Álfheimr
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In Norse cosmology, Álfheimr (Old Norse: Script error: No such module "IPA"., "Land of the Elves" or "Elfland"; anglicized as Alfheim), also called "Ljósálfheimr" (Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA"., "home of the Light Elves"), is home of the Light Elves.
Etymology
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Attestations
Álfheim as an abode of the Elves is mentioned only twice in Old Norse texts.
Grímnismál
The Eddic poem Grímnismál describes twelve divine dwellings beginning the stanza 5 with:
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Gylfaginning
In the 12th century Eddic prose Gylfaginning, Snorri Sturluson relates it in the stanza 17 as the first of a series of abodes in heaven:
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Many places are there, and glorious. That which is called Álfheimr is one, where dwell the peoples called Light-Elves; but the Dark-Elves dwell down in the earth, and they are unlike in appearance, but by far more unlike in nature. The Light-Elves are fairer to look upon than the sun, but the Dark-Elves are blacker than pitch. |
Later in the section, in speaking of a hall in the Highest Heaven called Gimlé that shall survive when heaven and earth have died, explains:
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It is said that another heaven is to the southward and upward of this one, and it is called Andlangr; but the third heaven is yet above that, and it is called Vídbláinn, and in that heaven we think this abode is. But we believe that none but Light-Elves inhabit these mansions now. |
See also
- Álfheimr (region)
- Alfheimbjerg
- Fairyland, a folkloric location sometimes referred to as Elfame
- Svartálfaheimr
- Svartálfar (black elves)
Citations
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