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Precursors to elves/hidden people can be found in the writings of Snorri Sturluson [13] and in skaldic verse. [14] Elves were also mentioned in Poetic Edda, [15] and appear to be connected to fertility. [16] The Christianization of Iceland in the 11th century brought with it new religious concepts.
Svartálfaheimr ("world of black-elves") appears in the Prose Edda twice, [3] [7] in each case as the place where certain dwarfs can be found to be living: [8] In Gylfaginning 33, the "world of black-elves" is where the dwarfs are sought by the gods to craft the fetter Gleipnir to bind the wolf Fenrir. [9]
Preferring it over duality, Grimm postulated three kinds of elves (ljósálfar, dökkálfar, svartálfar) present in Norse mythology. [18] But Grimm's "tripartite division" (as Shippey calls it) faced "trouble" in Snorri's statement that dark-elves were pitch-black, as this would lead to the "first reduction" that "dark-elves = black-elves".
Scholars have noted that the Svartálfar ('black elves') appear to be the same beings as dwarfs, given that both are described in the Prose Edda as the residents of Svartálfaheimr. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Another potential synonym is dökkálfar ('dark elves'); however, it is unclear whether svartálfar and dökkálfar were considered the same at the time ...
The seismologist Ragnar Stefánsson argues that the elf phenomenon can be understood as a way to cope with Iceland's geology and volcanic activity. The neopagan leader Jörmundur Ingi Hansen explains it from a pagan cosmological viewpoint; he says the term huldufólk —hidden people—emerged as a euphemism because the word "elves" has a ...
The Icelandic Elf School (Icelandic: Álfaskólinn) is an organization located in Reykjavík, Iceland, that teaches visitors about Icelandic folklore. [1] [2] [3] The organization teaches about the hidden people and thirteen types of elves, entities purported by the institution to reside within Iceland. [4]
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"Álagablettur" at Laugarvatn: Margrét from Öxnarfell was a clairvoyant woman. She claimed to have seen elves living in a moss that was part of the hills at Laugarvatn, but that the moss was a "álagablettur". However, one time a farmer from Gíslabær cut the moss and harvested a significant amount of hay.