Norse Expert Reacts to Thor in God of War: Ragnarok

Jackson Crawford, a Norse mythology expert and media consultant for projects like Assassin's Creed Valhalla, is back on IGN! In this video, Jackson gives us the low-down on whether or not everybody's favorite god of thunder, Thor, in the latest God of War: Ragnarok trailer, is accurate to the legends and stories of years past.


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[IGN]

A massive thanks to Jackson Crawford, our fantastic Norse specialist for lending his expertise to these videos. Do you want to see his full breakdown and thoughts on the Ragnarok trailer? - Jesse

[drewhughes]

This take actually makes sense because based on how they built Thor up in the first game it reflects on his slothful and hedonistic nature to party hard and not give two shits about anyone else but he also has the strength and the malice to back it up

[Karma-cjwu]

Kratos seems calm and reasonable person, so he wouldn't kill Thor

Edit: he was

[HALFMOONmjh]

Thick Thor make more sense to me, and he looks like the Biggest Butchering Bastard in the Nine Realms as Mimir diescribed him.

[Outside]

Besides the red hair, Thor is also described as having fierce eyes and an enormous appetite (both from the Marriage of Thor story)... so yeah, it makes sense to me that a guy who can eat for a whole family's worth on a regular basis would be a sizeable chap around the midsection.

[thegoblonoid]

Jackson is becoming more famous, well deserved!

[heftylad]

There are myths that mention Thor's insane appetite that even other gods are surprised at, and he is also commonly accepted to be the physically strongest of all the gods. Strongmen are known for eating loads to build muscle with, and for being... Well.... Strong, the strongest among people in fact. It makes perfect sense for him to be built the way he is in GoW.

[jasonmcmurtry]

Thor looks like a world's strongest man in GOW Ragnarok. He doesn't need to look like Chris Hemsworths Thor.

[InukMatt]

Thor looking like he could be a strongman competitor makes sense.

[norbertorivera]

He is a warrior and a party lover so he's appearance is perfect

[TecmoBowlPlayer]

This Thor looks like he belongs in a strong man competition.

[RaxoV]

This is so far, one of the best IGN-expert Collabs. Of course we want more episodes with Jackson Crawford! :D

[ChristFan]

We'd absolutely love to hear his take on the entire video. It'll be nothing short of insightful.

[-Nine-]

Really though, why even have Mjolnir? He could do way more damage throwing himself at Kratos

[justinmcdonald]

Thor fits the faded look of a forgotten kingdom, far removed from it's better days. It's only bad if this Thor is a pale reflection of a prime version. The Greek panthion were a vision of pristine God's in all their splendor; it fit the Kratos of that era.

[CidTheGargoyle]

The red hair and beard as it is in norse myth proper is a plus for me. The gut... well, Thor is said to have a prodigious appetite. He was once tricked into drinking directly from the sea and lowered the sea level as a result.

[christopherwilhelm]

Thor looks perfect. He has that modern strongman physique. He looks very strong.

[alertedcoyote]

He looks excellent. He looks exactly like what the actual strongest living people look like, generally. Looks like a ginger, bearded Big Z

[SamuelJurandirPinto]

Marvel's thor is built to depict a today standard. Back in the day, before 20th century, having some belly was sinome of being fortunate and well nurtured.

[davecullins]

Allegedly, in the actual Norse mythology, Thor drinks a lot, so it wouldn't be a surprise if he had a beer belly.