The Viking Herald

In Norse mythology, we encounter two types of elves – the Ljósálfar, who are associated with light and beauty, and the Dökkálfar, who are linked to darkness and the underground.

Light and dark elves in Norse mythology

Are the two types of elves in Norse mythology – light and dark – but different sides of the same coin? And were these mythical creatures the subject, like the societies that invented them, of Christianization in the later medieval period?

1 year ago — Culture and religion

Ljósálfar

Light and dark elves in Norse mythology