I would like to ask a question about Thor. Does Thor have real-life mythology, and if so, why did Marvel choose to use him as a main franchise instead of other mythological people? How are they ...

Ragnarok isn’t just the end of Marvel’s Thor as we know him; it’s the end of the world. At least it is in Norse mythology. Told of primarily in the 13th century Old Norse texts, the Poetic ...

Myths never die; they just find new ways to be told. For all its melodrama, Thor is a broad (and very liberal) "retelling" of Norse mythology. It even includes the great world-shaking battle ...

Thor's short-haired, gladiatorial look in Thor: Ragnarok hints at the eclipsing of Norse myths by Christianity that was taking place in the 13th century. Photo / Jasin Boland ...

It may shock you to learn that Stan Lee and Jack Kirby did not do an accurate job bringing the Norse god Thor and his mythology into the Marvel comics universe back in 1962. If they had, they ...

An Avengers fan with a bit of technical know-how and some absurdly strong magnets has built a real life Mjolnir, AKA Thor's Hammer, that only he can lift. Using magnets and batteries ...