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)