Figure 1.
The former farm of Brúará in the Strandir district of Iceland. Today, only two summer houses remain at Brúará. The tongue of rock to the left of the houses, almost exactly in the centre of the photograph, is Höfði, that is, the ‘Headland’, which is a central location for storytelling on the farm
Photo by M. Egeler
Figure 2.
Stapi, the ‘Rock Tower’, the second elf dwelling of Brúará
Photo by M. Egeler
Figure 3.
The forbidden grassy slope at the foot of Höfði between the lawn and the cliff face
Photo by M. Egeler