Abduction Of Idun, Goddess-Keeper Of Golden Juvenile Apples In Norse Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Loki, in Norse mythology, is an elusive, malevolent god destined to be the gods' adversary at Ragnarok, and yet a constant companion to them, especially to Odin and Thor.
Thiazzi in eagle disguise, and Idun - Illustration by Harry George Theaker for Children's Stories from the Northern Legends by M. Dorothy Belgrave and Hilda Hart, 1920. Public Domain
Loki plays an essential role in countless Norse myths. In one of them, Loki is seriously involved in the kidnapping of Idun, the guardian of juvenile apples that bring back youth to the Aesir gods.
Idun, a young goddess and wife to Bragi, was most probably a popular individual among the Aesir gods. However, she is only mentioned in two sources.
One is the Poetic Edda, a collection of Old Norse poems preserved in the medieval Icelandic manuscript Codex Regius. Another is the 13th-century Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson.
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