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While in Reykjavík during my recent cross-Atlantic trip, I went to investigate the Map Of Midgard site of the Álfasteinn, The Elf Stone! After leaving The Stone Of The Hidden Man , I had the cabbie drive to the east entry of the Icelandair Hotel Reykjavík Natura where on the north side of the driveway sits the above stone, but unlike the former, this stone actually has its own how-to sign: "If you'd like to visit with the elves, you can sit on the rock, stroke it and perhaps even have a spontaneous conversation with these invisible creatures. Those who know a thing or two about the world of the hidden folk also recommend bringing flowers as a gesture of friendship." Objective observations: In an oddly similar way to the Huldumannssteinn, the Álfasteinn also had a split along with the uneven one-third to two-thirds separation. One could infer from the sign's other text and this feature that removal was attempted, thwarted, and abandoned. About 3'6" tall and ...

During a far too short stop of my recent cross-Atlantic trip in Reykjavik, I went to investigate the Map Of Midgard site of The Stone Of The Hidden Man! Tucked behind a strip of shops at 32 Ármúli Street is an elf stone, the Huldumannssteinn (literally "Hidden Man Stone"). This stone was originally bigger and partly demolished, but this large portion was left. The then-owner was visited in a dream by its resident alfar, who asked him to leave his remaining home alone or else bad luck & misfortune would come of it, so he did. [Looking through the split.] According to Terry Gunnell's The Hidden People of Iceland (2008 CE), some bakers later bought this property to open a chicken farm whose chickens wouldn't lay once they bore holes into the remaining stone for demolition. When they figured out this cause, they spared the rock and the chickens resumed laying eggs again the next day. My cabbie, a Reykjavik Icelander for over 30 years, said he had no idea that this ...

After starting the Map Of Midgard Project, I took note when Viking Metal band Týr's lead singer Heri Joensen mentioned an Álfar rock in his Faroe Islands' childhood home during an interview, and I personally made an investigative foray to go see it during my recent Scandinavian cross-Atlantic trip. According to Joensen, at fishing village Lamba's harborside on Eysturoy,  sits a rock inhabited by hulderfolk which no one dares move for fear of fierce retribution. The cabbie had never heard of the rock, and stopped a senior Lamba resident out on his afternoon walk to ask and check my story. The sock beanied man in the insulated track suit nodded & pointed down the road, confirming that we were headed in the right direction. At road's end a private property sign on chainlink fence blocked off the dock where the stone was, but the cabbie asked a forklift operator moving a huge tub of fish if we could go in to have a look, and he said yes while laughing a little, which ...