\u00dev\u00ed er stundum haldi\u00f0 fram a\u00f0 \u00cdslendingar tr\u00fai \u00e1 \u00e1lfa og hulduf\u00f3lk.\u00a0 Um \u00feetta m\u00e1 deila, en f\u00e6stir vita \u00fe\u00f3 uppruna \u00feessarar tr\u00faar \u00e1 \u00e1lfatr\u00fa landsmanna.\u00a0 Lausleg athugun lei\u00f0ir eftirfarandi \u00ed lj\u00f3s (\u00ed samr\u00e6mi vi\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e6r hef\u00f0ir sem vir\u00f0ast gilda \u00ed umr\u00e6\u00f0um um \u00feessi m\u00e1l og skyld ver\u00f0ur h\u00e9r vandlega for\u00f0ast a\u00f0 geta heimilda e\u00f0a \u00e1rei\u00f0anlegra gagna):<\/p>\n
Seint \u00e1 \u00e1ttunda \u00e1ratug s\u00ed\u00f0ustu aldar \u00e1tti ung bandar\u00edsk st\u00falka a\u00f0 nafni Li E., n\u00fd\u00fatskrifu\u00f0 \u00far \u00fearlendum h\u00e1sk\u00f3la, nokkra \u00edslenska vini sem h\u00fan haf\u00f0i kynnst \u00ed sk\u00f3lanum, og sem hana dau\u00f0langa\u00f0i a\u00f0 heims\u00e6kja.\u00a0 H\u00fan var aural\u00edtil og br\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed \u00e1 \u00fea\u00f0 r\u00e1\u00f0 a\u00f0 f\u00e1 Wall Street Journal til a\u00f0 borga undir sig far til \u00cdslands, gegn \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 h\u00fan skrifa\u00f0i \u201ehuman interest\u201c grein um \u00feetta frumst\u00e6\u00f0a land, en st\u00f6ku sl\u00edkar greinar birtir bla\u00f0i\u00f0 til a\u00f0 l\u00edfga upp \u00e1 annars dapurlegt l\u00edf helstu lesenda sinna, sem flestir ey\u00f0a \u00e6vinni \u00ed a\u00f0 flytja t\u00f6lur \u00e1 milli br\u00e9fsnifsa \u00ed gluggalausum skrifstofum \u00e1 Manhattan.<\/p>\n
\u00deegar Li kom til landsins bi\u00f0u hennar h\u00f6f\u00f0inglegar m\u00f3tt\u00f6kur \u00edslensku vinanna, sem f\u00f3ru me\u00f0 hana \u00fat \u00e1 l\u00edfi\u00f0 og h\u00e9ldu henni \u00fear vi\u00f0 efni\u00f0 \u00ed \u00ferj\u00e1r n\u00e6tur og tvo daga.\u00a0 \u00deegar h\u00fan rakna\u00f0i \u00far rotinu \u00e1 h\u00e1degi \u00feri\u00f0ja dags, og \u00e1tti a\u00f0 flj\u00faga heim s\u00ed\u00f0degis, mundi h\u00fan eftir greininni sem skyldi borga \u00e6vint\u00fdri\u00f0.\u00a0 N\u00fa voru g\u00f3\u00f0 r\u00e1\u00f0 d\u00fdr, en henni t\u00f3kst a\u00f0 kr\u00eda \u00fat g\u00f3\u00f0an afsl\u00e1tt, enda me\u00f0 afbrig\u00f0um lunkin\u00a0 eins og samningur hennar wi\u00f0 WSJ gefur til kynna.\u00a0 Li f\u00e9kk sem s\u00e9 einn af vinunum \u00edslensku til a\u00f0 keyra sig \u00fat \u00e1 flugv\u00f6ll, \u00e1kve\u00f0in \u00ed a\u00f0 rekja \u00far honum garnirnar \u00e1 lei\u00f0inni, og spinna \u00far \u00feeim s\u00f6gu\u00fer\u00e1\u00f0 \u00ed greinina.\u00a0 \u00dea\u00f0 gekk \u00ed fyrstu treglega, enda vinurinn b\u00e6\u00f0i f\u00e1m\u00e1ll a\u00f0 upplagi, gr\u00fattimbra\u00f0ur og me\u00f0 sv\u00e6sna garnafl\u00e6kju.\u00a0 \u00de\u00f3 missti hann \u00fat \u00far s\u00e9r, sk\u00f6mmu eftir a\u00f0 hann keyr\u00f0i fram hj\u00e1 K\u00faager\u00f0i, a\u00f0 \u00fearna hef\u00f0i afi hans f\u00f3tbrotna\u00f0 \u00ed vegavinnu eftir a\u00f0 hann\u00a0 sprengdi steininn sem amma hans haf\u00f0i sagt honum a\u00f0 \u00ed byggju \u00e1lfar.<\/p>\n
\u00cd flugv\u00e9linni \u00e1 lei\u00f0inni tilbaka til New York skrifa\u00f0i Li \u00ed snatri grein um \u00feessa s\u00e9rkennilegu \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0 sem virtist \u00ed flestu hafa tileinka\u00f0 s\u00e9r h\u00e1ttu vestr\u00e6nna manna, en tr\u00fa\u00f0i enn \u00e1 \u00e1lfa og hulduf\u00f3lk.\u00a0 Greinin birtist viku s\u00ed\u00f0ar, undir fyrirs\u00f6gninni \u201eWhere elves are all the rage\u201c.\u00a0 H\u00fan var a\u00f0 sj\u00e1lfs\u00f6g\u00f0u \u00fe\u00fddd og birt \u00ed Morgunbla\u00f0inu, og \u00feess geti\u00f0 a\u00f0 bandar\u00edskur s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0ingur \u00ed tr\u00faarbrag\u00f0afr\u00e6\u00f0i hef\u00f0i komist a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed eftir \u00e1ralangar ranns\u00f3knir a\u00f0 yfirgn\u00e6fandi meirihluti \u00cdslendinga try\u00f0i \u00e1 \u00e1lfa, enda hef\u00f0u birst um \u00feetta greinar \u00ed virtum t\u00edmaritum erlendis.<\/p>\n
S\u00ed\u00f0an hafa \u00cdslendingar tr\u00faa\u00f0 a\u00f0 \u00cdslendingar tr\u00fai \u00e1 \u00e1lfa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00dev\u00ed er stundum haldi\u00f0 fram a\u00f0 \u00cdslendingar tr\u00fai \u00e1 \u00e1lfa og hulduf\u00f3lk.\u00a0 Um \u00feetta m\u00e1 deila, en f\u00e6stir vita \u00fe\u00f3 uppruna \u00feessarar tr\u00faar \u00e1 \u00e1lfatr\u00fa landsmanna.\u00a0 Lausleg athugun lei\u00f0ir eftirfarandi \u00ed lj\u00f3s (\u00ed samr\u00e6mi vi\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e6r hef\u00f0ir sem vir\u00f0ast gilda … Halda \u00e1fram a\u00f0 lesa