Random Thought: Iðunn's Apples

“Idun and the Apples” by James Doyle Penrose (1890)

In Norse mythology, the Goddess Iðunn provides the Norse pantheon with apples that grant eternal life (as long as they are regularly consumed).  

This got me thinking when I read:
Genesis 2:9, KJV: "And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil."
The fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil is often referred to as an apple.  What if the fruit of the tree of life is also an apple?

Genesis 3:22-24, KJV: "And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: 23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life."

Just saying, what if the Tree of Life is Iðunn's tree?


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