Iduna

Lady of the Orchard

Offerings to Iduna

Ways of Honoring Iduna

Colors: yellow, apple red, apple green

Symbols: apples, orchards, offering horn of mead

Altar suggestions: apples (real or made of semiprecious stones or carved); potted plants, herbs and flowers; apple blossoms, fruits and fruit blossoms; gardening tools, drinking horn; the rune Jera.

Food and drink: fruits of all kinds, garden vegetables, especially fruiting varieties, apple pie

Service offerings: plant trees, especially fruit trees, weed someone’s overgrown garden, support a local farmer’s collective, committing to taking care of your own health, including engaging in regular exercise.

Contraindicated: overuse of pesticides in one’s garden; planting, gardening, and eating without mindfulness, behaving in ways that rape the earth, not honoring the land vaettir.

Organizations to Donate To in Honor of Iduna:

Seed Savers Exchange (you can buy seeds from them for local gardeners or community gardens)

Arbor Day Foundation