For reasons far too complicated to explain at this time.
[He speaks almost absently, because he's remembering a conversation he once had with Dr. Banner. They had been discussing the many human myths about the Norse gods that had been told long ago, most of which were little more than made up stories as far as Thor was concerned. (The one about Loki and Sleipnir had been especially disturbing.) Much of the discussion had been in the words of mortal science, and went beyond his understanding.
But beneath the science, the basic concept was that a story told often enough, and believed enough, could take on a life of its own. And perhaps while they had remained in Asgard, others had taken their places, and their names, in the mortal realm.
When he speaks again his voice is slightly calmer.]
It may indeed have been Thor the Thunderer who wronged you so cruelly, son of Helgar, but it was not me. The stories that you mortals tell of the gods of Asgard are events that never happened to me or mine.
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[He speaks almost absently, because he's remembering a conversation he once had with Dr. Banner. They had been discussing the many human myths about the Norse gods that had been told long ago, most of which were little more than made up stories as far as Thor was concerned. (The one about Loki and Sleipnir had been especially disturbing.) Much of the discussion had been in the words of mortal science, and went beyond his understanding.
But beneath the science, the basic concept was that a story told often enough, and believed enough, could take on a life of its own. And perhaps while they had remained in Asgard, others had taken their places, and their names, in the mortal realm.
When he speaks again his voice is slightly calmer.]
It may indeed have been Thor the Thunderer who wronged you so cruelly, son of Helgar, but it was not me. The stories that you mortals tell of the gods of Asgard are events that never happened to me or mine.