Looking for the hidden folk: how Iceland's elves can save the Earth
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New York : Pegasus Books, 2022.
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Book
Edition:
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc:
xiii, 274 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Description
In exploring how Icelanders interact with nature—and their idea that elves live among us—Nancy Marie Brown shows us how altering our perceptions of the environment can be a crucial first step toward saving it.
Icelanders believe in elves.
Why does that make you laugh?, asks Nancy Marie Brown, in this wonderfully quirky exploration of our interaction with nature. Looking for answers in history, science, religion, and art—from ancient times to today—Brown finds that each discipline defines what is real and unreal, natural and supernatural, demonstrated and theoretical, alive and inert. Each has its own way of perceiving and valuing the world around us. And each discipline defines what an Icelander might call an elf.
Illuminated by her own encounters with Iceland’s Otherworld—in ancient lava fields, on a holy mountain, beside a glacier or an erupting volcano, crossing the cold desert at the island’s heart on horseback—Looking for the Hidden Folk offers an intimate conversation about how we look at and find value in nature. It reveals how the words we use and the stories we tell shape the world we see. It argues that our beliefs about the Earth will preserve—or destroy it.
Scientists name our time the Anthropocene: the Human Age. Climate change will lead to the mass extinction of numerous animal species unless we humans change our course. Iceland suggests a different way of thinking about the Earth, one that offers hope. Icelanders believe in elves— and you should, too.
Icelanders believe in elves.
Why does that make you laugh?, asks Nancy Marie Brown, in this wonderfully quirky exploration of our interaction with nature. Looking for answers in history, science, religion, and art—from ancient times to today—Brown finds that each discipline defines what is real and unreal, natural and supernatural, demonstrated and theoretical, alive and inert. Each has its own way of perceiving and valuing the world around us. And each discipline defines what an Icelander might call an elf.
Illuminated by her own encounters with Iceland’s Otherworld—in ancient lava fields, on a holy mountain, beside a glacier or an erupting volcano, crossing the cold desert at the island’s heart on horseback—Looking for the Hidden Folk offers an intimate conversation about how we look at and find value in nature. It reveals how the words we use and the stories we tell shape the world we see. It argues that our beliefs about the Earth will preserve—or destroy it.
Scientists name our time the Anthropocene: the Human Age. Climate change will lead to the mass extinction of numerous animal species unless we humans change our course. Iceland suggests a different way of thinking about the Earth, one that offers hope. Icelanders believe in elves— and you should, too.
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Bayfield Nonfiction
914.91 BRO
Available
Nov 30, 2023
Iron River Adult Nonfiction
914.91 BRO
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Oct 11, 2023
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781639362288, 1639362282
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 257-274).
Description
"Icelanders believe in elves. Why does that make you laugh?, asks Nancy Marie Brown, in this wonderfully quirky exploration of our interaction with nature. Looking for answers in history, science, religion, and art—from ancient times to today—Brown finds that each discipline defines what is real and unreal, natural and supernatural, demonstrated and theoretical, alive and inert. Each has its own way of perceiving and valuing the world around us. And each discipline defines what an Icelander might call an elf. Illuminated by her own encounters with Iceland’s Otherworld—in ancient lava fields, on a holy mountain, beside a glacier or an erupting volcano, crossing the cold desert at the island’s heart on horseback—Looking for the Hidden Folk offers an intimate conversation about how we look at and find value in nature. It reveals how the words we use and the stories we tell shape the world we see. It argues that our beliefs about the Earth will preserve—or destroy it. Scientists name our time the Anthropocene: the Human Age. Climate change will lead to the mass extinction of numerous animal species unless we humans change our course. Iceland suggests a different way of thinking about the Earth, one that offers hope. Icelanders believe in elves— and you should, too." --book jacket
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APA Citation (style guide)
Brown, N. M. (2022). Looking for the hidden folk: how Iceland's elves can save the Earth. First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. New York, Pegasus Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Brown, Nancy Marie. 2022. Looking for the Hidden Folk: How Iceland's Elves Can Save the Earth. New York, Pegasus Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Brown, Nancy Marie, Looking for the Hidden Folk: How Iceland's Elves Can Save the Earth. New York, Pegasus Books, 2022.
MLA Citation (style guide)Brown, Nancy Marie. Looking for the Hidden Folk: How Iceland's Elves Can Save the Earth. First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. New York, Pegasus Books, 2022.
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