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Nordic Halloween
An early Halloween comic. Idea by Sbaldur.
America is dressed as the Marvel god/superhero Thor, while the rest are dressed as the version of the gods from the comic "Valhalla". Sweden is dressed as Odin.
One superhero that for sure will never be taken seriously in Scandinavia is Thor. Ever.
"Valhalla" is a re-interpretation of the old myths. For example, even though he’s a jackass, Loki doesn’t turn more and more evil. It’s just the other gods who trust him less and less because he keep causing trouble, and in the end they start blaming him for things he didn’t do.
In the story about Balder’s death he doesn’t intend for Balder to die. He just wanted to make a fool of Balder’s brother Hod by making him think he could hurt his brother with a mistletoe. So Loki was just as surprised as everybody else when it killed Balder.
Neither did he betray the gods during Ragnarok. The jotuns captured him without the gods knowing, so when the battle started they saw him on the jotuns’ side. He tried to get over to the gods, but was attacked by Heimdal.
In 1986 the comic got turned into a cartoon [link]
25th October 2010
1012 Comments:
10 days ago #8821670
Did Finland pretend to lose his arm? Sorry if I offend but I'm not from the Nordic region
Did Finland pretend to lose his arm? Sorry if I offend but I'm not from the Nordic region
27 days ago #8797673
Just now I realised that Sweden is keeping one of his eyes closed to keep the Odin thing going. :P
Just now I realised that Sweden is keeping one of his eyes closed to keep the Odin thing going. :P
29 days ago #8795653
If Sweden had a beard and a pointier hat... he'd be Gandalf. lol
If Sweden had a beard and a pointier hat... he'd be Gandalf. lol
1 month ago #8791717
Norway Thor looks kind of like Link from Zelda. Could it be where Zelda's creator got his inspiration from for Link's looks?
Norway Thor looks kind of like Link from Zelda. Could it be where Zelda's creator got his inspiration from for Link's looks?
1 month ago #8774371
I started watching Valhalla out of curiosity after reading this (it's kinda funny, I'm learning German and it sounds rather similar to Danish) but I haven't gotten to the part with Baldr yet.
Still, I read someone's version that made a lot of sense: Baldr, golden son of Odin, has a son, Forseti, and he's loved and welcomed by all of Asgard. Meanwhile, Loki has children and what happens to them? Fenris gets chained in a cave by himself because of a prophecy that he's gonna kill Odin, Jormungandr gets tossed into Midgard's oceans for growing too big, Hela gets banished to Niflheim to 'rule' there, Sleipnir gets taken by Odin to be his STEED, and I'm pretty sure they killed Narfi so they could use his entrails to tie Loki to a rock at some point.
All of which would engender some bitterness towards him, and the royal family as a whole, eh? They can have children and have their children loved, but when LOKI has children they're monsters and must be removed? Ouch, family, ouch.
I can totally believe that in addition to just wanting to have some vicious fun with his pranks Loki's also kinda striking back at the people who have hurt him in the only way he knows how.
I started watching Valhalla out of curiosity after reading this (it's kinda funny, I'm learning German and it sounds rather similar to Danish) but I haven't gotten to the part with Baldr yet.
Still, I read someone's version that made a lot of sense: Baldr, golden son of Odin, has a son, Forseti, and he's loved and welcomed by all of Asgard. Meanwhile, Loki has children and what happens to them? Fenris gets chained in a cave by himself because of a prophecy that he's gonna kill Odin, Jormungandr gets tossed into Midgard's oceans for growing too big, Hela gets banished to Niflheim to 'rule' there, Sleipnir gets taken by Odin to be his STEED, and I'm pretty sure they killed Narfi so they could use his entrails to tie Loki to a rock at some point.
All of which would engender some bitterness towards him, and the royal family as a whole, eh? They can have children and have their children loved, but when LOKI has children they're monsters and must be removed? Ouch, family, ouch.
I can totally believe that in addition to just wanting to have some vicious fun with his pranks Loki's also kinda striking back at the people who have hurt him in the only way he knows how.
2 months ago #8764656
Truthfully... anyone who watched Marvel's Thor and expected him to be even just something close to the real one... Was a fair bit of naive.
After all, it is Marvel. They like to warp content around to fit their needs all the time. This does not mean that they're doing a bad job at entertaining people. They do great at that. But you just don't have to expect them to be accurate to the actual myths.
Granted, it's annoying that a lot of people take Marvel!Thor for Thor, but eh... their loss. We who know the truth can always enlighten them if they bring it up ;)
Truthfully... anyone who watched Marvel's Thor and expected him to be even just something close to the real one... Was a fair bit of naive.
After all, it is Marvel. They like to warp content around to fit their needs all the time. This does not mean that they're doing a bad job at entertaining people. They do great at that. But you just don't have to expect them to be accurate to the actual myths.
Granted, it's annoying that a lot of people take Marvel!Thor for Thor, but eh... their loss. We who know the truth can always enlighten them if they bring it up ;)
2 months ago #8760910
@Niobesnuppa I can understand that, and I honestly don't really like the new Thor either, I don't like that they tried to make him more....modern? It wasn't a horrible movie, but if I wanted to see a movie relating to Norse mythology, then I wouldn't pick that one. I'd much rather see a redheaded Thor wearing traditional Norse clothing with Mjölnir than the "modern" one, but each person is entitled to their own opinion I suppose.
@Niobesnuppa I can understand that, and I honestly don't really like the new Thor either, I don't like that they tried to make him more....modern? It wasn't a horrible movie, but if I wanted to see a movie relating to Norse mythology, then I wouldn't pick that one. I'd much rather see a redheaded Thor wearing traditional Norse clothing with Mjölnir than the "modern" one, but each person is entitled to their own opinion I suppose.
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@Australian Ohhhh... Now I understand slightly... I'll look Tyr up!