Idun and her Golden Apples – The Goddess of Youth

Idun is one of the most important goddesses in Norse mythology. The name of this goddess has been variously translated to mean ‘The Rejuvenating One’, ‘Ever Young’, and ‘Rejuvenator’, which highlights the role she has in the Norse pantheon. You can guess how worried the other gods would be if anything happened to her. One of the best-known Norse myths is known as ‘The Kidnapping of Idun’, in which it is demonstrated just how important this goddess was to the […]

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