This is for Katie Ann..
Apples (Malus Domestica) a fruit that has been mixed up in many stories and in turn symbolises: Immortality, eternal youth, desire, knowledge, trickery, forbidden knowledge....
A blog by 'Apple harvester' with a section on mythology
wiki apple actually quite good...apple was a general term for any fruit that wasn't a berry..compares the root of the word..comes very close to evil (Malum)
the annotated Snow white from Surlalune "23. Apple: The apple was sacred to Aphrodite and represented knowledge, especially sexual knowledge, fertility and love. IR"
The isle of Avalon (think King Arthur) is linked with apples..another word link.
The isle of Avalon (think King Arthur) is linked with apples..another word link.
Idun a Norse goddess:custodian of the golden apples of youth here
Idun, Arthur Rackam. 1910.
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