Golden apple From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For other uses, see Golden apple (disambiguation). Contents 1 Greek mythology 1.1 Atalanta 1.2 The Garden of the Hesperides 1.3 The Judgment of Paris 2 Norse mythology 2.1 In myth 2.2 In Der Ring des Nibelungen 3 Fairy tales 4 Modern literature 4.1 Discordianism 5 Golden apples in other languages 6 Identity 7 See also 8 References 9 Resources The golden apple is an element that appears in various national and ethnic folk legends or fairy tales. Recurring themes depict a hero (e.g., Hercules or Făt-Frumos) retrieving the golden apples hidden or stolen by a monstrous antagonist. Alternatively, they are depicted as divine food and the source of immortality in Norse mythology.
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