The Norse Gods » alfheim http://thenorsegods.com Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:53:50 +0000 en hourly 1 Alfheim http://thenorsegods.com/alfheim/ http://thenorsegods.com/alfheim/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:12:05 +0000 http://thenorsegods.com/?p=192 Alfheim (“elf home”), in Norse mythology, is one of the nine worlds. It is located on the highest level of the Norse universe. Also found on this level are the worlds of Asgard and Vanaheim. Alfheim is the palace of the god Freyr and the homeland of the elves of light. Neither the elves of [...]

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]]> Alfheim (“elf home”), in Norse mythology, is one of the nine worlds.

It is located on the highest level of the Norse universe. Also found on this level are the worlds of Asgard and Vanaheim.

Alfheim is the palace of the god Freyr and the homeland of the elves of light.

Neither the elves of light nor the elves of darkness, who live in Svartalfheim, participate in any of the events described in the Norse myths. Elves do, however, have active roles in the literature of quite a few of the other branches of Indo-European mythology.

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http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/alfheim.html

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