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Iðunn is introduced as Bragi's wife in the prose introduction to the poem Lokasenna, where the two attend a feast held by Ægir.
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Iðunn and is
Bragi is shown with a harp and accompanied by his wife Iðunn in this 19th-century painting by Nils Blommér.
There is also an argument that Frigg and Freyja are part of a triad of goddesses ( together with a third goddess such as Hnoss or Iðunn ) associated with the different ages of womankind.
Elli is not mentioned in any other extant source but the notion that not even the gods are immune to the effects of aging is supported by the fact that they must consume the apples of Iðunn on a regular basis in order to remain young.
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.
As the modern English alphabet lacks the eth ( ð ) character, Iðunn is sometimes anglicized as Idun, Idunn or Ithun.
In the poem Hrafnagaldr Óðins, additional information is given about Iðunn, though this information is otherwise unattested.
Here, Iðunn is identified as descending from elves, as one of " Ivaldi's elder children " and as a dís who dwells in dales.
Here, Iðunn is described as Bragi's wife and keeper of an eski ( a wooden box made of ash wood and often used for carrying personal possessions ) within which she keeps apples.
In the book Skáldskaparmál, Iðunn is mentioned in its first chapter ( numbered as 55 ) as one of eight ásynjur ( goddesses ) sitting in their thrones at a banquet in Asgard for Ægir.
Within the cited portions of Haustlöng, Iðunn is referred to as " the maid who knew the Æsir's age-old cure ", " the gods ' lady ", " ale-Gefn ", " the Æsir's girl-friend ", and once by name.
His most notable misdeed was the kidnapping of the goddess Iðunn, which is related in both the Prose Edda and the skaldic poem Haustlöng.
Iðunn and Bragi's
When Bragi's wife Iðunn attempts to calm Bragi, Loki accuses her of embracing her brother's slayer, a reference to matters that have not survived.
Iðunn and wife
In chapter 86, means of referring to Iðunn are given: " wife of Bragi ", " keeper of the apples ", and her apples " the Æsir's age old cure ".
Iðunn and poem
Iðunn appears in the Poetic Edda poem Lokasenna and, included in some modern editions of the Poetic Edda, in the late poem Hrafnagaldr Óðins.
A passage of the 10th-century poem Haustlöng where the skald Þjóðólfr of Hvinir gives a lengthy description of a richly detailed shield he has received that features a depiction of the abduction of Iðunn.
Regarding the accusations leveled towards Iðunn by Loki, Lee Hollander opines that Lokasenna was intended to be humorous and that the accusations thrown by Loki in the poem are not necessarily to be taken as " generally accepted lore " at the time it was composed.
Iðunn and where
The Æsir realize that the last time that Iðunn was seen was when she was going outside of Asgard with Loki, and so they have Loki arrested and brought to the thing, where he is threatened with death and torture.
Iðunn and two
Iðunn says that she won't say words of blame in Ægir's hall, and affirms that she quietened Bragi, who was made talkative by beer, and that she doesn't want the two of them to fight.
Landnámabók records two incidents of women by the name of Iðunn ; Iðunn Arnardóttir, the daughter of an early settler, and Iðunn Molda-Gnúpsdóttir, granddaughter of one of the earliest settlers recorded in the book.
Iðunn and held
Þjazi once abducted the goddess Iðunn, and in Þrymheimr he held her, causing the gods to age until her rescue, in turn resulting in the death of Þjazi.
Iðunn and by
The Prose Edda relates that Loki was once forced by the jötunn Þjazi to lure Iðunn out of Asgard and into a wood, promising her interesting apples.
" Grimm further states that Iðunn may have been known with another name, and that " Iðunn would seem by Saem.
* Kvæðamennafélagið Iðunn Eponymous homepage of a society devoted to the revival of traditional Icelandic singing ; includes information in Icelandic on traditional performance styles, and an online edition of Bragfræði og Háttatal by Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson which catalogues the meters used by rímur poets, with examples performed by the author.
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