Svartalfaheim

Old Norse Etymology non svartalfar black elves heim home Proper noun non Norse mythology the underground home and realm of the Svartálfar non c. 1220 w:Snorri Sturluson w:Gylfaginning "Þá sendi Alföðr þann, er Skírnir er nefndr, sendimaðr Freys, ofan í Svartálfaheim til dverga nǫkkurra ok lét gera fjǫtur þann, er Gleipnir heitir."(Wikisource translation: "So Alfather sent the youth, who is called Skirner, and is Frey's messenger, to some dwarfs in Svartalfheim, and had them make the fetter which is called Gleipner.") See also non Alfheimr Further reading Wikisource:Prose Edda/Gylfaginning (The Fooling Of Gylfe) by Sturluson, Snorri, 13th century Edda, in English. Accessed Apr. 16, 2007 Gylfaginning in Old Norse Accessed Apr. 16, 2007. Mythology of All Races volume 2 : Eddic (1930, Marshall Jones Company), pages 220-221