tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post7006534965348029506..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Thor: Myth and MarvelMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-30298155415004556452013-10-17T09:07:04.532+01:002013-10-17T09:07:04.532+01:00Thanks!Thanks!Marie-Louise Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006940874591015786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-62640664562680930652013-10-16T11:10:28.970+01:002013-10-16T11:10:28.970+01:00PS The Ursula LeGuin story is in her anthology The...PS The Ursula LeGuin story is in her anthology The Wind's Twelve Quarters, if you're interested.Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-49007795480619274492013-10-16T11:00:20.015+01:002013-10-16T11:00:20.015+01:00I guess I'm thinking of Odin in terms of death...I guess I'm thinking of Odin in terms of death. Hermes took you there, but he wasn't really a god of death in himself. He was a patron of travellers and thieves, among other things. Odin's horse might have been a symbol of a bier with four pallbearers, he was the Lord of the Gallows and his sacrifices were hanged and the stories about him tend to be about him making bets involving losing a head. He may have been the god who owned the mead of poetry, but let's face it, he's no Apollo and the Valkyries are no Muses! I would feel safer in Thor's company. There's that story about how Thor got his two servants. The boy had done the wrong thing, eating the marrow from Thor's goat against his specific orders. Thor was upset, but he calmed down and took the boy and his sister as servants instead of throwing a lightning bolt. Can you imagine what Odin would have done?<br /><br />When I said "cartooning" I wasn't being literal. Perhaps I should have said it sounds like a comic book movie. Nothing wrong with that as long as you don't expect accurate mythology. :)Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-50066919208622893912013-10-16T09:23:21.034+01:002013-10-16T09:23:21.034+01:00Thanks for this - I hadn't heard about it and ...Thanks for this - I hadn't heard about it and am intrigued.Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-34596083596300368392013-10-15T23:33:53.444+01:002013-10-15T23:33:53.444+01:00He is a bit noisy, isn't he? His life is not e...He is a bit noisy, isn't he? His life is not exactly spent in pursuit of wisdom like Odin's.<br />I've just seen there IS a cartoon version of Thor out, but that isn't the film I'm talking about here - it's the productions starring Chris Hemsworth. Can't vouch for the others!Marie-Louise Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006940874591015786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-13013176196397812792013-10-15T18:46:41.715+01:002013-10-15T18:46:41.715+01:00But, but Sue - the Romans took one glance at Woden...But, but Sue - the Romans took one glance at Woden and equated him with Hermes - both had the job of leading the dead to the other world. Woden/Odin was the God who shared poetry with mankind, and Hermes was the god 'of all those who earn their living by words.' Which makes Odin our patron god! He's certainly my favourite - though I'm quite fond of Red-Beard. But give me craft and cunning over a lot of noisy hammering any day.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-72271492842640507792013-10-15T10:18:04.799+01:002013-10-15T10:18:04.799+01:00That sounds good - I haven't read that one, bu...That sounds good - I haven't read that one, but will look out for it. There's no cartooning in Thor - that was Beowulf. But it has it's formula movie-moments.Marie-Louise Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006940874591015786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-34740562947658705142013-10-15T09:29:33.265+01:002013-10-15T09:29:33.265+01:00I missed that film, but if you say it was good, de...I missed that film, but if you say it was good, despite the cartooning, I may try it. I, personally, have a lot of affection for Thor. He was the subject of the sillier, funnier stories. Odin, frankly, terrifies me.<br /><br />Norse myth in general makes good fiction. There was even a story by Ursula K. Leguin which took the story of Freya's necklace to space. Freya was, however, not a sex goddess but a young woman who wants to retrieve a family heirloom necklace as her dowry; the "dwarves" are there to get her to space, as it's on another planet in a museum.<br /><br />Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com