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
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
Freyja
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In Norse mythology, Freyja is a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, war, gold, and seiðr. Freyja is the owner of the necklace Brísingamen, rides a chariot pulled by two cats, is accompani
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…with Loki, and so they have Loki arrested and brought to the thing. Loki is threatened with death and torture. Terrified, Loki says that if the goddess Freyja will lend him her "falcon shape" he will search for Iðunn in the land of Jötunheimr. Freyja lends the falcon shape to Loki, and with it he flies north…
A depiction of Freyja. Within Norse paganism, Freyja was the deity primarily associated with seiðr.
Freja (1905) by John Bauer
Freyja and Loki flyte in an illustration (1895) by Lorenz Frølich.
While Freyja's cats look on, the god Thor is unhappily dressed as Freyja in Ah, what a lovely maid it is! (1902) by Elmer Boyd Smith.