Tuesday, April 21, 1987

Idun (Norse)

Idun

Goddess who is married to Bragi and is the keeper of the apples which keep the gods eternally young. The storm giant Tjasse abducts her and the gods start to age until Loki kills the giant and retrieves Idun. Goddess of youth, her name means "The Rejuvenating One".

Friday, January 16, 1987

Iapetus (Greek)

Iapetus

In Greek mythology, Iapetus (pronounced /aɪˈæpɪtəs/), also Iapetos or Japetus (Greek: Ἰαπετός), was a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father (by an Oceanid named Clymene or Asia) of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius and through Prometheus, Epimetheus and Atlas an ancestor of the human race. He was the Titan of Mortal Life, while his son, Prometheus, was the creator of mankind.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iapetus_(mythology)


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