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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.
These "light elves" lived in Álfheim (part of heaven) under the fertility god Freyr. [2] As mythology evolved, elves no longer lived in Álfheim but lived on earth in nature. The White Women also may represent ancient beliefs in ancestral spirits or older native goddesses and nature spirits, such as the Idis for example.
The elves of Norse mythology have survived into folklore mainly as females, living in hills and mounds of stones. [97] ... ('light-elves and dark-elves'), ...
Germanic lore featured light and dark elves (Ljósálfar and Dökkálfar).This may be roughly equivalent to later concepts such as the Seelie and Unseelie. [2]In the mid-thirteenth century, Thomas of Cantimpré classified fairies into neptuni of water, incubi who wandered the earth, dusii under the earth, and spiritualia nequitie in celestibus, who inhabit the air.
Ljósálfar – Light elves in Nordic mythology. Lutin – A lutin is a type of hobgoblin in French folklore and fairy tales. Female lutins are called lutines. Manticore – Creature with a man's head, a lion's body, bat wings, and a scorpion tail. Mermaid, merman – Women and men with the lower bodies of fish.
The name Mirkwood derives from the forest Myrkviðr of Norse mythology. 19th-century writers interested in philology, including the folklorist Jacob Grimm and the artist and fantasy writer William Morris, speculated romantically about the wild, primitive Northern forest, the Myrkviðr inn ókunni ("the pathless Mirkwood") and the secret roads across it, in the hope of reconstructing supposed ...
The Aos Sí or sídhe are a powerful supernatural race in Irish mythology. Bluecap; Brag; Brownie; Changeling; Clurichaun; Dearg Due; Drak - a German cross between an elf and a lizard. French version known as a Drac. Drude; The duende or chaneque refers to a fairy- or goblin-like mythological character. While its nature varies throughout Spain ...