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"Idunn, Norse Goddess of Youth, Immortality & Springtime" by Agnes D. Olson

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Idunn the Beautiful was the norse goddess of youth, immortality and springtime. Her husband was the god Bragi, her father was Ivaldi the Earth Dwarf, her mother was Sol the Sun and her three sisters were the Valkyries: Allvit, Swanvit and Obrun. Idunn was the kindest of all the gods and she was dearly loved both for herself and for her magical golden Apples of Youth (which she kept with her in an ashwood chest trimmed with gold). These apples were entrusted to Idunn by Jord, goddess of the earth, who also gave Idunn the tree from which they grew. Each morning, Idunn would glide about the hall where the gods sat and feasted together, and gave each an apple. No matter how many she took out of her chest, there always remained just the same number as before. When the gods ate of the apples, they grew fresh and young again, no matter how old and weary they had felt before. For even the gods of Asgard grew old and weary sometimes; and then nothing would make them young again but the Apples of Youth. Once the Giants heard of the magic fruit, they tried in vain to steal them or tempt Idunn with rich gifts to obtain them. So Idunn took the greatest care to never let her ashwood chest out of her sight for even a moment. Like my other works, after I drew this picture, I scanned it in, outlined in Adobe Illustrator, and completed it with a combination of Photoshop, Painter and Eye Candy.


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3 Oct 200545 Anonymous
good Job! I love the background!
13 Oct 200545 Zoe Fang
Beautiful picture! Idun is so gorgeous!
18 Jun 200645 Anonymous
She's gorgeous! Nice touch with the green eyeshadow. But the nail color clashes with the mood. Very artistic.
3 Nov 200645 Swampy
Keeper of the Tree another often over looked Goddess!
3 Apr 200745 Lord Frydae XIII
She looks gorgeous and sexy! Although i agree with veronika, i imagined her more humble and so on. She looks kind of...Sassy in this pic. I really like it though!!!!!!!
6 Apr 2008:-) Jake Phoenix Beasley
:-O Wow, that’s rather good.
Btw, I’m doing the "first-comment-for-a-year" dance now.
19 Aug 200845 Nula
I love how she’s a mix of youth and ancient maturity, and also, innocence, yet there’s this natural seductiveness about her. I also loved how you made green her color.
10 Feb 201045 No body in particular
I think that this is soooo pretty you are a wonderful artist!
21 May 201245 Fernando
this is a very gay stupid dumb ugly page and the art is lame stupid ghetto and unuseful.
21 May 201245 Anonymous
4 this is so fuckin lame
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'Idunn, Norse Goddess of Youth, Immortality & Springtime':
 • Created by: :-) Agnes D. Olson
 • Copyright: ©Agnes D. Olson. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Adobe, Allvit, Apples, Asgardians, Asgards, Ash, Ashwood, Bragi, Candy, Earth, Eye, Giants, God, Goddess, Gods, Golden, Idun, Iduna, Idunn, Idunna, Illustrator, Immortality, Ivaldi, Jord, Magic, Magical, Norse, Obrun, Painter, Photoshop, Sol, Spring, Springtime, Swanvit, Valkyrie, Valkyries, Youth
 • Categories: Woman, Women
 • Techniques: Computer-coloured Picture, Computer Program, Other Computer Paint Program
 • Views: 11292
 • Resolution: 340x430

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