Motif
rejuvenating food preserves divine youth
rejuvenating_food_preserves_divine_youth
A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family, within the sub-family Divine Food, Nectar, Milk, and Immortality. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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norse
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Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER IV: THOR / CHAPTER V: TYR / CHAPTER VI: BRAGI / CHAPTER VII: IDUN; lines 3991-4133 confidence: high
Idun is introduced as the personification of spring or immortal youth; she arrives in Asgard with Bragi and offers the gods daily apples from her casket that confer immortal youth and loveliness.
The apples grant immortal youth and loveliness, and the gods use them to ward off age and disease.
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