The moon- and sun-alfs originally come from one family; but following an inner innate law some of them turned their attention in earliest times to the cooling moon-light and began their artful work there, and others directed all their intention to the warming sun and began to work wonders there.

“Thus in the course of time from the natural intention of these beautiful alf-creatures the two lines of the sun- and the moon-alfs formed and they received their names from the worlds in which they work.