{"id":4417,"date":"2026-05-19T09:08:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/idun\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T09:27:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:27:31","slug":"idun","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/idun\/","title":{"rendered":"Idun"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4417\" class=\"elementor elementor-4417 elementor-3002 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d8826f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7d8826f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66b00e7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"66b00e7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74126e3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"74126e3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1844c58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1844c58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Idun, Goddess of Youth and the Golden Apples<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ff2410 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ff2410\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Idun (Old Norse I\u00f0unn) is the goddess of the apples of rejuvenation in the Germanic <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the gods of a religion or culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">pantheon<\/span>. In her basket she keeps the apples that preserve youth and vitality for the gods.<\/p><p>Without Idun&#8217;s apples, the Aesir age and become subject to death. Her abduction by the giant Thiazi and her recovery by Loki belong to the classic episodes of Norse <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the transmitted divine narratives of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span>. Idun is regarded as the wife of Bragi, the god of poetry.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e1ebc9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3e1ebc9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5009558 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"5009558\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iwg-pill-row\"><span class=\"iwg-klasse-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"God \/ goddess: personified highest power in the pantheon of a culture, with clear domains: natural forces, fate, war, fertility. Venerated through cults, sacrifices and temple institutions.\">God<\/span><a href=\"\/en\/germanic\/\" class=\"iwg-kultur-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Pre-Christian world of gods and spirits of Northern and Central Europe.\">Germanic<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0aaef3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c0aaef3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c985c9b elementor-toc--minimized-on-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"c985c9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;Es wurden keine \\u00dcberschriften auf dieser Seite gefunden.&quot;,&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h2&quot;,&quot;h3&quot;],&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;bullets&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;fas fa-circle&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;fa-solid&quot;,&quot;rendered_tag&quot;:&quot;&lt;svg class=\\&quot;e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\\&quot; viewBox=\\&quot;0 0 512 512\\&quot; xmlns=\\&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.w3.org\\\/2000\\\/svg\\&quot;&gt;&lt;path d=\\&quot;M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/path&gt;&lt;\\\/svg&gt;&quot;},&quot;minimize_box&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;minimized_on&quot;:&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__c985c9b\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Open table of contents\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__c985c9b\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close table of contents\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__c985c9b\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M500 975V858C696 858 858 696 858 500S696 142 500 142 142 304 142 500H25C25 237 238 25 500 25S975 237 975 500 763 975 500 975Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d063be8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d063be8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ade9665 iwg-hero-image elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ade9665\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_germanisch_idun-683x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4418\" alt=\"Idun - Gods from the Germanic tradition, historical-illustrative\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_germanisch_idun-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_germanisch_idun-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_germanisch_idun-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_germanisch_idun.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b038c4a e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b038c4a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81f6dc7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"81f6dc7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b63043 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2b63043\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Myth and Origin<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eee45a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eee45a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the \u00abProse Edda\u00bb (Gylfaginning 26 and Skaldskaparmal 1), <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Icelandic scholar (1179-1241); author of the Prose Edda and the Heimskringla.\" tabindex=\"0\">Snorri Sturluson<\/span> names Idun as one of the goddesses who keeps apples in an ashwood box, from which the Aesir eat when they grow old. By this they all become young again.<\/p><p>Her name I\u00f0unn has been interpreted etymologically in various ways. A widespread etymology relates it to id (\u00abagain\u00bb) and unna (\u00abto love, to grant\u00bb), thus \u00abthe one who grants again\u00bb or \u00abthe one who renews again\u00bb. Rudolf Simek favours this reading in his \u00abLexikon der germanischen <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the transmitted divine narratives of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">Mythologie<\/span>\u00bb (3rd ed. 2006).<\/p><p>Idun&#8217;s origin is genealogically unclear. Snorri calls her the daughter of the dwarf Ivaldi, which places her in a connection with the dwarven world. Other sources see her as one of the goddesses without a traceable genealogy.<\/p><p>This uncertainty has led research from Jan de Vries to Margaret Clunies Ross to the assumption that Idun is an old vegetative <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A being venerated as divine within a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">deity<\/span> whose original <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A transmitted narrative about gods, origins and the order of the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">myth<\/span> revolves primarily around the apples and the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A recurring thematic element in art or narrative.\" tabindex=\"0\">motif<\/span> of rejuvenation, less around an elaborated genealogy.<\/p><p>By way of comparison, Indo-European <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the transmitted divine narratives of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span> offers several parallels to fruits or drinks that grant immortality: Soma and Amrita in the Vedic <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span>, nectar and ambrosia among the Greeks, the water of life in many Indo-European traditions.<\/p><p>In \u00abLe festin d&#8217;immortalite\u00bb (1924), Georges Dumezil advanced the thesis that all these notions go back to a common Indo-European heritage. Idun&#8217;s apples are the Norse expression of this motif.<\/p><p>The source situation for Idun is thin compared with goddesses such as Freyja or Frigg, yet the \u00abHaustlong\u00bb of Thjodolfr of Hvini (around 900) offers the oldest literary attestation of the apple myth and is therefore of great importance. The poem is a shield poem describing the images on a decorated shield.<\/p><p>One of these images shows Idun&#8217;s abduction by Thiazi. The detailed description of this image in skaldic high form shows that the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A transmitted narrative about gods, origins and the order of the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">myth<\/span> was not only known in the late ninth and early tenth century but also widely represented iconographically.<\/p><p>Snorri Sturluson&#8217;s \u00abSkaldskaparmal\u00bb 1 expands the \u00abHaustlong\u00bb material with narrative details that were not present in the older skaldic layer. Since Eugen Mogk (1923), research has debated whether Snorri had a complete narrative that he paraphrased, or whether he constructed his own narrative on the basis of the shield poem.<\/p><p>Andy Orchard, John Lindow and Margaret Clunies Ross tend toward the assumption that Snorri had at his disposal an elaborated narrative tradition that has since been lost.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5848f8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a5848f8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6806a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d6806a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Symbols and Attributes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43f5756 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43f5756\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Idun&#8217;s outstanding attribute is the apples. Snorri does not describe them in detail, but the later tradition depicts them as golden apples.<\/p><p>In the \u00abHaustlong\u00bb of Thjodolfr of Hvini (around 900), the apples are called \u00abthe old remedy of the Aesir against age\u00bb. This skaldic poem is the oldest literary attestation of the Idun <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A transmitted narrative about gods, origins and the order of the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">myth<\/span> and therefore of great importance for the study of myth.<\/p><p>The ashwood box or basket in which Idun keeps the apples also has <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A sign that stands representatively for a concept or meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">symbolic<\/span> meaning. The ash is connected with the world ash Yggdrasil and thus provides a cosmological anchoring of the rejuvenation motif. The apples themselves are regarded in Scandinavian folk tradition as a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A sign that stands in place of an idea or meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">symbol<\/span> of fertility and long life.<\/p><p>Idun&#8217;s ordinary form is not described in detail in the Eddic sources. In the abduction episode she is transformed into bird shape (Freyja&#8217;s falcon cloak), which establishes a connection to transformation notions of a shamanistic character.<\/p><p>This bird metamorphosis has parallels in numerous traditions within comparative <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The discipline that studies religions comparatively and without confessional ties.\" tabindex=\"0\">religious studies<\/span>, for instance the Greek tradition of Aithon, who is turned into a bird.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5187704 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5187704\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f51b016 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f51b016\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cult and Veneration<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5654d9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5654d9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Independent cultic evidence for Idun is largely lacking. There are no <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A building that serves the veneration of one or more deities.\" tabindex=\"0\">temple<\/span> or festival reports. Her name is not clearly represented in place names. This thin evidence has led research to read Idun primarily as a mythical function within the pantheon of the Aesir, less as an independent <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of religious acts of veneration for a deity or sacred figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">cult<\/span> goddess.<\/p><p>Folk reflexes of apple rejuvenation, however, are found in abundance. In the fairy tales of Scandinavia and Germany, the apple appears as an <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A vivid image that stands for an abstract idea.\" tabindex=\"0\">emblem<\/span> of immortality, rejuvenation or knowledge.<\/p><p>In \u00abDeutsche <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the transmitted divine narratives of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">Mythologie<\/span>\u00bb (1835), Jacob Grimm collected numerous such traces, for instance the Danish <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A transmitted action regularly repeated within a community.\" tabindex=\"0\">custom<\/span> of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The concrete object or food offered to a deity.\" tabindex=\"0\">offering<\/span> a divided apple between bride and groom on the wedding day as a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A sign that stands in place of an idea or meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">symbol<\/span> of a shared lifespan.<\/p><p>In the Icelandic sagas, Idun appears not as a cult goddess but only in mythical digressions, above all in Snorri&#8217;s \u00abSkaldskaparmal\u00bb. Her name serves in skaldic poetry as a kenning for women (\u00abgold-ring Idun\u00bb, \u00abmead Idun\u00bb).<\/p><p>This poetic function overlays the cultic trace and partly explains why Idun is more present in the literary tradition than in religious practice.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d38dc48 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d38dc48\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-551ed1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"551ed1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Important Myths<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ed663a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ed663a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The principal myth is Idun&#8217;s abduction by Thiazi. Snorri recounts in \u00abSkaldskaparmal\u00bb 1: Odin, Hoenir and Loki travel over mountains and wastelands. They want to roast an ox, but the meat will not cook.<\/p><p>An eagle high in an oak reveals itself: it is the giant Thiazi in bird shape. He demands his share. Loki strikes at him, but the eagle carries Loki off on a pole. Loki must promise to bring him Idun and her apples.<\/p><p>Back in Asgard, Loki lures Idun out of Asgard by telling her of more wondrous apples in the forest. Thiazi seizes her and takes her to Thrymheim. The Aesir grow old. They compel Loki to bring Idun back.<\/p><p>Loki borrows Freyja&#8217;s falcon cloak, flies to Thrymheim, transforms Idun into a nut and brings her back. Thiazi follows in eagle shape, but the Aesir kindle a fire at the wall of Asgard that burns Thiazi&#8217;s plumage. He falls and is slain. Skadi, his daughter, comes to Asgard to demand satisfaction.<\/p><p>This <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A transmitted narrative about gods, origins and the order of the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">myth<\/span> is already attested in elaborated form in the \u00abHaustlong\u00bb of Thjodolfr (around 900), which secures its great age.<\/p><p>It is one of the few mythical episodes preserved almost completely in a skaldic composition before 1000. The structural composition (loss, search, recovery, destruction of the adversary) corresponds to an old narrative pattern that also occurs in other Indo-European traditions.<\/p><p>The second <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A transmitted narrative about gods, origins and the order of the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">myth<\/span> is Idun&#8217;s appearance in \u00abLokasenna\u00bb 17-18. Here Loki mocks Idun as the \u00abmost man-craving of all women\u00bb because she had laid her own arms around the slayer of her brother.<\/p><p>This dark allusion is taken up in no other source text. Klaus von See interprets it as a lost or invented <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A transmitted narrative about gods, origins and the order of the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">myth<\/span> that connects Idun&#8217;s brother with an incident not specified further. The passage remains enigmatic.<\/p><p>A third episode is preserved by the Eddic poem \u00abHrafnagaldr Odins\u00bb (\u00abOdin&#8217;s Raven <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Practices that seek to intervene in the course of events through special actions or formulas.\" tabindex=\"0\">Magic<\/span>\u00bb), whose authenticity is disputed. Here Idun dreams a dream of doom and falls from the world ash.<\/p><p>In her edition (2011), Annette Lassen has shown that the poem probably dates from the sixteenth or seventeenth century and does not belong to the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The era of Greek and Roman culture, roughly 800 BCE to 600 CE.\" tabindex=\"0\">classical<\/span> Eddic layer. Nevertheless, it offers an insight into the late reception of the Idun material.<\/p><p>The abduction of Idun is a classic example of the mythic pattern of loss and recovery of the fullness of life. Gods and Aesir are exposed to aging without the goddess and her apples.<\/p><p>This mythic constellation has numerous parallels in Indo-European and non-European traditions: Demeter&#8217;s withdrawal after the abduction of Persephone, solar eclipse as a consequence of the theft of the sun in numerous folk myths, Inanna&#8217;s descent to the underworld in Sumerian <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A transmitted narrative about gods, origins and the order of the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">myth<\/span>.<\/p><p>The structural constancy of these narrative patterns was first systematised by <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Russian folklorist (1895-1970); main work Morphology of the Folktale (1928); structuralist analysis of fairy tales.\" tabindex=\"0\">Vladimir Propp<\/span> in \u00abMorphology of the Folktale\u00bb (1928) and later generalised by myth researchers such as Joseph Campbell.<\/p><p>The <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A transmitted narrative about gods, origins and the order of the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">myth<\/span> also contains an element of moral critique: Loki is the cause, yet the Aesir persuade him through pressure to carry out the recovery. The trick by which Idun was handed over (the \u00abmore wondrous apples in the forest\u00bb of another place) is undone by a second trick (transformation into a nut).<\/p><p>This doubling of cunning is a typical trickster pattern. In \u00abTrickster Makes This World\u00bb (1998), Lewis Hyde worked out the double function of the trickster as disruptor and resolver, and Loki is one of the most pointed examples of this figure.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a79cc57 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a79cc57\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e697348 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e697348\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Relationships within the Pantheon<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85d56ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85d56ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Idun is the wife of Bragi, the god of poetry. Snorri names this connection in Gylfaginning 26 and Skaldskaparmal 1. Bragi is a late figure, probably hypostasised from the skaldic poet Bragi Boddason of the ninth century. The Idun-Bragi connection is therefore probably a literary construction of the late Viking Age.<\/p><p>Idun stands in an ambivalent relationship to Loki. Loki is the instrument of her abduction and of her recovery.<\/p><p>This ambivalent role of Loki as the cause and the resolver of the problem is a recurring pattern: it is similar in the building of the wall of Asgard, the mistletoe killing of Baldr, the theft of Sif&#8217;s hair. Loki brings about crises and resolves them.<\/p><p>Toward the other Aesir, Idun acts as an indispensable provider. Without her apples the entire <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the gods of a religion or culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">pantheon<\/span> ages. This dependence of the gods on a single goddess is mythologically remarkable and underscores Idun&#8217;s cosmic function.<\/p><p>In \u00abProlonged Echoes\u00bb (1994), Margaret Clunies Ross interpreted this dependence as a structural element of Eddic <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the transmitted divine narratives of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span>: the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the gods of a religion or culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">pantheon<\/span> is not self-sufficient but reliant on mediators such as Idun, Freyja and Frigg.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4287af4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4287af4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a35e6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a35e6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reception and Influence<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e5c061 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e5c061\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In medieval Icelandic literature, Idun is present above all through the \u00abSkaldskaparmal\u00bb. Skaldic kennings such as \u00abthe Aesir&#8217;s noble Idun\u00bb (Bragi&#8217;s goddess) or \u00abold apple Idun\u00bb serve as circumlocutions for women. In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries the specific mythological function increasingly receded into the background, while the literary presence remained.<\/p><p>In the nineteenth century, Idun became popular in Nordic Romanticism. Adam Oehlenschl\u00e4ger took her up in several works, including \u00abNordens Guder\u00bb (1819). In Sweden, a group of national-romantic writers founded the society Iduna in 1816, devoted to the cultivation of Norse <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the transmitted divine narratives of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span>. Its journal \u00abIduna\u00bb appeared until 1845. Esaias Tegner was among its members.<\/p><p>In the visual art of Nordic Romanticism, too, Idun is depicted several times, for instance by the Swedish painter Nils Blommer (\u00abIdun\u00bb, 1850) and the Norwegian painter Peter Nicolai Arbo. The typical depiction shows Idun with her basket full of golden apples, often surrounded by the Aesir reaching for the fruit.<\/p><p>In modern reception, Idun appears in novels, comics and films, mostly as a secondary figure. What remains scientifically relevant is above all the position of the apple <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A transmitted narrative about gods, origins and the order of the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">myth<\/span> in comparative <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The discipline that studies religions comparatively and without confessional ties.\" tabindex=\"0\">religious studies<\/span>, as the Norse expression of the universal motif of the fruit that grants immortality.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-610b31a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"610b31a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-856d29b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"856d29b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Religious-Studies Classification<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08338bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"08338bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Idun belongs to the type of vegetative deities who secure the vitality of the pantheon. Comparative <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The discipline that studies religions comparatively and without confessional ties.\" tabindex=\"0\">religious studies<\/span>, represented for instance by <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Romanian scholar of religion (1907-1986); shaped the phenomenological method in religious studies.\" tabindex=\"0\">Mircea Eliade<\/span> in \u00abPatterns in Comparative <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The academic discipline that studies religions comparatively and without confessional commitment.\" tabindex=\"0\">Religion<\/span>\u00bb (1958), places her in the circle of mediators who grant immortality.<\/p><p>Parallels exist with Hebe in Greek <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the transmitted divine narratives of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span>, who hands nectar to the gods, and with the Indian apsaras, who serve Soma.<\/p><p>In \u00abLe festin d&#8217;immortalite\u00bb (1924), Georges Dumezil read Idun as the Norse sister of the Vedic goddess Sarasvati and the Greek Hebe, a thesis that is judged more cautiously today.<\/p><p>The apples as the food of immortality are an old Indo-European <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A recurring thematic element in art or narrative.\" tabindex=\"0\">motif<\/span>, yet the specific expression of Idun as goddess of rejuvenation is a Germanic peculiarity.<\/p><p>From a folkloristic point of view, Idun belongs to the circle of fairy-tale figures who have command over the food of life and rejuvenation.<\/p><p>In their \u00abNotes\u00bb to the \u00abChildren&#8217;s and Household Tales\u00bb, the Brothers Grimm repeatedly referred to the Idun material in connection with tales such as \u00abThe Water of Life\u00bb (KHM 97) and \u00abThe Golden Apples\u00bb (KHM 17). This connection is typological, not genetic.<\/p><p>The typological classification of Idun as a goddess who grants immortality connects her with the Indian apsaras, the Greek Hebe, the Celtic Tlachtga and other female embodiments of the eternal food of life. This typological series was first systematically assembled by Georges Dumezil in \u00abLe festin d&#8217;immortalite\u00bb (1924).<\/p><p>Research of recent decades, in particular by Edgar Polome and Jens Peter Schjodt, has refined the list with detailed critique: not all goddesses described as granting immortality are functionally identical, yet the basic pattern of the female mediator of divine vitality remains recognisable.<\/p><p>In Norse religious history, Idun is one of the few examples of a goddess characterised not primarily by sexual relationships or maternal functions but by an economic, provisioning function. She has no love stories in the sources, no prominent children, no political role.<\/p><p>Her significance lies in securing the generation of the gods through the apples. This specific profiling makes her an important corrective against the assumption that female divine figures in Norse <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the transmitted divine narratives of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span> are fundamentally reduced to sexual and fertile functions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70ed715 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"70ed715\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08a9c6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"08a9c6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sources and Further Reading<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39fd60c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39fd60c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Primary sources: \u00abProse Edda\u00bb (Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning 26 and Skaldskaparmal 1), \u00abLokasenna\u00bb and \u00abHrafnagaldr Odins\u00bb (Poetic Edda), \u00abHaustlong\u00bb (Thjodolfr of Hvini, around 900). Skaldic texts in Finnur Jonsson \u00abDen norsk-islandske Skjaldedigtning\u00bb (1912-15), edition of the \u00abHaustlong\u00bb in Richard North \u00abThe Haustlong of Thjodolfr of Hvinir\u00bb (1997).<\/p><p>Secondary literature: Jan de Vries \u00abAltgermanische Religionsgeschichte\u00bb (1956\/57), Rudolf Simek \u00abLexikon der germanischen <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the transmitted divine narratives of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">Mythologie<\/span>\u00bb (3rd ed. 2006), Georges Dumezil \u00abLe festin d&#8217;immortalite\u00bb (1924), Margaret Clunies Ross \u00abProlonged Echoes\u00bb (1994\/98), Annette Lassen \u00abHrafnagaldur Odins\u00bb (2011), John Lindow \u00abNorse Mythology\u00bb (2001), R\u00e9gis Boyer \u00abLa religion des anciens Scandinaves\u00bb (1981), Klaus von See et al. \u00abKommentar zu den Liedern der Edda\u00bb (1997 ff.).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Idun, Goddess of Youth and the Golden Apples Idun (Old Norse I\u00f0unn) is the goddess of the apples of rejuvenation in the Germanic pantheon. In her basket she keeps the apples that preserve youth and vitality for the gods. Without Idun&#8217;s apples, the Aesir age and become subject to death. Her abduction by the giant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4418,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"Idun","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Idun: Goddess of the Golden Apples and Youth | iWell Guard","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Idun is the Germanic-Norse goddess of youth, keeper of the golden apples that grant the Aesir eternal youth. Myth, abduction by Thiazi.","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_angie_page":false,"gefaehrdungsstufe":"","wesen_kultur":"","wesen_klasse":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,51,86,27],"class_list":["post-4417","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-germanic","category-germanisch","category-gods","category-goetter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Idun: Goddess of the Golden Apples and Youth | iWell Guard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Idun is the Germanic-Norse goddess of youth, keeper of the golden apples that grant the Aesir eternal youth. Myth, abduction by Thiazi.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/idun\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Idun\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Idun is the Germanic-Norse goddess of youth, keeper of the golden apples that grant the Aesir eternal youth. Myth, abduction by Thiazi.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/idun\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"iWell Guard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-04T09:27:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_germanisch_idun.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1536\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"11 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/idun\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/idun\\\/\",\"name\":\"Idun: Goddess of the Golden Apples and Youth | iWell Guard\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/idun\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/idun\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/goetter_germanisch_idun.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-19T09:08:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-04T09:27:31+00:00\",\"description\":\"Idun is the Germanic-Norse goddess of youth, keeper of the golden apples that grant the Aesir eternal youth. Myth, abduction by Thiazi.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/idun\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/idun\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/idun\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/goetter_germanisch_idun.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/goetter_germanisch_idun.webp\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":1536,\"caption\":\"Gods from the Germanic tradition.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/idun\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Start\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/home\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Idun\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"iWell Guard\",\"description\":\"Schutz vor dunklen Einfl\u00fcssen\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ittermann electronic GmbH\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Ittermann-Logo-1182x237-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Ittermann-Logo-1182x237-1.png\",\"width\":1182,\"height\":237,\"caption\":\"Ittermann electronic GmbH\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/pantip.com\\\/profile\\\/9367242\",\"https:\\\/\\\/micro.blog\\\/iwellguard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.diggerslist.com\\\/iwellguard\\\/about\",\"https:\\\/\\\/skitterphoto.com\\\/photographers\\\/2870314\\\/iwell-guard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/iwellguard.wordpress.com\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/06\\\/iwell-guard\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/hub.docker.com\\\/u\\\/iwellguard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/iwellguard\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/bit.ly\\\/m\\\/iwellguard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/entre-vos-mains.alsace.eu\\\/profiles\\\/iwellguard\\\/activity\",\"https:\\\/\\\/gravatar.com\\\/reallybeded8fd34\",\"https:\\\/\\\/naijamatta.com\\\/iwellguard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.goodreads.com\\\/iwellguard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/profile.hatena.ne.jp\\\/iwellguard\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/experiment.com\\\/users\\\/iwellguard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/wakelet.com\\\/@iWellGuard82270\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chordie.com\\\/forum\\\/profile.php?id=2555664\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instapaper.com\\\/p\\\/17757966\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mapleprimes.com\\\/users\\\/iwellguard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/businesslistingplus.com\\\/profile\\\/iwell-guard\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/telegra.ph\\\/iWell-Guard-06-06\",\"https:\\\/\\\/pbase.com\\\/iwellguard\\\/iwellguard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/b.hatena.ne.jp\\\/iwellguard\\\/20260607#bookmark-4788405196491818882\",\"https:\\\/\\\/fliphtml5.com\\\/home\\\/iwellguard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/anyflip.com\\\/homepage\\\/cmiwl#About\",\"https:\\\/\\\/transfur.com\\\/Users\\\/iwellguard\",\"http:\\\/\\\/delphi.larsbo.org\\\/user\\\/iwellguard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/jobs.lajobsportal.org\\\/profiles\\\/8380803-iwell-guard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/md.chaosdorf.de\\\/s\\\/jfbe5SBdJD\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lingvolive.com\\\/en-us\\\/profile\\\/9ecaeaca-ce11-4e51-9e71-01d55e2bff36\\\/translations\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fitday.com\\\/fitness\\\/forums\\\/members\\\/iwellguard.html\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mymeetbook.com\\\/iwellguard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/pxhere.com\\\/en\\\/photographer-me\\\/5040798\",\"https:\\\/\\\/disqus.com\\\/by\\\/iwellguard\\\/about\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/pastelink.net\\\/hjwciqwq\",\"https:\\\/\\\/pubhtml5.com\\\/homepage\\\/scjhn\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bitchute.com\\\/channel\\\/2O2eOKzNqujT\",\"https:\\\/\\\/audiomack.com\\\/iwellguard\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Idun: Goddess of the Golden Apples and Youth | iWell Guard","description":"Idun is the Germanic-Norse goddess of youth, keeper of the golden apples that grant the Aesir eternal youth. Myth, abduction by Thiazi.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/idun\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Idun","og_description":"Idun is the Germanic-Norse goddess of youth, keeper of the golden apples that grant the Aesir eternal youth. Myth, abduction by Thiazi.","og_url":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/idun\/","og_site_name":"iWell Guard","article_modified_time":"2026-06-04T09:27:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":1536,"url":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_germanisch_idun.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"11 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/idun\/","url":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/idun\/","name":"Idun: Goddess of the Golden Apples and Youth | iWell Guard","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/idun\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/idun\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_germanisch_idun.webp","datePublished":"2026-05-19T09:08:20+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-04T09:27:31+00:00","description":"Idun is the Germanic-Norse goddess of youth, keeper of the golden apples that grant the Aesir eternal youth. Myth, abduction by Thiazi.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/idun\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/idun\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/idun\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_germanisch_idun.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_germanisch_idun.webp","width":1024,"height":1536,"caption":"Gods from the Germanic tradition."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/idun\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Start","item":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/home\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Idun"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/","name":"iWell Guard","description":"Schutz vor dunklen Einfl\u00fcssen","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/#organization","name":"Ittermann electronic GmbH","url":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ittermann-Logo-1182x237-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ittermann-Logo-1182x237-1.png","width":1182,"height":237,"caption":"Ittermann electronic GmbH"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/pantip.com\/profile\/9367242","https:\/\/micro.blog\/iwellguard","https:\/\/www.diggerslist.com\/iwellguard\/about","https:\/\/skitterphoto.com\/photographers\/2870314\/iwell-guard","https:\/\/iwellguard.wordpress.com\/2026\/06\/06\/iwell-guard\/","https:\/\/hub.docker.com\/u\/iwellguard","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/iwellguard\/","https:\/\/bit.ly\/m\/iwellguard","https:\/\/entre-vos-mains.alsace.eu\/profiles\/iwellguard\/activity","https:\/\/gravatar.com\/reallybeded8fd34","https:\/\/naijamatta.com\/iwellguard","https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/iwellguard","https:\/\/profile.hatena.ne.jp\/iwellguard\/","https:\/\/experiment.com\/users\/iwellguard","https:\/\/wakelet.com\/@iWellGuard82270","https:\/\/www.chordie.com\/forum\/profile.php?id=2555664","https:\/\/www.instapaper.com\/p\/17757966","https:\/\/www.mapleprimes.com\/users\/iwellguard","https:\/\/businesslistingplus.com\/profile\/iwell-guard\/","https:\/\/telegra.ph\/iWell-Guard-06-06","https:\/\/pbase.com\/iwellguard\/iwellguard","https:\/\/b.hatena.ne.jp\/iwellguard\/20260607#bookmark-4788405196491818882","https:\/\/fliphtml5.com\/home\/iwellguard","https:\/\/anyflip.com\/homepage\/cmiwl#About","https:\/\/transfur.com\/Users\/iwellguard","http:\/\/delphi.larsbo.org\/user\/iwellguard","https:\/\/jobs.lajobsportal.org\/profiles\/8380803-iwell-guard","https:\/\/md.chaosdorf.de\/s\/jfbe5SBdJD","https:\/\/www.lingvolive.com\/en-us\/profile\/9ecaeaca-ce11-4e51-9e71-01d55e2bff36\/translations","https:\/\/www.fitday.com\/fitness\/forums\/members\/iwellguard.html","https:\/\/www.mymeetbook.com\/iwellguard","https:\/\/pxhere.com\/en\/photographer-me\/5040798","https:\/\/disqus.com\/by\/iwellguard\/about\/","https:\/\/pastelink.net\/hjwciqwq","https:\/\/pubhtml5.com\/homepage\/scjhn\/","https:\/\/www.bitchute.com\/channel\/2O2eOKzNqujT","https:\/\/audiomack.com\/iwellguard"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4417"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7060,"href":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4417\/revisions\/7060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}