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Zack Snyder talks reinterpreting figures like Thor and Loki in his new Netflix show: "What we've done with them is put them back to a more mythological representation"
Of course, gods like Thor ... on those Norse gods is a little closer to the way they're represented in mythology," he tells us. "I know that they exist now in pop culture in a really cool way ...
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Valkyrie: How the bloodthirsty Valkyries of Norse mythology became a pop culture phenomenon
In our modern world, most of us could render a rough character sketch of a Valkyrie, and they would most likely look similar ... but in Old Norse mythology of the 13th century, when folklore ...
BBC5y
Eight ancient mythological superheroes that show Marvel how it’s done
But the legend of Hercules is actually thousands ... superhero territory. Thor, the hammer-wielding God of Thunder. In Germanic mythology, Thor (whose name comes from Old Norse) is the hammer ...
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Neil Gaiman on Thor, Loki and 'Norse Mythology'
Neil Gaiman stops by the WSJ Cafe to discuss his new book "Norse Mythology" and how his take on Thor, Odin and Loki is different from Marvel's comic book version. Photo: Getty Images ...