Iduna

Ydun (1858) nguHerman Wilhelm Bissen

Ezinganekwaneni zaseNorse,u- Iðunn ungunkulunkulukazi ohlotshaniswa nama- apula nentsha.I-Iðunn ufakazelwa yi- Poetic Edda, eyahlanganiswa ngekhulu le-13 kusuka emithonjeni yendabuko yangaphambili, kanye neProse Edda, eyabhalwa ngekhulu le-13 nguSnorri Sturluson.Kuyo yomibili imithombo, uchazwa njengonkosikazi kankulunkulu wama-skaldic uBragi, naku- Prose Edda, futhi njengomgcini wama-aphula kanye nomnikezeli wobusha obungunaphakade .

Igama

Igama elithi Iðunn lichazwe ngokuhlukahlukene ngokuthi lisho ukuthi "umncane njalo", "umvuseleli", noma "ovuselelayo". ^[1]Njengoba yesimanje zamagama zesiNgisi awunazo waseMoresheti ( d ) uhlamvu, Iðunn ngezinye izikhathi anglicized njengoba Idun, Idunn noma Ithun. ^[2]Isijobelelo -a kwesinye isikhathi sisetshenziswa ukukhombisa ubufazi, okuholela kumafomu afana ne- Iduna ne- Idunna . ^[3]

Ubufakazi

Usonkondlo u-Edda

UBragi uhlezi edlala ihabhu, uIðunn emi ngemuva kwakhe (1846) nguNils Blommér

U-Iðunn wethulwa njengomfazi kaBragi esethulweni sesibongo senkondlo ethi Lokasenna, lapho bobabili beya edilini elenziwa ngu- irgir.Ezingxenyeni ezingu-16, 17 no-18, kuba nengxoxo phakathi kukaLoki no-Iðunn ngemuva kokuthi uLoki ethuke uBragi.Kusigaba 16, u-Iðunn (lapha uchazwe njengo- Idunn ) uthi:

U-Idunn uthe:

Ngiyakucela, Bragi, ukuthi wenze insizakalo ezihlotsheni zakho zegazi

nabo bonke ubudlelwano bokutholwa,

ukuthi akufanele usho amazwi okusola kuLoki,

ehholo lika-irgir.

ULoki uthe:

Thula, Idunn, ngikumemezela lokho kubo bonke abesifazane

uhlanya kakhulu,

selokhu ubeke izingalo, wageza ngokukhanyayo,

ngombulali womfowenu

U-Idunn uthe:

Angisho amagama okusola kuLoki,

ehholo lika-irgir

Ngathulisa uBragi, ngenza kukhulume ubhiya;

futhi zonke izinto eziphilayo ziyamthanda. ^[4]

Enkondlweni kaHrafnagaldr Óðins, kunikezwa imininingwane eyengeziwe mayelana no-Iðunn, noma ngabe lolu lwazi alufakazelwa ngenye indlela.Lapha, u-Iðunn ukhonjwa njengowehla ema- elves, njengomunye "wezingane ezindala zika-Ivaldi " nanjengama- dís ahlala kuma- dales.UStanza 6 ufundeka kanje:

Ezindabeni kuhlala,

owaziwa ngaphambili,

kusuka kuYggdrasil's

umlotha ushonile,

wohlanga lwe-alfen,

Idun ngegama,

omncane ka-Ivaldi

izingane ezindala. ^[5]

1. For "ever young", see Lindow (2001:198-199). For "Rejuvenator", see Orchard (1997:95). For "The rejuvenating one", see Simek (2007:171).
2. Examples include Idun in Davidson (1965), Idunn in Larrington (1999), and Ithun in Hollander (1990).
3. Examples include Iduna in Thorpe (1907) and Idunna in Gräter (1812).
4. Larrington (1999:87-88).
5. Thorpe (1866:29).