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Alfar
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English
Etymology
See en alf.
Proper noun
en proper noun
en Norse mythology The elves as a group.
en 1828 Thomas Keightley Thomas Keightley The Fairy Mythology I London William Harrison Ainsworth 135 The Alfar still live in the memory and traditions of the peasantry of Scandinavia.
en 1964 J. A. Macculloch The Mythology of All Races New York Cooper Square Publishers 220 "Ill is it with the Æsir, ill is it with the Alfar."
See also
en Æsir
en Vanir