making the Apples of Immortality.

From previously commenting on Iðunn's apples of immortality, NorsePlay reads that it's the goddess who makes the apples work and not the orchard or trees themselves that are left behind during her abduction by Þjazi where the Gods age in her absence, otherwise they would just go pluck the apples themselves.

The question this raises in terms of NorsePlay is thusly: If the crucial factor is how Iðunn keeps the apples, then can this preparatory process be rediscovered & applied to make our very own apples of immortality? Is there a secret agricultural procedure or cooking recipe that would make any apple a key to limitless youth & longevity? Or is the fruit's conversion within the specific construction of a special storage cask for altering apples? If so, can an apple a day forever keep old Elli & deathly Hel away?

[Iðunn from the amazing Johan Egerkrans' Norse Gods (2017 CE). Differently depicted as an older beauty with her sharply drawn cheekbones & wonderfully Klimt-esque cloak! Note the single apple-sized cask, which would imply that the harvesting must happen one-at-a-time, by necessity slowly & judiciously in order for their maintaining effect to succeed.]

If any of you NorsePlayers have an idea of how them apples might work, do let us know in the comments.

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Guillermo Maytorena IV knew there was something special in the Norse Lore when he picked up a copy of the d'Aulaires' Norse Gods and Giants at age seven. Since then he's been fascinated by the truthful potency of Norse Mythology, passionately read & studied, embraced Ásatrú, launched the Map of Midgard project, and spearheaded the neologism/brand NorsePlay. If you have employment/opportunities in investigative mythology,  field research, or product development to offer, do contact him.