Description: This illustration is from a retelling of Old Norse mythology,
Asgard Stories: Tales from
Norse Mythology (1901), by Mary H.
Foster and Mabel H.
Cummings. The illustration is
for the chapter "The Stealing of Idunna," a retelling of the
"Abduction of Iðunn" myth, and depicts Iðunn giving
Loki one of
the apples of immortality.
Source: Asgard Stories: Tales from Norse
Mythology
Folio or Page: 69
Medium: not known
Date: 1901
Dimensions (mm): 90 x 140
Provenance:
This illustration is from from the
collection of P. A. Baer.
Rights:
This illustration from Asgard Stories: Tales
from Norse Mythology is in the public domain.
Bibliography:
Editions
Foster,
Mary, and
Mabel
Cummings. Asgard
Stories: Tales from Norse Mythology. New
York: Silver, Burdett and Co,
1901.
Loki is counted among the gods but is a giant by birth.
Artist Not Known
Artist Not
Known
Artist not known for this illustration in Asgard
Stories
Gods and Goddesses
Iðunn (non.)
Idunn (en.)
The goddess who was married to Bragi and guarded the apples of
immortality that kept the gods young.
Myths
Abduction of Iðunn Myth
The myth concerning the abduction of Iðunn and the apples of
immortality by the giant Thjazi with the help of Loki. In the end, the
god's compel Loki to rescue Iðunn and regain the apples.
Plants
Apples of Immortality Golden apples that Iðunn keeps in a
casket and gives to the gods to keep them young.
Nouns
Edwardian (en.)The
Edwardian era began with the reign of King Edward VII, 1901 to 1910
(January 22, 1901 - 28 July, 1914). However, the era's end date is
sometimes extended to the beginning of World War 1 (28 July
1914).
Source Materials:
Asgard Stories (en.)
Children's book by Mabel Cummings and Mary Foster published in
1901.
Source Persons
Cummings,
Mabel (en.)
Nationality: English
b. 28 Mar 1872
d. 24 August 1962
Occupation: Childrens book writer.
Nationality: American
Mabel Homer Cummings lived in Brookline, Massachusetts, as well as
Boston and Cambridge. She was born on the 28th of March, 1872 in
Cambridge, and died on the 24th of August, 1962 in Brookline. She lived
with her sister, the horticulturalist and ornithologist Emma G.
Cummings. She was a school teacher and the headmistress and co-founder
of the high school Brimmer and May, where Cummings Hall is named after
her. She graduated from Smith College in 1895. She was almost certainly
a founding member of the College Club of Boston, the first women’s
college club in the United States, and bought the building at 76
Marlborough in 1893.
Foster,
Mary (en.)
Nationality: American
Occupation: Childrens book writer and schoolteacher.
b. 19 Dec 1848
d. 27 Oct 1914
