Svartálfar
In
dwarfs and potentially also the dökkálfar ("dark elves"). As dwarfs, the home of the svartálfar could possibly be another description for Niðavellir
("dark fields").
Attestations
The svartálfar are almost only attested in the dwarf.[6]
Svartálfaheimr ("world of black-elves") appears in the Prose Edda twice,
Theories and interpretations
Scholars have commented that, as both attestations mentioning the beings and location appear to refer to dwarfs, svartálfr and dwarf may simply be synonyms for the same concept.[11] Scholar John Lindow comments that whether the dökkálfar and the svartálfar were considered the same at the time of the writing of the Prose Edda is also unclear.[12]
See also
Notes
- Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne; ou, Histoire, par ordre alphabétique" vol. 53. p. 143
- ^ Crawford, Alexander (1891). "The Creed of Japhet". p. 19. W. Clowes and Sons, Limited.
- ^ a b Faulkes (1995), pp. 28, 100
- ^ Hall, Alaric (2007). Elves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and Identity, Anglo-Saxon Studies, 8. Woodbridge: Boydell, p. 24.
- ^ Faulkes (1995), p. 96
- Grimnismál43.1"
- ^ Finnur Jónsson (1911) ed. Edda, index under Svartálfaheimr (p.365) which cross-references to pp. 51, 175.
- ISBN 9780547504711.
- ^ Faulkes (1995), p. 28
- ^ Faulkes (1995), p. 100
- ^ Lindow (2001), p. 110; Orchard (1997), p. 20 and Simek (2007), p. 305.
- ^ Lindow (2001), p. 110.
Legend of the Dark Elf (Fantasy Book Series / Author 2023 - Valtyr)
References
- Faulkes, Anthony (trans.) (1995). Edda: Snorri Sturluson. ISBN 0-460-87616-3.
- ISBN 0-19-515382-0.
- Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. ISBN 0-304-34520-2.
- ISBN 3520368013.
- Simek, Rudolf (2007). Dictionary of Northern Mythology. Angela Hall (trans.). ISBN 978-0-85991-513-7.
- Simek, Rudolf (2007). Dictionary of Northern Mythology. Angela Hall (trans.).