Alfar

English

Proper noun

Alfar (singular alf)

1. (Norse mythology) The elves as a group.
   • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 135:

     The Alfar still live in the memory and traditions of the peasantry of Scandinavia.

   • 1964, J. A. Macculloch, The Mythology of All Races, New York: Cooper Square Publishers, page 220:

     "Ill is it with the Æsir, ill is it with the Alfar."

See also

• Æsir
• Vanir