about Iceland's elfin population and why over half of his countrymen believe in 'the hidden people'.
First broadcast on Sunday, 11 September 2016.
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