Unlike monotheistic religions based on the belief in an omnipotent, all-powerful overseer god who judges actions and determines justice in the mortal world, in Norse mythology, gods and goddesses were ...

Comparing The Visual Design of Age of Mythology: Retold and The MCU's Norse Gods . Coming just four movies into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, 2011's Thor thrust a handful of Norse gods, goddesses ...

And Norse mythology has been increasingly in vogue over the past few years, perhaps as a side effect of the popularity of Marvel’s Thor movie franchise. In books, the most beautiful and stirring ...

Characters in Norse mythology such as Loki and Thor are in the public domain and are not owned by Disney or any other company. Disney does, however, own the rights to its versions of these characters.

Scandinavia is known for its folklore, with trolls and dwarfs featuring throughout Norse mythology. After first arriving in Iceland, the Vikings had very little in the way of writing and instead ...

Most people have some passing familiarity with Norse mythology and legend. Even the days of our modern week are named after its gods and goddesses. But there is a dark side to the Nordic mythos ...

Norse mythology and its gods and characters have already played a big role in the MCU, especially in Thor’s movies. Although not every mythologically-based character we’ve seen surface in ...

With God of War moving away from the Greek mythology of the original trilogy, firmly into the realms of the Norse gods, there were quickly questions about how huge icons like Thor and Loki could ...

Netflix's 'Twilight of the Gods,' co-created by Zack Snyder, is an animated retelling of Norse mythology about the lead-up to Ragnarok.