It is mentioned in the
Völuspá:
Stóð fyr norðan, / á Niðavöllom / salr úr gulli / Sindra ættar (Stood to the north, a dark field, Halls of gold,
Sindri's Clan"). One interpretation of the above verse would read like this: Before you reach the north (
Niflheim being the world furthest to the north), A dark dwelling stands (The dwarf world), In halls of gold, Sindri's bloodline lives. Sindri was a famous dwarf, and ættar means bloodline, or in this case most likely kin or tribe. Niðavellir has often been interpreted as one of the
Nine Worlds of Norse legend. Nidavellir is also referred to as Svartalfheim, and was home to dwarfs or 'Dark elves' called Dökkálfar. The dwarfs' world is mentioned in the
Prose Edda by
Snorri Sturluson as
Svartálfaheimr. ==See also==