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Sep. 21st, 2015 09:50 amHey guys, it's the Autumnal Equinox!* Which is...not really a thing, in heathen circles, but I enjoy the symmetry of the Wheel of the Year, so I like to keep it as a holiday. I tend to think of it as good day to honor Idunna, since it falls during apple harvest time. So I am making stewed apples today and have decided to tell you a story.
This is the only myth about Idunna that we really have. It's in the Prose Edda, if you want to read the original. (Though I'll admit that it's been long enough since I read the Prose Edda that I'm just telling the story the way I remember it and like to tell it. So there may be differences, I don't know.) It is also a Loki story, because all the really good stories are.
( The Theft of Idunna and the Golden Apples )
So, it feels a little weird to stop there and not tell the aftermath of Thjazi's death, but that's a different story that Idunna's not in at all, so maybe we'll save that for another time.
Happy Autumn, everybody!
*Or the Vernal Equinox, if you live in the south. Sorry, I don't have a story for you guys today.
This is the only myth about Idunna that we really have. It's in the Prose Edda, if you want to read the original. (Though I'll admit that it's been long enough since I read the Prose Edda that I'm just telling the story the way I remember it and like to tell it. So there may be differences, I don't know.) It is also a Loki story, because all the really good stories are.
( The Theft of Idunna and the Golden Apples )
So, it feels a little weird to stop there and not tell the aftermath of Thjazi's death, but that's a different story that Idunna's not in at all, so maybe we'll save that for another time.
Happy Autumn, everybody!
*Or the Vernal Equinox, if you live in the south. Sorry, I don't have a story for you guys today.
