In Norse cosmology, Álfheimr (Old Norse: , "Home of the Elves" or "Elfland"; anglicized as Alfheim), also called "Ljósálfheimr" ( , "home of the Light Elves"), is home of the Light Elves.

Etymology

is an Old Norse compound word formed from , and .

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 stanza5 with:A tooth-gift is a gift given to an infant on the cutting of the first tooth.

Gylfaginning

In the 12thcentury Eddic prose Gylfaginning, Snorri Sturluson relates it in the stanza17 as the first of a series of abodes in heaven: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:

See also

• Álfheimr (region)

• Freyr

• Alfheimbjerg

• Fairyland, a folkloric location sometimes referred to as Elfame

• Svartálfaheimr

• Elf

• Svartálfar (black elves)

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