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Álfheim

The light-elf home in Norse cosmography. Not Svartálfaheim as the dark-elf forge-world, and not a fairy dump.

Also known as Ljósálfheimr · Alfheim

Norse tradition

Álfheim appears in Norse tradition.
Grímnismál in the Poetic Edda names Álfheim among the gods’ homes given in Freyr’s youth. A named light-elf home in that verse corpus, not Svartálfaheim as a forced twin and not a fairy dump.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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Freyr appears in Álfheim.
Grímnismál in the Poetic Edda gives Álfheim to Freyr as a tooth-gift in youth. A named presence of Freyr in Álfheim, not Freyja and not Svartálfaheim.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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sources

Poetic Edda · Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation)
The Poetic Edda, trans. Carolyne Larrington.