The Goddess Idunn, Fulltrui and Sacred Queen of Stormark

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The Goddess Idunn, Fulltrui and Sacred Queen of Stormark

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The Lady Divine Idunn is since Time Immemorial one of the three Fulltrui and Sacred Queens of Stormark.


The Lady Idunn is a Goddess who, within the cultural context of the High Realm of Stormark, belongs to the tribe of deities known as the Vanir. Her name means "Rejuvenating One” in the Storish language.

To the Storish Vanafolk, to whom She is also known as the Lady Apple-Keeper of the Gods, the Apple-Maiden, Garðyrkjamær and Nakinnmær, the Lady Idunn represents purity and the innocence of childhood, where the soul's dreams, magic and make believe still prevail.

The Lady Divine is, amongst others, goddess of youth and springtime, and the keeper of the magical golden apples of immortality which give the Lords and Ladies Divine vitality and youth forever. Idunn is since Time Immemorial a Fulltrui and Sacred Queen of Stormark.

Aside from being the Lady Apple-Keeper of the Gods, Idunn is also charged with nourishing the World Tree, Yggdrasil; a task she carries out with the help of numerous handmaiden deities. She is one of the foremost Goddesses of agriculture and healthy food.

Appearance and Ways
Nakinnmær almost always shows Herself as a youthful maiden, sometimes delicate and beautiful, sometimes sturdy and hard-working. Her figure is slender but shapely and She has brown hair and brown eyes.

In spite of the emphasis in myth on Her youth and beauty, Garðyrkjamær has a very strong work ethic. She cares for the most sacred orchard of Vanaheim, growing all kind of special fruits for the Gods - including the special golden apples that give the Lords and Ladies Divine their eternal youth and immortality.

Nakinnmær is a working goddess as well as a deity of health and rejuvenation, and these things are linked. The aforesaid Lady Apple-Keeper of the Gods is quite fond of working in the nude.

The Lady Idunn honestly believes that physical labor in the nude - especially working the earth - is the second-best thing that one can do for one's health. The first thing, of course, is proper nourishment.

Callings
The Apple-Maiden can be called upon for any health issue, as well as for getting one's body back in shape, getting over food issues, getting more out of one's diet, easing the transfer to healthy food instead of junk, and of course for blessing anyone with an orchard or fruit trees.

Attributes
  • Apples which She carries in a basket;
  • A chest, which never becomes empty, in which She keeps Her magical apples;
  • Colors: apple red, apple green, and yellow;
  • Day: Friday;
  • Food and drink: fruits of all kinds, garden vegetables, especially fruiting varieties, apple pie;
  • Names: The Apple-Maiden, Garðyrkjamær, Lady Apple-Keeper of the Gods, Nakinnmær;
  • Rune: Jera;
  • Symbols: apples, orchards, offering horn of mead.
Fulltrui and Sacred Queen
Garðyrkjamær is the Fulltrui and Sacred Queen that, amongst others, provides the Lands of the Longships Throne with longevity.

According to the Old Tale the Lady Idunn became a Fulltrui and Sacred Queen of the future High Realm of Stormark after have been recruited by the Lady Freyja.

Temple of Youth
The Temple of Youth on Apple Isle in the Imperial City of Haraldsborg is especially dedicated to the Apple-Maiden in her capacity of Fulltrui and Sacred Queen of Stormark.

Jarldom
The Jarldom belonging to the Lady Idunn in Her capacity of Fulltrui and Sacred Queen of Stormark is the Jarldom of the Idunn Isles.

Daughters of Idunn
The Grand Mysterious Sisterhood known as the Daughters of Idunn has since times ancient beyond the memory of woman been devoted to
Nakinnmær.

Old Tale
In the Old Tale, the Saga of Stormark's Creation, the Lady Idunn plays a pivotal role in the creation of the High Realm of Stormark, through her countless interventions in favour of Jarl Harald during the Conquest of the Heartland.
Her Holiness the Lady Oracle of Thingeyri
Priestess of the Thingeyri Temple
Priestess to the Vanic Temples Beyond-the-Seas in Shirekeep and Lindstrom City.
Storish Viking Answer Lady to Bastion

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