Thor - Marvel vs. Myth
Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2019
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
You might know Thor from mythology, Marvel movies, and comic books. But do you know how these various versions compare? This week, Julia walks us through the origins of Thor’s mythology. Then we sit down with the incredible comic historian Lorraine Cink to talk about the god’s transition into the world of Marvel.
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Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about war, animal death, violence, and human sacrifice.
Guest
- Lorraine Cink is a host at Marvel Comics and the author of Powers of a Girl.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Spirit's podcast, a boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. |
| 0:04.4 | Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. |
| 0:07.5 | I'm Amanda. And I'm Julia. And this is episode 145, Thor Marvel versus Myth. |
| 0:12.5 | I'm really excited because if you're listening to this episode tomorrow, on Thursday, |
| 0:18.0 | Mike Schubert is going to be arguing that Thor is the best original Avenger in Headheart Gut. |
| 0:24.1 | And it's just like a Thor-filled week. |
| 0:26.5 | It absolutely is. |
| 0:27.6 | And what a worthy character. |
| 0:29.4 | I thought I liked Thor a lot before we did this episode. |
| 0:32.3 | But we got to learn so much more about the mythological origins. |
| 0:35.0 | And also talk to a Thor expert about Thor in the Marvel |
| 0:39.0 | Comics universe. It was so much fun. Yeah, Lorraine is the absolute best. It was such a delight |
| 0:43.7 | to get to talk to her for the back half of this episode. And I learned so much more about the |
| 0:48.4 | Thor comics than I ever thought I would. We talk about D&D. We talk about RuPaul's Drag Race. We |
| 0:54.0 | talk about squirrels. It's a very fun interview. We talk about Rupal's Drag Race. We talk about squirrels. |
| 0:55.6 | It's a very fun interview. |
| 0:57.2 | You guys are going to love it. |
| 0:58.2 | Yeah, it's going to be real, real good. |
| 1:00.0 | But first, why don't we, |
| 1:01.2 | while we talk about another thing that delights us as much as Thor, Amanda? |
| 1:04.9 | Julia, what a perfect segue. |
| 1:06.4 | We would love to welcome our newest patrons, ORA, Bethany, Chris, Michael, Kenna, and Isabelle, |
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