Iðunn

Norse · deity · mythic prehistoric · deity

Goddess keeper of the apples of youth, wife of Bragi, whose abduction nearly aged the gods to death.

Domains

youth rejuvenation
fruit and plant fertility

Powers

Restore the gods' youth with her apples
keeps and dispenses the apples that hold off the gods' old age
restores the youth of the aging gods

Epithets

varðveita epli

Relations

spouse: Bragi

Sources

Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 26; Skáldskaparmál 1; Poetic Edda, Lokasenna 17

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