Motif
Youth-renewing fruit guarded on the tree
youth_renewing_fruit_guarded_on_the_tree
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Healing Objects and Restorative Tokens. 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 XIV: HERMOD / CHAPTER XV: VIDAR / CHAPTER XVI: VALI / CHAPTER XVII: THE NORNS; lines 6162-6289 confidence: high
Some authorities say the Norns guard golden apples on the tree and allow only Idun to pick the fruit that renews the gods' youth.
Golden apples on the tree are guarded by the Norns and picked only by Idun; the fruit renews the gods' youth.
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