"Strength to the Aesir, and success to Elves."

-- Havamal 160

Elf-Lore

   Come and learn about those our Freehold has taken as their gods.  Here follows a list of lore of the Elves so commonly mentionioned along with the Æsir within the Eddic poems.



A Catalogue of Elves

Ivaldi: The progenitor of the Elven race.
Idunna:The youngest of Ivaldi's older children.  A full Elf and half-sister to the three "Son's of Ivaldi".  Keeper of the golden apples of youth for the gods.
Thjäzi-Völund the Smith:  One of Ivaldi's three sons by his union with a Jötunn women Greip.
Örvandil-Egill: an Archer, and Völund's brother.  Thor's friend.
Idi-Slagfinn: A hunter, Völund and Örvandil-Egill's brother. Slagfinn is identical to Gjuki, the father of the Niflungs-- the main characters in the series of heroic poems in the Elder Edda
Skadi: Völund's daughter.  She marries Njörd as part of the wergeld given her for the slaying of her father at Asgard's walls.
Ull: Örvandil-Egill's son. Ull is the son of Örvandil-Egil and Sif, Svipdag's half-brother. Sif later marries Thor.
Svipdagr: A "half-Elf".  Svipdagr is the son of Örvandil-Egil and Groa. Groa is a famous sorceress who once attempted to remove a piece of Hrungnir's hone from Thor's forehead. Svipdag is identical to Odr, the husband of Freyja.



Hrafnagaldur Óðins: [Off site] Tranlated by Eysteinn Björnsson & William P. Reaves

Mythological Background:  Hrafnagaldur Óðins background in the myths.

The Aesir and the Elves:  - By William P. Reaves.

Elves and Dwarves: A comparison of the two races.

Van-Guards: What do we mean when we call the Alfar the "Van-Guards" of the gods?