Ithun

Apples were the symbol of fruitfulness and eternal youth in Norse tradition, with the goddess Ithun having charge of the apples that kept the gods young.

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Apples were the symbol of fruitfulness and eternal youth in Norse tradition, with the goddess Ithun having charge of the apples that kept the gods young. (Poetic Edda, The > Volume I > Notes)

Apples were the symbol of fruitfulness and eternal youth in Norse tradition, with the goddess Ithun having charge of the apples that kept the gods young. (Poetic Edda, The > Volume I > Notes)

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