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- Categories:Size, Mythology
- Magic, Action, Scandinavian mythology
Description
In this Scandinavian myth, Iduna (also called Idun) is the goddess
of youth and beauty, and caretaker of the Golden Apples which kept
the gods and goddesses of Asgard from growing old or dying. With
Loki's help, a nasty giant named Tjassi kidnapped Iduna and
imprisoned her in his castle. The deities of Asgard started getting
old and feeble. Odin charged Loki with rescuing Iduna or never
returning to Asgard again. Loki turned himself into a falcon and
flew to Tjassi's castle while the big guy was out fishing. When he
found Iduna, he shrank her to the size of an ant and carried her
back to Asgard in a nutshell. (Some variations of the legend have
Loki turning Iduna into a nut, or into a falcon to fly on her own.)
By the way, Tjassi got wind of what was going on, turned himself
into an eagle, and gave chase. Plenty of Internet entries on this
myth if you want to find out if Iduna and Loki make it back...
originally posted by Cobe on 2003-04-21, no edits, entryid=3711
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