Iduna (isithixo)

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". For "ever young", see Lindow (2001:198-199). For "Rejuvenator", see Orchard (1997:95). For "The rejuvenating one", see Simek (2007:171).Njengoba yesimanje zamagama zesiNgisi awunazo waseMoresheti ( d ) uhlamvu, Iðunn ngezinye izikhathi anglicized njengoba Idun, Idunn noma Ithun. Examples include Idun in Davidson (1965), Idunn in Larrington (1999), and Ithun in Hollander (1990).Isijobelelo -a kwesinye isikhathi sisetshenziswa ukukhombisa ubufazi, okuholela kumafomu afana ne- Iduna ne- Idunna . Examples include Iduna in Thorpe (1907) and Idunna in Gräter (1812).

 Ubufakazi 

 Usonkondlo u-Edda 
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. Larrington (1999:87-88).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. Thorpe (1866:29).