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The motifs of homosexuality within álfasögur were undertaken as part of an MA-ritgerð by

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There is a traditional

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in Iceland, practised by elves and humans alike, called

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What category does Jón Árnason place álfasögur in?

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What are the characteristics of elves?

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Álfar also have the name

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in Iceland stories and they live in a hidden world that is very

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to the human world but they have a closer relationship with

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because they live in

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and are used as a reason to halt construction works around Iceland. This can be seen in the film

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where is thought the

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Match up the álfasögur and what happens in them

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Átjan barna faðir í alfheimum
Sýslumannskonan á Bustarfelli
Ólafur Liljurós
Selmatseljan
Álfafólkið í Lofmundarfirði

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Love story about a woman who gets pregnant by an elf-man and wishes to be with him. She births the child in secret, remarries but has a tragic death when she meets her husband and son again.
Song about a man riding in the mountains and elven women trying to lure him in. He gets stabbed for rejecting them and dies.
About a changeling and a woman getting back her perfect son in place of an imperfect elf-husband disguised as a child.
About a woman in Vopnafjörður who helps a elf-woman give birth and gets a cloth in return, as well as the gift of second-sight!
Story of elves entering the home on Christmas eve, woman is left at home and has to pass three tests to receive a reward. The house-wife is not so lucky!

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Match the countries to the versions of Ólafur Liljurós

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Ólafur Liljurós
Ólavur Riddararós
Elveskud
Olav Liljekrans
Herr Olof och älvorna

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Iceland
Sweden
Faroe Islands
Denmark
Norway

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