Thor was now red-bearded, irritable, muscly, zooming around the sky in a chariot pulled by goats, and not necessarily the brightest hammer in the bag.' 'It was a bunch of huts with a wall round them. Not long after that, he picked Roger Lancelyn Green's classic Myths of the Norsemen to learn more about his favorite characters - and found himself fascinated by a vision of Asgard that was nothing like Marvel's sci-fi space palaces. Don Blake found this stick in a cave, banged it down and transformed into Thor, and the stick transformed into the hammer.' Gaiman says he spent a lot of his first decade looking for likely sticks, 'just on the off chance that they might the Thor stick, and might transform into a mighty hammer. 'I was reading the reprints of Marvel's Thor in an English comic called Fantastic. Neil Gaiman was 6 years old when he first met the Norse god Thor - although he wasn't the red-bearded hammer-slinger of legend. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Through Gaiman's deft and witty prose, these gods emerge with their fiercely competitive natures, their susceptibility to being duped and to duping others, and their tendency to let passion ignite their actions, making these long-ago myths breathe pungent life again.Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Norse Mythology Author Neil Gaiman Petra Mayer, NPRNeil Gaiman, long inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction, presents a bravura rendition of the Norse gods and their world from their origin though their upheaval in Ragnarok.In Norse Mythology, Gaiman stays true to the myths in envisioning the major Norse pantheon: Odin, the highest of the high, wise, daring, and cunning Thor, Odin's son, incredibly strong yet not the wisest of gods and Loki-son of a giant-blood brother to Odin and a trickster and unsurpassable manipulator.Gaiman fashions these primeval stories into a novelistic arc that begins with the genesis of the legendary nine worlds and delves into the exploits of deities, dwarfs, and giants. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and “one of the modern masters of fantasy writing,” (Huffington Post) a dazzling, witty telling of the Norse myths.A lively, funny, and very human rendition of Thor the thunder god, his father Odin, and the dark-hearted trickster Loki (plus countless other gods and monsters). Shop Barnes & Noble Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman online at.

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