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Hello! I'm View from Point of View channel!
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First, I'm gonna confess something. This video's clip is a total clickbait.
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My point is not gonna be about the relationship between Thor and Loki, but about various Norse gods.
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Of course, there's gonna be answer about Thor and Loki's relationship, but it won't be the main idea.
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So it's not that much of a clickbait... More like stories about relationships between Norse gods.
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After watching the 3rd film in Thor trilogy, Thor: Ragnarok. I've noticed that this one is more special than the other two
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in that it included more portions of Norse Mythology.
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Yes there were Norse gods here and there in the other two,
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but just some simple stories. And most of the stuff happen on Earth anyway.
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[Thor's Family, according to Marvel's films]
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[Thor's Family, according to Marvel's films] [Father]
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[Thor's Family, according to Marvel's films] [Father] [Mother]
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[Thor's Family, according to Marvel's films] [Father] [Mother] [Son & Daughter]
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[Thor's Family, according to Marvel's films] [Father] [Mother] [Son & Daughter] [Also a Son?]
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But in this one, the whole story happened the other realms, that's why it's connected to Norse Mythology a lot.
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There were many Asgardian characters on screen.
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So today I'm gonna talk about their relationships. Who is who and how are they related, according to the orginial Mythology.
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According to Norse Mythology, the gods are usually divided into two groups: Aesir and Vanir.
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Today we're gonna focus mainly on the Aesir, because they are more well-known.
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The Aesir are the ones living in Asgard, the land of gods.
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The head of Asgard is Odin. He's the father of all gods.
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As to how Odin came into power and how he was born,
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I have already covered in another video, which you can go watch after this one.
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Odin is a one-eyed god, who has a spear called Gungnir, which appeared a lot in the trilogy.
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He also has an animal as a vehicle, just like gods everywhere else.
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His vehicle is a weird creature, it's a horse with 8 legs.
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Besides, Odin has two more crows, always flying here and there, delivering important news to him.
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We might never get to see the 8-legged horse in Marvel's Thor, but the crows should be visible near Odin in many scenes.
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Furthermore, Odin also has a wife called Frigg.
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In Marvel Cinematic Universe, Frigg was always present next to Odin as his wife, just like in the Mythology.
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Now that we have covered the Father and the Mother, let's talk about the oldest son, Thor.
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Comparing to what we see in MCU, what is Thor really like?
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Well, not in an intimate way, but what he's like according to the Mythology.
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He is a very strong god, with a muscular body, and is a hot-headed god.
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Just like in the films.
Among all the Asgardian warriors, Thor is the best one.
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He's the god of gods. That's why the Vikings worshipped Thor the most, maybe even more than Odin himself.
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Everyone thought about Thor first when they thought about a god.
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It is believed that Thor is the god of thunder.
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He has a hammer with him all the time, called Mjolnir. All this is like the films.
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The only difference is that in the films, Thor traveled from place to place by spinning his hammer and let it guide him.
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But in the Mythology, Thor has a car!
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Well, it is more like a chariot, but pulled by goats instead of horses.
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It's pulled by two goats. So, Thor rides a goat-pulled chariot.
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Pulling goat is not like pulled pork though. It means goats that pull the chariot, not a pulled goat in sandwiches and burgers...
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which everybody already understands. Why am I explaining this again?
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So, wherever Thor travels, there are the sound of the goat's footsteps along with the sound of the wheels.
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That's how they explain the sound of lightning and thunder, coming from the god of thunder.
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In Norse Mythology, Thor also has a wife, which is not Jane the human.
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His wife's name is Sif.
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Familiar? Yes, Lady Sif in the films was one of Thor's friends, but according to the Mythology, she's Thor's wife!
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If anyone has ever watched Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D, you'll notice that in one episode,
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Lady Sif showed up and seemed to have a background with Thor.
Maybe they got the idea from this part of the original mythology.
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Other than Thor, Odin has other two children.
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Starting to see the chance that the film is right? NO! The other two children are not Hela and Loki.
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The other two are Baldur, the god of light, and Hodr, the god of darkness.
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Now, what is Loki then? Where is he in all this?
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Well, in Norse Mythology, Loki has quite a special status.
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He is not a god, but is a sworn brother of Odin.
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Loki is a son of a fire giant. Not an ice giant, but a fire one, and is a sworn brother of Odin.
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So, if you ask me how Loki is related to Thor, I'd say he's an uncle more than a brother.
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By swearing to be Odin's brother, Loki is praised as if he's a god, and gets to live in Asgard.
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Loki's position in Norse Mythology is, well, a nuisance.
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He is the origin of many troubles in Asgard.
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Framing and fooling various people, using his wit to do naughty things, just like in the films.
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And in the Mythology, he is not single. He has a wife called Sigyn.
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They have a child together, but that's insignificant.
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What's significant is that Loki has an affair!
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Not just a normal affair, but with a giantess called Angrboda.
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How is this affair important? Well, Loki and Angrboda have 3 children together.
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They are neither humans nor gods, but demons,
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and all of them have significant roles in Norse Mythology.
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The eldest son... can I even call that thing a son though, well let's just say the eldest one.
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The eldest one is Fenrir, a wild wolf.
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Familiar? It's the gigantic wolf in the third film.
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This wolf is very powerful, and the gods are so scared of it.
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The second one is the sea serpent called Jörmungandr. It is not so significant, so we're just gonna skip it.
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The third one is the most important, because she's the queen of hell, called Hel.
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or Hela.
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It turns out that, according to Norse Mythology, Hela is Loki's child.
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In the Mythology, this queen of hell has a half of a very beautiful woman while the other half is the rotting corpse.
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As to which half is which, some says that it's divided as upper-half and lower-half, while other says it's left and right.
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Well I don't know either which one is correct.
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Let's just leave that to your own imagination.
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These three children of Loki's are all powerful and evil. The gods are all scared of them.
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That's why the Fenrir is tied up with a dwarf's rope, the serpent is in the sea, and Hela is in Nelfheim, which is the land of the dead.
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All in all, the relationships of the Asgardians are quite different from what we see in the films.
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[Thor's Family, according to Norse Mythology]
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[Thor's Family, according to Norse Mythology] [Father]
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[Thor's Family, according to Norse Mythology] [Father] [Mother]
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[Thor's Family, according to Norse Mythology] [Father] [Mother] [Son]
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[Thor's Family, according to Norse Mythology] [Father] [Mother] [Son] [Brothers]
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[Thor's Family, according to Norse Mythology] [Father] [Uncle] [Children]
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[Thor's Family, according to Norse Mythology] [Father] [Uncle] [Children] [Wife]
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For those who wait to hear Heimdall's name, he's actually not in this group, but is in the other group, the Vanir.
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I don't think we should go any further, because the Norse gods are not as well-known
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as the Greek gods or the Hindu gods.
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It may cause even more confusion.
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But if a chance arrives, I might be discussing the stories of these gods again.
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