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In Norse mythology, Iðunn is a goddess associated with apples and youth. Iðunn is attested in the ''Poetic Edda'', compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the ''Prose Edda'', written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In both sources, she is described as the wife of the skaldic god Bragi, and in the ''Prose Edda'', also as a keeper of apples and granter of eternal youthfulness. The ''Prose Edda'' relates that Loki was once forced by the jötunn Þjazi to lure Iðunn out of Asgard and into a wood, promising her interesting apples. Þjazi, in the form of an eagle, snatches Iðunn from the wood and takes her to his home. Iðunn's absence causes the gods to grow old and grey, and they realize that Loki is responsible for her disappearance. Loki promises to return her and, in the form of a falcon, finds her alone at Þjazi's home. He turns her into a nut and takes her back to Asgard. After Þjazi finds that Iðunn is gone, he turns into an eagle and furiously chases after Loki. The gods build a pyre in Asgard and, after a sudden stop by Loki, Þjazi's feathers catch fire, he falls, and the gods kill him. A number of theories surround Iðunn, including potential links to fertility, and her potential origin in Proto-Indo-European religion. Long the subject of artworks, Iðunn is sometimes referenced in modern popular culture. ==Name== The name ''Iðunn'' has been variously explained as meaning "ever young", "rejuvenator", or "the rejuvenating one".〔For "every young", see Lindow (2001:198-199). For "Rejuvenator", see Orchard (1997:95). For "The rejuvenating one", see Simek (2007:171).〕 As the modern English alphabet lacks the eth (ð) character,''Iðunn'' is sometimes anglicized as Idun, Idunn or Ithun.〔Examples include ''Idun'' in Davidson (1965), ''Idunn'' in Larrington (1999), and ''Ithun'' in Hollander (1990).〕 An -a suffix is sometimes applied to denote femininity, resulting in forms such as Iduna and Idunna.〔Examples include ''Iduna'' in Thorpe (1907) and ''Idunna'' in Gräter (1812).〕 The name ''Iðunn'' appears as a personal name in several historical sources and the ''Landnámabók'' records that it has been in use in Iceland as a personal name since the pagan period (10th century). ''Landnámabók'' records two incidents of women by the name of ''Iðunn''; Iðunn Arnardóttir, the daughter of an early settler, and Iðunn Molda-Gnúpsdóttir, granddaughter of one of the earliest settlers recorded in the book.〔See Turville-Petre (186:1964) and the ''Landnámabók'', (available online ).〕 The name ''Iðunn'' has been theorized as the origin of the Old English name ''Idonae''. 19th century author Charlotte Mary Yonge writes that the derivation of ''Idonae'' from ''Idunn'' is "almost certain," noting that although ''Idonae'' may be "the feminine of the Latin ''idoneus'' (fit), its absence in the Romance countries may be taken as an indication that it was a mere classicalizing of the northern goddess of the apples of youth."〔Yonge (1884:307).〕 19th-century scholar Jacob Grimm proposed a potential etymological connection to the idisi. Grimm states that "with the original form ''idis'' the goddess Idunn may possibly be connected."〔Grimm (1882:402-403).〕 Grimm further states that Iðunn may have been known with another name, and that "Iðunn would seem by Saem. 89a to be an Elvish word, but we do not hear of any other name for the goddess."〔Grimm (1882:333).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iðunn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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