Álfheim
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Old Norse
Etymology
Compilation of the words álfr (“elf”) and heim (“home”) and comes from the Old Norse Álfheimr.
Proper noun
Álfheim ?
- The home of the Ljósálfar (light elves, álfar, divine beings), located up in the sky.
- Elfland.
- Possibly heaven.
References
- Gylfaginning in Old Norse Accessed Apr. 16, 2007.
- Bulfinch, Thomas (1834). Bulfinch's Mythology. New York: Harper & Row, 1970, p. 348. →ISBN.
- Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races Series, Volume 2 Eddic, Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220-221.