Marianne's adventurs of Nidlongdir (old blogs)

Why did I find the Fariy twins in an apple?

My Friend Sussi asked me why I found the fairy twins in an apple, and I have also thought about that my self.

In the Old Norse Mythology one of the goddes Iðunn provided apples to the gods to give them eternal youthfullness, and as you all know fairies and elves are belived to have that.

There was a tribe of gods called Vanir, who is related to the elves in the Old Norse Mythology, they where minor gods of fetility. The best known God from this tribe was Freyr. He ruled over the elves in a place called Alfheim. This place was later called Elfhame and Elphame, and in more modren times Elfland or Elfenland.

It is most likely that some fairies are born inside apples if they are related to this old tribe. I think the fairies in my garden are, because I heard them sing a song about the God Freyr. It goes like this;

Ydalir call they .... the place where  Ull
A hall for himself hath set;
And Alfheim the gods...to Freyr once gave
As a tooth-gift in ancient times.

This pome is the fist in the world to tell about the tooth fairy. The pome is from the Old Edda.

The Old edda also tells that there was two kind of fairies in Alfhime; the Light Elves who loved the sun, and the Dark Elves who dwelled down under the earth.

The story about the Fairy king and queen who abandoned their son is not told in the Old Edda, but perhaps this story was lost or never told to any humans.

I think Selene is a dark fairy and the boy fairy, now named Ebbe is a light fairy.