Ask someone to picture Thor and they might imagine a blond hero with a clean jaw. Ask a medieval Icelander and the answer would probably have been a big man with a red beard. This post looks at what the sources say about Thor’s hair and beard, how artists have shown him over the centuries, ….  Read More

Thanks to Marvel films and comics, many people think of Loki as Thor’s brother. Search engines are full of the question, and the answer depends entirely on which Loki you mean. In the Norse sources, Loki is not Thor’s brother at all. In Marvel stories, he is Thor’s adopted brother. This post explains both versions ….  Read More

Marvel’s Thor first appeared in the comic Journey into Mystery #83 in 1962, created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby. Since then the character has become, for many people, the main version of Thor they know. The comic and film character borrows names and ideas from Norse mythology but changes a great deal. ….  Read More