Iðunn

Iðunn is the goddess who ensures all the gods are eternally youthful with her golden apples. She is Bragi's wife. Not a lot is known about her, but Maria Kvilhaug offers the angle of Iðunn as a goddess of health, wisdom, and water -- especially water that flows in such a way that it returns to its origin.

Offerings

• Apples

Kennings

• Woman of Bragi
• Wife of Bragi
• Keeper of the Apples
• Eloquent
• Wise Woman
• Maiden Who Knows the Age Cure of the Aesir
• Precious Maiden who increases the Joy of the Gods
• Goddess of the Benches of the Water-Source-Field
• Ale-Provider
• Lover of the Gods
• Knowledge-Hungry Goddess
• Seed of Yggdrasil
• Youngest Child of the In-Ruler's Elders
• Elf-Kind
• Grieving Woman
• Guardian of the Sun of the Resounding River in Hel
• Drink-Willow
• Steed-Woman
• Swan

Resources

• The Goddess Iðunn by Maria Kvilhaug

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