Loki said: Be silent, Idunn, I declare that of all women you're the most man-crazed, since you placed your arms, washed bright, about your brother's slayer Idunn said: I'm not saying words of blame to Loki, in Ægir's hall I quietened Bragi, made talkative with beer and all living things love him. Idunn said: I ask you, Bragi, to do a service to your blood-kin and all the adoptive relations, that you shouldn't say words of blame to Loki, in Ægir's hall. In stanza 16, Iðunn (here anglicized as Idunn) says: In stanzas 16, 17, and 18, dialog occurs between Loki and Iðunn after Loki has insulted Bragi. Iðunn is introduced as Bragi's wife in the prose introduction to the poem Lokasenna, where the two attend a feast held by Ægir. Iðunn appears in the Poetic Edda poem Lokasenna and, included in some modern editions of the Poetic Edda, in the late poem Hrafnagaldr Óðins. 89a to be an Elvish word, but we do not hear of any other name for the goddess." Attestations Poetic Edda Bragi sitting playing the harp, Iðunn standing behind him (1846) by Nils Blommér Grimm states that "with the original form idis the goddess Idunn may possibly be connected." Grimm further states that Iðunn may have been known with another name, and that "Iðunn would seem by Saem. The 19th century scholar Jacob Grimm proposed a potential etymological connection to the idisi. Yonge writes that the derivation of Idonea from Idunn is "almost certain," noting that although Idonea may be "the feminine of the Latin idoneus (fit), its absence in the Romance countries may be taken as an indication that it was a mere classicising of the northern goddess of the apples of youth." The name Iðunn has been theorized as the origin of the Old English name Idonea. 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. The name Iðunn appears as a personal name in several historical sources and the Landnámabók records that it has been in use in Iceland as a personal name since the pagan period (10th century). An -a suffix is sometimes appended to denote femininity, resulting in forms such as Iduna and Idunna. As the modern English alphabet lacks the eth ( ð) character, Iðunn is sometimes anglicized as Idhunn, Idunn, Idun, or Ithun. The name Iðunn has been variously explained as meaning "ever young", "rejuvenator", or "the rejuvenating one". Long the subject of artworks, Iðunn is sometimes referenced in modern popular culture. Unable to halt his frenzied onrush, Þjazi plunges headlong through the fire, falling to the ground with his feathers aflame, whereupon the gods attack and kill him.Ī number of theories surround Iðunn, including potential links to fertility, and her potential origin in Proto-Indo-European religion. The gods build a pyre in the courtyard of Asgard and, just as Loki has stopped short of it, kindle it. When Þjazi returns to find Iðunn gone, he assumes his eagle form once more and flies off in hot pursuit of Loki and his precious burden. He turns her into a nut and flies back toward Asgard. Under duress, Loki promises to bring her back and, setting out in the form of a falcon, eventually finds her alone at Þjazi's home. Iðunn's absence causes the gods to grow old and grey, and they realize that Loki is responsible for her disappearance. Þjazi, in the form of an eagle, abducts Iðunn from the wood, bearing her off to his home. The Prose Edda relates how Loki was once forced by the jötunn Þjazi to lure Iðunn out of Asgard and into a wood with the promise of apples even fairer than her own. 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. 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 Norse mythology, Iðunn is a goddess associated with apples and youth. For other uses, see Idun (disambiguation).
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