Alf

I found many many characters with the name "Alf" ("Elf").
Here's a list of them:
1. a dwarf
2. Alf, the Old
3. son of Dag
4. slayer of Helgi
5. son of Hunding
6. son of Hring
7. Hjordis' husband

1.
Alf was one of the dwarves listed by the Volva ("Wise-Woman").

Poetic Edda: Voluspo - The Wise-Woman's Prophecy

2.
Alf, the Old, was the son of Ulf and father of Instein, who was the father of Freyja's lover Ottar.

Poetic Edda: Hyndluljoth - The Poem of Hyndla

3.
Another Alf (Hoalf?), the Old, was the son of Dag and Thora. His brothers named: Frathmar, Freki, Gyrth, Am and Jofurmar.

Poetic Edda:
- Hyndluljoth - The Poem of Hyndla
- Guthrunarkvitha II, En Forna - The Second, or Old, Lay of Guthrun (As Hoalf)

4.
The Alf from the "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar - The Lay of Helgi the Son of Hjorvarth ", was the son of Hrothmar, who once killed Helgi's grandfather and who was later killed by Helgi.

Helgi was killed three times (once by Alf, once by Dag and finally by Hromund). The first and second time he was protected by the Valkyrie Kara, but in his fight with Hromund he swinged his sword so high that he accidentally gives Kara (who was flying over him in the form of a swan) a mortal wound, where upon Hromund cuts off his head.

Poetic Edda: Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar - The Lay of Helgi the Son of Hjorvarth

5.
Another Alf, who belongs to the Lays of Helgi. He was the son of Hunding and was killed by Helgi (like his brothers Eyjolf, Hjorvarth and Hovarth) at Logafjoll.

Poetic Edda: Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I - The First Lay of Helgi Hundingsbane

6.
Surprise! It's already the third Alf that belongs to the Helgi Lays, but this is the last one .... really;)
He was the son of Hring and brother of Atli and Yngvi.

Poetic Edda: Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I - The First Lay of Helgi Hundingsbane.

7.
This Alf was the son of King Hjalprek. After Sigmund died in a battle, Alf married his widow Hjordis (daughter of King Eylimi and, by Sigmund, mother of Sigurth).

Poetic Edda: Fra Dautha Sinfjotla - Of Sinfjotli's Death

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