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{{about|the place in Norse mythology|the historical region|Álfheimr (region)|other uses|Alfheim (disambiguation)}}
{{about|the place in Norse mythology|the historical region|Bitchfield (region)|other uses|Alfheim (disambiguation)}}
[[File:Ängsälvor - Nils Blommér 1850.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Meadow Elves'', by [[Nils Blommér]], 1850]]
[[File:Ängsälvor - Nils Blommér 1850.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Meadow Elves'', by [[Nils Blommér]], 1850]]


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As a tooth-gift in ancient times.</blockquote>
As a tooth-gift in ancient times.</blockquote>


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A tooth-gift was a gift given to an [[infant]] on the cutting of the first tooth.
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In the 12th century eddic prose ''[[Gylfaginning]]'', [[Snorri Sturluson]] relates it as the first of a series of abodes in heaven:
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<blockquote>That which is called Álfheim is one, where dwell the peoples called ''[[ljósálfar]]'' [Light Elves]; but the ''[[dökkálfar]]'' [Dark Elves] dwell down in the earth, and they are unlike in appearance, but by far more unlike in nature. The Light-elves are fairer to look upon than the sun, but the Dark-elves are blacker than pitch.
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</blockquote>
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The account later, in speaking of a hall in the Highest Heaven called [[Gimlé]] that shall survive when heaven and earth have died, explains:
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<blockquote>It is said that another heaven is to the southward and upward of this one, and it is called [[Andlang]] [''Andlangr'' 'Endlong'] but the third heaven is yet above that, and it is called [[Vídbláin]] [''Vídbláinn'' 'Wide-blue'] and in that heaven we think this abode is. But we believe that none but Light-Elves inhabit these mansions now.</blockquote>
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It is not indicated whether these heavens are identical to Álfheim or distinct. Some texts read Vindbláin (''Vindbláinn'' 'Wind-blue') instead of Vídbláin.
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Modern commentators speculate (or sometimes state as fact) that Álfheim was one of the nine worlds (''heima'') mentioned in stanza&nbsp;2 of the eddic poem ''[[Völuspá]]''.
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==Popular culture==
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* [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] anglicized ''Álfheim'' as ''Elvenhome'',<ref>{{cite book |last=Lee |first=Stuart |last2=Solopova |first2=Elizabeth |author2-link=Elizabeth Solopova |title=The Keys of Middle-earth: Discovering Medieval Literature Through the Fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien |url=https://books.google.es/books?id=9n6kCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT411 |publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]] |date=28 August 2015 |page=411 |isbn=9781137454713}}</ref> or ''[[Eldamar]]'' in the [[Quenya|speech of the Elves]]. In his stories, Eldamar lies in a coastal region of the [[Undying Lands]] in the Uttermost West. The High King of the Elves in the West was [[Ingwë]], an echo of the name [[Yngvi]] often found as a name for Frey, whose abode was in ''Álfheim'' according to the ''Grímnismál''.
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* In the Japanese light novel and anime series ''[[Sword Art Online]]'', the setting for the second and fourth arc is based on Álfheimr.<ref>{{cite web |last=Eisenbeis |first=Richard |title=Sword Art Online's Second Half Isn't Quite as Brilliant as Its First |url=https://kotaku.com/sword-art-onlines-second-half-isnt-quite-as-brilliant-5971194 |date=26 December 2017 |access-date=8 June 2018 |work=[[Kotaku]] |publisher=[[Gizmodo Media Group]]}}</ref>
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* In the Japanese game ''[[Bayonetta]]'', there are angelic portals called Alfheim where the player travels to do specific angel slaying for broken witch hearts or moon pearls to increase vitality or witch power.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/wikis/bayonetta/Alfheim_Portals |title=Alfheim Portals |date=26 February 2018 |access-date=8 June 2018 |work=[[IGN]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis, LLC]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=907908396 |title=Alfheim Portals and the Lost Chapter |author=Ryza |date=17 April 2017 |access-date=8 June 2018 |work=[[Steam Community]] |publisher=[[Valve Corporation]]}}</ref>
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*it features heavily in the second Magnus Chase book by Rick Riordan, as the home of one of the characters.
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* The 2018 videogame ''[[God of War (2018)|God of War]]'' features Alfheim as one of the nine Norse realms of which you can explore.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/wikis/god-of-war-2018/Alfheim |title=Alfheim |date=8 May 2018 |access-date=8 June 2018 |work=[[IGN]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis, LLC]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.polygon.com/god-of-war-guide-walkthrough/2018/4/19/17252092/alfheim-collectibles-light-elf-shore-sanctuary-ringed-temple-trench-interior |title=God of War guide: Alfheim walkthrough and collectibles |last=Parkin |first=Jeffrey |date=25 April 2018 |access-date=8 June 2018 |work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |publisher=[[Vox Media, Inc.]]}}</ref>
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==See also==
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* [[Fairyland]]
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==References==
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*''[[Wikisource:Prose Edda/Gylfaginning]] (The Fooling Of Gylfe)'' by Sturluson, Snorri, 13th century Edda, in English. Accessed Apr. 16, 2007
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*''Gylfaginning'' in Old Norse<ref>[http://www.germanicmythology.com/ProseEdda/BRODEURPrologeandGylfaginning.html Gylfaginning XI-XX]</ref>
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*Robbins, Rossell Hope (1959). ''The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology.'' New York: Crown Publishers, Inc.
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*Bulfinch, Thomas (1834). ''Bulfinch's Mythology.'' New York: Harper & Row, 1970, p.&nbsp;348. {{ISBN|0-690-57260-3}}.
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*Marshall Jones Company (1930). ''[[The Mythology of All Races]]'' Series, Volume 2 ''Eddic'', Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp.&nbsp;220–221.
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==Sources==
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Revision as of 14:52, 27 June 2018

This article is about the place in Norse mythology. For the historical region, see Bitchfield (region). For other uses, see Alfheim (disambiguation).
Meadow Elves, by Nils Blommér, 1850

Alfheim (Template:Lang-non, "Land Of The Elves" or "Elfland"), also called Ljosalfheim (Ljósálf[a]heimr, "home of the light-elves"), is one of the Nine Worlds and home of the Light Elves in Norse mythology.

In Old Norse texts

See also: Svartálfaheimr

Álfheim as an abode of the Elves is mentioned only twice in Old Norse texts.

The eddic poem Grímnismál describes twelve divine dwellings beginning in stanza 5 with:

Ýdalir call they     the place where Ull

A hall for himself hath set;
And Álfheim the gods     to Frey once gave

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