BookTuber Tuesday: Dogland

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GABBLER RECOMMENDS: Video of the late Ron Fuller

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GABBLER RECOMMENDS: Short film about Maria and Micheal Start of The House of Automata

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GABBLER RECOMMENDS: Nicocurio Instagram Account for Automata and Clockwork Curiosities

 

#BLAThoughtOfTheDay: Thor: Ragnarok is anything but Norse

While this is the first Thor movie I’ve actually felt compelled to see, I think my intrigue has more to do with the syncretic mix of non-Norse imagery in its advertisements:

The above poster looks a lot like iconography for the Hindu Pantheon, complete with lots of arms and the hyper use of color:

And then we see a Pegasi, from Greek myth, in the trailer:

Granted, Valkyries did fly through the air, arguably on horseback. It’s just not a decidedly Norse creature when given feathered wings…

And at one point Thor is forced to fight Hulk, Roman gladiator-style:

So, my last thought is:

Other than just the Norse gods themselves, where’s the Nordic flair?Â