Finding Thor

You know how I found Thor? I found Thor by watching Star Gate. Yeah, I’m a bit of a science fiction geek, if you define a geek as someone who likes everything science fiction-y (and would prefer the world if it really was that way). So Star Gate… one of the recurring characters is Thor. Thor is an alien (a sweet good guy Asgard alien) that pretended to be the ancient god Thor.

Why is this cool? Well it is cool for numerous reasons, which I’ll probably get into later, but for the purpose of this post it is cool because it got me into Norse mythology. I actually know a bit about Egyptian, Greek, and Roman mythology but hadn’t been all that interested in the Norse until Star Gate.

Thor kind of reminds me of Zeus, what with the lightning bolts and all. Of course, he is more well known for the boomerang hammer, which is also pretty sweet. He was basically the sky god, riding above in a chariot controlling rain and throwing lightning bolts. (pretty convenient for an alien alias, huh?)

Back to those Asgard aliens. Oddly enough, Asgard is also the name of the city where the Norse gods lived. Oh the connections. I love it when writers include elements of history and mythology (the original science fiction).

Who would have thought that a television show could bring in so much mythology? What have you learned from non-educational television?

Photo Credit Kyle May

June 24th, 2009 by birdievogel | Posted in Gods | (0)