Review: Ragnarok updates Norse mythology for the modern age
Definitely not Marvel's Thor: Norwegian actor David Stakston plays Magne, a high school student who finds himself imbued with the powers of the god of thunder in Ragnarok. A lonely, awkward high school student finds himself channeling the mythic powers of Thor in Ragnarok, a surprisingly engaging Norwegian-language reworking of Norse mythology brought into the…
“Wolf’s jaw” star cluster might have influenced parts of Ragnarök misconception
Enlarge / Only the onset of Ragnarök can defeat Hela, the goddess of death, in Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok. Marvel Studios In Norse mythology, Ragnarök is a cataclysmic series of events leading to the death of Odin and his fellow Asgardian gods and, ultimately, to the end of the world. Some iconographic details of this mythical…