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The svartálfar are almost only attested in the Prose Edda (the word does appear in Ektors saga ok kappa hans, but is presumably borrowed from the Prose Edda). [4] The svartálfar mentioned in Skáldskaparmál 35 are the Sons of Ivaldi, whom Loki engages to craft replacement hair for Sif, wife of the god Thor, after Loki mischievously sheared off her golden tresses. [5]
Älvalek (Elfplay or Dancing Fairies) (1866) by August Malmström. In Norse mythology, Dökkálfar ("Dark Elves") [a] and Ljósálfar ("Light Elves") [b] 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".
Many places are there, and glorious. That which is called Álfheimr is one, where dwell the peoples called Light-Elves; but the 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.
The land of the Dark Elves in Norse mythology. Urðarbrunnr: A well in Norse mythology. Valhalla (from Old Norse Valhöll "hall of the slain") is a majestic, enormous hall located in Asgard, ruled over by the god Odin. Vanaheimr: The Land of the Vanir, another tribe of gods, according to Norse legends. Yggdrasil
The drow (/ d r aʊ / [1] [2] or / d r oʊ /) [3] or dark elves are a dark-skinned and white-haired subrace of elves connected to the subterranean Underdark in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game. [4] The drow have traditionally been portrayed as generally evil and connected to the evil spider goddess Lolth.
(Stood to the north, a dark field, Halls of gold, Sindri's Clan"). One interpretation of the above verse would read like this: Before you reach the north (Niflheim being the world furthest to the north), A dark dwelling stands (The dwarf world), In halls of gold, Sindri's bloodline lives. Sindri was a famous dwarf.
This is a hand-picked list of the absolute best names for half-elves, wood elves, high elves, dark elves and so much more. So pick up your bow and arrow, or your 20-sided die, as the case may be ...
Drow, or dark elves, a fictional subrace of elves in Dungeons & Dragons. The Dark Elf Trilogy, a series of novels by R. A. Salvatore set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe; Dark Elves, a type of elf in the Warhammer fantasy series Drukhari a.k.a. Dark Eldar, their Warhammer 40,000 counterparts; Dunmer, a type of elf in the Elder Scrolls fantasy ...