Episode 13 - An Apple a Day Keeps the Jǫtnar at Bay

Norse Mythology: The Unofficial Guide

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In this episode we dig into the kidnapping of Iðunn, a goddess whose magic apples keep the gods perpetually young. But this story is a lot less about the apples and a lot more about the goddesses. Join me as we focus in on both Iðunn and Skaði, a jǫtun who becomes a goddess by marriage, and the way Loki plays a prominent role in both of their stories.

Sources:

“Apple and Apple Tree” by Joseph S. Hopkins, 2020, from mimisbrunnr.info
“De Gamle Eddadigte,” transl. by Finnur Jónsson, 1932
“Haustlǫng”, transl by Richard North, 2010
“Lokrur, Lóðurr and Late Evidence” by Haukur Þorgeirsson 2011
“The Poetic Edda: Volume II - Mythological Poems” by Ursula Dronke, 1997
“The Poetic Edda”, transl. by Carolyne Larrington, 2014
“The Prose Edda”, transl. by Anthony Faulkes, 1995

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Celebration by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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