Þjazi
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In Norse mythology, Þjazi was a jötunn. He was a son of the jötunn Ölvaldi, brother of Iði and Gangr, and the father of Skaði. His most notable misdeed was the kidnapping of the goddess Iðunn, which i
Iðunn is carried off by Þjazi in this artwork by Harry George Theaker, 1920.
He flapped away with her, magic apples and all (1902) by Elmer Boyd Smith.
Þjazi stops the Æsir from boiling food in this illustration from an 18th-century Icelandic manuscript.
Another depiction of Þjazi as an eagle, carrying away Loki.
Iðunn
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In Norse mythology, Iðunn is a goddess associated with apples and youth. Iðunn is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, writte
Þjazi
…jötunn. He was a son of the jötunn Ölvaldi, brother of Iði and Gangr, and the father of Skaði. His most notable misdeed was the kidnapping of the goddess Iðunn, which is related in both the Prose Edda and the skaldic poem Haustlöng. Saturn's moon Thiazzi was named after him…
Ydun (1858) by Herman Wilhelm Bissen
Bragi sitting playing the harp, Iðunn standing behind him (1846) by Nils Blommér
Loki and Idun (1911) by John Bauer