Svartálfaheimr

Svartálfaheimr , also Schwarzalbenheim ( Old Icelandic Svartálfaheimr "world of black albums "), is the underground dwelling of the dwarfs in Norse mythology . The place is only found in Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda , from which it can be concluded that it is his own creation.

The name Schwarzalbenheim suggests a genus of mythical creatures called black albums (old Icelandic svartálfar ), which are also only attested in the Prose Edda and were probably the same as dwarves for Snorri. With him they stand in contrast to the light albums . Since this division of the albums can only be found with him, it should not be particularly old.

literature

Rudolf Simek : Lexicon of Germanic Mythology (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 368). 3rd, completely revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-520-36803-X .

Individual evidence

^ Snorri Sturluson: Prose Edda. Gylfaginning , Chapter 33 and Skáldskaparmál , 37 (citation of the prose Edda after Arnulf Krause: Die Edda des Snorri Sturluson. Philipp Reclam jun. Verlag, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 978-3-15-000782-2 )
^ Rudolf Simek: Lexicon of Germanic Mythology (= Kröner's pocket edition. Volume 368). 3rd, completely revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-520-36803-X , p. 366.

[1] Snorri Sturluson: Prose Edda. Gylfaginning , Chapter 33 and Skáldskaparmál , 37 (citation of the prose Edda after Arnulf Krause: Die Edda des Snorri Sturluson. Philipp Reclam jun. Verlag, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 978-3-15-000782-2 )

[2] Rudolf Simek: Lexicon of Germanic Mythology (= Kröner's pocket edition. Volume 368). 3rd, completely revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-520-36803-X , p. 366.