Álfheimr

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Proper noun

Álfheimr

  1. The modern Swedish province of Bohuslän.
  2. (Norse mythology) home of the Ljósálfar (Light Elves) and one of the nine realms, also called Ljosalfheim.

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Old Norse

Proper noun

Álfheimr m

  1. The home of the Ljósálfar (light elves, álfar, divine beings), located up in the sky, according to Norse mythology.
    • 1220c, Sturluson, Snorri. Gylfaginning (The Fooling Of Gylfe):
      Margir staðir eru þar göfugligir. Sá er einn staðr þar, er kallaðr er Álfheimr. Þar byggvir fólk þat, er Ljósálfar heita, en Dökkálfar búa niðri í jörðu, ok eru þeir ólíkir þeim sýnum ok miklu ólíkari reyndum.
      "There are many magnificient dwellings. One is there called Alfheim. There dwell the folk that are called light-elves; but the dark-elves dwell down in the earth."
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    • 10th century, Grímnismál (Sayings of Grímnir):
      Alfheim Frey · gáfu í árdaga
      tívar at tannféi.
      Alfheim to Frey did in days of yore the gods as a tooth-gift give.
  2. Elfland.
  3. Possibly heaven.

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References

  • Wikisource:Poetic Edda/Grímnismál (Sayings of Grímnir), in English. Accessed Apr. 16, 2007
  • Grímnismál in Old Norse. Accessed Apr. 16, 2007.
  • Wikisource:Prose Edda/Gylfaginning (The Fooling Of Gylfe) by Sturluson, Snorri, in English. Accessed Apr. 16, 2007
  • Gylfaginning in Old Norse Accessed Apr. 16, 2007.
  • Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races Series, Volume 2 Eddic, Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220-221.
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