10 Bits of Norse Myth You Probably Won’t See in Thor

the horse is in the movie.
and we don’t know what happened at the bar,maybe there was a 900 headed chick in the basement.
and there is boar eating.

Love it,thanks

I love the Norse stories. My other half is loosely Heathen (although most other Heathens would probably call him a Playgan) and he woo’d me by narrating the sagas and eddas to my whilst deepy intoxicated.

Those biased monks basically saved those myths from obscurity. What dicks.

I know all of these myths :)
I’m a HUGE Norse myth buff, so this Thor movie will irk me a bit with inaccuracies to the myths (just like the comics did). However, I look forward to the film. I just hope I can get over Thor being subjected to “superhero” titles over the title of GOD.

Man, now if Anthony Hopkins doesn’t say “I’mma ride that thing ALL OVER”, the movie will be a complete failure to me.

Love the implication that Thor eats the chariot, not the goats :3

Mythological gods, be they Norse, Greek, Native American, Indian…have a LOT in common with each other, however the one thing that they most blatantly share is their human characteristics.

They lie, cheat, rape, kill, drink and pillage..abuse others and thats just between them ! I won’t even bother going into what they do to poor mortals.

They were basically immortal beings (men women and animals) with superpowers..and they were real JERKS for the most part.

I do want to see the whole “you are a troll” thing that Thor has got going on with Hulk as well as the U.S. military spazzing out to these two and nuking the hell out of them (to no avail)., but it’s doubtful that that will happen in this movie…

I’m actually the most upset that we don’t get to see Thor kicking ass in a dress and “fabulous jewels”.

Actually, in regards to the builder of the wall around Valhalla (yes, I am a Nordic Mythology geek). The gods demands that Loki fix it when it looks like the builder it going to make his deadline. Loki turns into a horse and seduces the builder’s horse – getting pregnant in the process and later giving birth to Sleipner (Odin’s eight-legged horse). Thus the giant does not meat his deadline, when he complains Thor kills him XD The gods are so very fair and good natured – hmmmyes.

….I need a book of Norse mythology RIGHT THIS SECOND.

Mild correction to be made. The building of the wall around Asgard was successfully sabotaged by Loki. He turned himself into a mare and seduced the other horse away, thus keeping the job from being finished. When Loki got knocked up from this encounter (yes, I know), he gave birth to Slepnir, Odin’s 8-legged horse.

And that’s what I get for not reading ahead. Shutting up now. IGNORE ME!

Wait till they make the Avengers movie. :3

This is why I love Norse mythology. Viking dudes were keeping it real.

For what? That plot-line belongs in The Avengers. 

Not surprising that the movie left out Thor’s cross-dressing adventures, since it left out Loki’s gender-switchin’, birth-givin’, inter-species lovin’ and so on.

This article -

http://www.norsemyth.org/2011/04/almost-interview-with-kenneth-branagh.html

- talks about the director’s relationship (or lack of one) to these sorts of issues in Norse myth.

Why is number two NOT in the movie? It’s seriously the most awesome thing I’ve heard all week.

Pretty sure all of Loki’s “children” are still his in the Marvel cannon, with Hel being the most prominent. 

In a surprising turn of events, he then took them on a magical adventure into giant land, entered a drinking contest, failed to lift a cat in a feat of strength, and lost a wresting match against old woman.

This story really deserved its own entry. It’s a lulu.

To be fair, the old woman that Thor loses the wresting match to is actually time and the cat is the world serpent (disguised by the giant king, Utgarda-Loki)

Actually, I believe that Freyja gets first pick of the dead. Afterall she is the ruler of Valkyries. :) Send me to Folkvangr please!

Plus I agree, we need to see Thor in a dress with Loki helping him. Even if it is a flashback.

agreed. Bro-story ALL over that. (I.e., this totally happens in frats, srsly)

No, we don’t

If the next Thor movie is too hetronormative for you, perhaps you can watch a movie that’s more to your liking.

Making a person click through multiple pages to see each image is stupid and annoying. I stopped at #2. F**k you and your ad clicks.

I would pay SOOOOO much money to see Hemswortnand Hiddleston act out the Thrymskvitha.