tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470942948194520385.post7162289558301793821..comments2023-02-14T06:57:41.001+00:00Comments on PHILIP WOMACK: Thor as Woman: Gender and gods?PHILIP WOMACKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568326890433679833noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470942948194520385.post-83706359268270113892014-07-16T13:24:40.637+01:002014-07-16T13:24:40.637+01:00As I've said elsewhere, I do see why Marvel ha...As I've said elsewhere, I do see why Marvel have done this, having seen the reasoning behind the storyline. If you take this purely in terms of the Marvel-created universe, then it sort-of works. However, the wider point you make about the power of myth being tied up with its fundamental and unchanging elements - the USP of each god, if you like - is a very valid one. I am not comfortable with Thor being changed to a woman on those grounds, because he IS that elemental masculine archetype. Marvel Universe is a very different place, though - with its own tropes and rules, and I'm happy to respect that as long as I'm also allowed to speak from the 'pure' mythologist's point of view! I think I've meddled with enough myths to be qualified to do that. Lucy Coatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774389681477698245noreply@blogger.com