Iðunn
Norse · deity · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification
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 'keeper of the apples' (the Æsir's age-old cure)Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál (Prose Edda), ch. on Iðunn (primary)
Relations
- spouse: BragiIðunn, keeper of the apples of youth, is the wife of the poet-god Bragi.Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál (Prose Edda), ch. G56; Lokasenna st. 17 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 26; Skáldskaparmál 1; Poetic Edda, Lokasenna 17 (primary)