Iðunn
Sign in to savethumb|Ydun (1858) by Herman Wilhelm Bissen
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12 sectionsContents
- Name
- Attestations
- ''Poetic Edda''
- ''Prose Edda''
- Theories
- Apples and fertility
- Indo-European basis
- Other
- Modern influence
- Citations
- General and cited references
- External links
thumb|Ydun (1858) by Herman Wilhelm Bissen
In Norse mythology, Iðunn is a goddess associated with apples and youth. Iðunn is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In both sources, she is described as the wife of the skaldic god Bragi, and in the Prose Edda, also as a keeper of apples and granter of eternal youthfulness.