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Notes
1. de la Cadena, «Indigenous Cosmopolitics in the Andes,» 341.
2. de la Cadena, «Indigenous Cosmopolitics in the Andes,» 360.
3. Icelandic folklorist Vladimar Hafstein reports several studies, including a survey from 1998 on the question Do you believe in elves?, to which 54,4 % of his Icelandic respondents answered “yes,” while 45,6% answered in the negative. He also refers to a more extensive survey from 1975 which showed that “a fairly narrow margin separated the number of people who considered elves likely (15%) or certain (7%) to exist from those that deemed their existence either unlikely (18%) or impossible (10%). A third of the sample entertained the possibility of their existence (33%) neither affirming nor denying it.” («The Elves’ point of view,» 87–88).
4. Latour, Never Been Modern.
5. His book Åsafolket (1995) is distributed by the Norwegian Cultural Council and available in Norwegian libraries. His second book, Åsafolket: Kampen mot Hvitekrist (1998) is available online: http://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/ce60efb6a39ded5df3ca5e9626240d77#0
6. My first version of this story is based on memory. I recount what I have been told on numerous occasions, and it is not an exact citation of a written source. Similarly, the reinterpretation that I offer in the end draws on Gro Steinsland's reinterpretations, as I remember having read or heard them. My aim here is not to contribute to medieval history, but - in the spirit of Catherine Keller - to borrow a story and pass it on, hoping that what emerges from such exchanges can inspire, even if it is not a word-for-word citation.