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Thor: Movie vs. Myth Thor und Loki, Loki, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Mythologie, Nordische Mythologie, Thor

Autor:  konpaku

I already had thought about writing about Norse Mythology a bit more than the few mentions I had so far. Therefore I also see this as possibility for me to start my work on it properly.

As I mentioned in my review for Thor: The Dark World was I sceptical about the Thor-film in regards to its adaptations of the myths. I already new a few things about the myths when I first heard about the film/the characters and the more I learned about both the myths and the Marvel-version, the more I was reluctant to actually try it. The way they portray characters and their relationships with each other seemed so wrong to me that I had a hard time grasping my head around it.

So with this post I want to show you some of the major differences between the adaptations of the myths in Marvels Cinematic Universe’s “Thor” (and its follow-up films) and Norse Mythology itself. Please do keep in mind that I am not an expert on this matter and most of this is recited by memory, so if you see any mistakes you are more than welcome to inform me about them.

What confused me the most when I started watching the first Thor film were the

Family relationships;

especially Loki being Thor’s brother.

Deep down in the back of my mind something practically ranted at me: “He is not the brother. He wasn’t the brother. Was he?” until I took my Laptop and looked it up.
Needles to say my nagging mind was indeed correct: According to Norse Mythology Loki is NOT the brother of Thor, but instead the blood brother (meaning no blood relationship whatsoever) of Odin, as Loki otherwise would not have been allowed to stay in Asgard due to being a giant. Though he does share some rather funny adventures with the God of Thunder (including for example cross-dressing, but covering that would stray too far away from the topic).

Another strange change are Thor and Sif, which in the original are married, while in the Marvel universe they are but friends. They fight alongside each other with Sif having a crush on him and Thor simply ignoring it and swooning over the “mortal” Jane Foster. In the comics I believe Sif even becomes a Valkyrie, which would make any proper relationship quite impossible (in the myths they are the ones picking up the fallen warriors that are granted access to Valhalla, their “heaven”).

Not mentioned at all in the films, so far, are other family members of Thor and Loki.

Continue reading: Thor: Movie vs. Myth

Datum: 06.05.2014 20:17
Na ja, aber der Film ist ja wiederum eine Comic-Adaption, keine Mythologie-Aufbereitung...
Love yourself so no one has to...
Datum: 06.05.2014 20:52
Hab ich auch nie behauptet.
Es ist trotzdem interessant zu gucken wie Sachen ursprünglich sind, wenn sie schon die gleichen Namen usw. verwenden - und ich kenne ein paar Heiden, die sich ungemein da der Marvel-Version stören.

Der Film ist den meisten Leuten mittlerweile vermutlich geläufiger als die tatsächliche Umsetzung im Comic, also ist das einfacher zu vergleichen, auch wenn in beiden die gleichen Elemente verwendet werden und schon allein der Comic die aufgezählten Differenzen und sogar noch mehr hat.


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