Sigh. I don’t want to be a wet blanket, especially because I love Marvel movies and Thor is the best of the solo hero standalone flicks.
But…yep, there was an ancient Norse religion. Odinism. Asatru. Call it what you will, but just as the Romans had Apollo and the Greeks had Zeus, so too did the Scandinavians of old have Odin, Thor, Loki and Hela.
Thor was a God worshipped by many. So I mean, yeah, if Marvel were to create a new hero called “The Amazing Jesus” and have him fight the Hulk and run around with Capt. America and Spiderman, people would be upset.
But Odinism was replaced by Christianity. I don’t know the whole history but my limited understanding is that the Romans took over Europe. The Europeans were forest dwelling tree people and ironically, were considered savage barbarians by the Romans.
Eventually the Roman Empire converted from its multi-God system to Christianity, becoming the Holy Roman Empire and Christianity spread throughout Europe.
So I don’t know…there have been movies about the Gods of old and they are interesting but its just interesting how history plays out. Some religions remain and it would be offensive to have superhero movies about them. Others can turn the Gods of religions into cartoon characters.
I have some Scandinavian blood in me but I mean, it doesn’t bother me. If I were a full blooded Asatru worshipping Thor lover though, yeah, I feel like I’d be sad to see Thor being a caricature.
Oh well. Just a random thought. Again, I’m not saying dump Thor. Of all the Avengers, he has the best storyline, probably because it was written by ancient Norwegians and not Marvel.
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