Local people who want to stop what they consider to be unsuitable building projects should talk to the fairies. Get them onside, along with dwarves and elves, and your objections could take on an extra dimension.
Think I’m daft?
Well it works in Iceland where 62% of the population, according to a University of Iceland poll, believes it is possible that elves exist.
Folklore is so strongly entrenched there that elves have been cited in objections to building projects for years. Now a plan to build a road across a peninsula has been put on hold after protesters claimed it could have a cultural impact on elf habitat.
Icelandic elves are called Huldufolk or little people and they are held in such esteem I’m thinking of applying for dual nationality. I’ve been an honorary Huldufolk all my life, so why not get a passport to legitimise my size and put a nation at my back?
“Listen pal, you mess with me and you mess with Elfdom everywhere. And have you seen Lord of the Rings? You don’t mess with the elves, dwarfs, hobbits and trolls of Middle Earth.”
In fact, I could start a consultancy – Elves R Us – for anyone wishing to oppose windfarms, supermarkets, new housing estates or any development on the grounds that it could upset the little people.
And trust me, you don’t want to upset little people. Or some of the trolls I drink with.
