Svartálfaheim

Svartálfaheim

In Norse mythology, Svartálfheimr is the underground domain and home of the Svartálfar (meaning the 'black elves' and possibly referring to Norse dwarves), according to Snorri Sturluson. Note that this could be the same place as the underground realm Niðavellir in other manuscripts.

According to the early Nordic reference, the 13th century Edda "Gylfaginning" by Sturluson, Svartálfheim is referred to as a place where dwarves ("dverga nökkurra") made Gleipnir. The following translation exists:

:"So Alfather [Alföðr] sent the youth, who is called Skirner, and is Frey's messenger, to some dwarfs [dverga nökkurra] in Svartalfheim [Svartálfaheimr] , and had them make the fetter which is called Gleipner [Gleipnir] ."ndash , 13th century.

References

*" (The Fooling Of Gylfe)" by Sturluson, Snorri, 13th century Edda, in English. Accessed Apr. 16, 2007
*"Gylfaginning" in Old Norse [http://www.cybersamurai.net/Mythology/nordic_gods/LegendsSagas/Edda/ProseEdda/Icelandic/GylfaginningXXXI-XL.htm] . Accessed Apr. 16, 2007.
*Marshall Jones Company (1930). "Mythology of All Races" Series, Volume 2 "Eddic", Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 221.


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