News that Natalie Portman will star as a female Thor in an upcoming Marvel film has sparked debate on social media as some fans reacted in anger to a woman being cast as the titular role in the popular comic book franchise. While a female Thor character does appear in the comics, some fans were angered by Marvel Studios’ announcement on Saturday, saying it was “too much” and claiming it was... 

The Swedish Government is trying to make certain runes from the runic alphabet, as well as some old Norse Scandinavian symbols illegal. Their official reason for banning the runes is that Nazis used some of them during the second world war, for example the Odal rune that means O and the Tyr/Tiwaz rune that means T. Reportedly, the Social Democratic Minister of Justice Morgan Johansson is behind the... 

Pre-Christian paganism is on the rise across Scandinavia, as more Swedes choose to rejoin the traditional faith of Thor and Odin, despite being habitually accused of nationalism and their symbols being “expropriated” by neo-Nazis. Ancient pagan beliefs appear to be making a comeback in Scandinavia. The Nordic Asa-Community alone has grown to over 800 members over just a few years, whereas... 

Heimdall by way of Detroit is not the main problem with Thor. It’s one thing to turn a heathen war god into a comic book. It’s another to turn him into a social democrat. Kenneth Branagh’s Thor was obviously meant to be a desecration, and it’s already passé to point this out. The casting is so deliberately clumsy that it becomes ironically racist. Idris Elba as the “whitest of the gods,”... 

Idris Elba (RocknRolla, “The Wire”) plays a Norse god by the name of Heimdall in Marvel’s “Thor” film. Heimdall is sometimes referred to as “The White God,” which is why the Council of Conservative Citizens (CofCC) is planning to boycott the movie when it hits theaters on May 6th 2011. The group wrote: “Norse mythology gets multi-cultural remake in upcoming...