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| Name | What are the Elves? Norse Dökkálfar and Ljósálfar? |
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| Video Discription | Full interview here on Scott's Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf5BeBcM2Io&t=83s Sources below Trolldom US/CA: https://amzn.to/3zuJIHN UK/EU: https://amzn.to/3MwJq6i Scandinavian Folk Belief and Legend US/CA: https://amzn.to/3mwojpS UK/EU: https://amzn.to/3Ms3CWV Icelandic Folktales and Legends US/CA: https://amzn.to/3mMBrHT UK/EU: https://amzn.to/3Mx1r4j The Tradition of Household Spirits US/CA: https://amzn.to/3MzRJ0S UK/EU: https://amzn.to/3xj4Z4u Grimm Brothers US/CA: https://amzn.to/3O75q8Z UK/EU: https://amzn.to/3MyNlza Online Shop https://norse-combat-sportswear.myshopify.com/ The best Patreon on Youtube! https://www.patreon.com/norsemagicandbeliefs?fan_landing=true In Norse mythology, Dökkálfar ("Dark Elves") and Ljósálfar ("Light Elves") are two contrasting types of elves; the dark elves dwell within the earth and have a dark complexion, while the light elves live in Álfheimr, and are "fairer than the sun to look at". The Ljósálfar and the Dökkálfar are attested in the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in the late Old Norse poem Hrafnagaldr Óðins. Scholars have produced theories about the origin and implications of the dualistic concept. The appearance of elves in sagas is closely defined by genre. The Sagas of Icelanders, Bishops' sagas, and contemporary sagas, whose portrayal of the supernatural is generally restrained, rarely mention álfar, and then only in passing. But although limited, these texts provide some of the best evidence for the presence of elves in everyday beliefs in medieval Scandinavia. They include a fleeting mention of elves seen out riding in 1168 (in Sturlunga saga); mention of an álfablót ("elves' sacrifice") in Kormáks saga; and the existence of the euphemism ganga álfrek ('go to drive away the elves') for "going to the toilet" in Eyrbyggja saga. The Kings' sagas include a rather elliptical but widely studied account of an early Swedish king being worshipped after his death and being called Ólafr Geirstaðaálfr ('Ólafr the elf of Geirstaðir'), and a demonic elf at the beginning of Norna-Gests þáttr. The legendary sagas tend to focus on elves as legendary ancestors or on heroes' sexual relations with elf-women. Mention of the land of Álfheimr is found in Heimskringla while Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar recounts a line of local kings who ruled over Álfheim, who since they had elven blood were said to be more beautiful than most men. According to Hrólfs saga kraka, Hrolfr Kraki's half-sister Skuld was the half-elven child of King Helgi and an elf-woman (álfkona). Skuld was skilled in witchcraft (seiðr). Accounts of Skuld in earlier sources, however, do not include this material. The Þiðreks saga version of the Nibelungen (Niflungar) describes Högni as the son of a human queen and an elf, but no such lineage is reported in the Eddas, Völsunga saga, or the Nibelungenlied.The relatively few mentions of elves in the chivalric sagas tend even to be whimsical. In his Rerum Danicarum fragmenta (1596) written mostly in Latin with some Old Danish and Old Icelandic passages, Arngrímur Jónsson explains the Scandinavian and Icelandic belief in elves (called Allffuafolch). Both Continental Scandinavia and Iceland have a scattering of mentions of elves in medical texts, sometimes in Latin and sometimes in the form of amulets, where elves are viewed as a possible cause of illness. Most of them have Low German connections. wus9eH_JEsU |
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