Thor

Today is Thursday, an appropriate time to comment on the Nordic/Germanic God Thor, the God of Thunder for whom the day was named.

Since long before the days of Roman occupation – the Romans compared Thor to Jupiter and/or Hercules – Thor has always been male.  In fact, he was about as masculine as a guy could get.  As recently as the current movie series, Marvel Studios cast Chris Hemsworth, a real hunk the ladies drool over, as Thor.

Now, in an inexplicable turn of events, Marvel Comics – yeah it’s the same Marvel as the movie folks – is bringing out a new series of comic books in which Thor is a Woman!

WHAT?????

Did they discover that Hemsworth was secretly transgender?

What about Thor’s marriage to the goddess Sif, and their kids Járnsaxa, Magni and Móði? Where does that leave them?

With no further explanation than that they want to continue to present strong female role models, the powers that be at Marvel are disregarding their own successful story lines, not to mention centuries of history, to bring out a series of stories about a female Thor. 

Weren’t there any other god(dess) names available in the universe?  Couldn’t the creative bunch at Marvel come up with at least one?

Making Thor a female is truly a Marvel in more ways than one. 

I have never accepted gender limitations or gender discrimination, and I always told my daughters that they could be anything they wanted to be.  Now, I think I’m going to have to modify that to read anything you want to be except a guy that’s been around as a guy for hundreds of years.