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See also:IDUN, or IDUNA
, in Scandinavian See also:mythology, the goddess of youth and See also:spring
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She was daughter of the See also:dwarf Svald and wife of See also:Bragi
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She was keeper of the See also:golden apples, the eating of which preserved to the gods their eternal youth
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Loki, the evil spirit, kidnapped her and the apples, but was forced by the gods to restore her See also:liberty
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See also:Idun personifies the See also:year between See also: |
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