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Tales – norse mythology for smart people

“The Baby wolves Going after the sun’s rays and also the Moon” by J.C. Dollman (1909) The tales – or myths, tales, or legends – of Norse mythology, when taken together, tell a great, cyclical narrative that starts at the development of the cosmos, ends using the downfall from the cosmos at Ragnarok, after which …

How “tales of asgard” altered everything

In Journey into Mystery #83 (August 1962), Jesse Blake finds an enchanting walking stick that transforms him into Thor. It’s an extremely inauspicious beginning. For the reason that first story, Thor fights stone-skinned aliens, who simply land with simply the smallest pretense of explanation. Thor’s tales would continue within this vein for 14 full issues, …