Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-26863084-20160702151917/@comment-4548390-20160817233105

Ben 1,000,911 wrote: The Many-Angled One wrote: Ben 1,000,911 wrote: Thor is the mythological Norse God of Thunder, but I guess the character Marvel has was named Odinson, and took the name Thor from the actual religion. That's just my guess. That doesn't make sense (unless it's something like Earth X). As far as I know, the Gods of Earth-616 were created by belief (that's pretty much debatable), so he is the Thor from old myths, not someone who took that name from a religion. One more thing: this is Marvel's take on Thor, he wasn't created to be an exact copy of the mythological Thor, he's just a character based on him, nothing less, nothing more. No that's what I meant. I meant that Marvel's take on Thor might be that his name is Odinson. "Thor" could be like a nickname or his superhero name (even though he's a god). Marvel's take on him is that he is Thor, his name is Thor Odinson, and he decided to give his name to Jane Foster. Period. There's no secret to it.

(Note: Odinson is just the "surname" given to the sons of Odin in Marvel Comics)