Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series, and The Earthborn Trilogy, which is also on audiobook. Subscribe to my free weekly content round-up newsletter, God Rolls. In any case, whenever Ragnarok gets here, it will be a massive hit, and I can’t wait to take on Large Thor in person.įollow me on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. But I do appreciate them wrapping things up rather than having Kratos slaughter every single figure in Norse mythology like he did to the Greeks, which became a little absurd after a point. Mythology and Astronomy as Manifestations of Ancient Greek Culture.

There are obviously many realms and many other religious realms Kratos could travel to, though I would not expect to ever get the Kratos versus Jesus showdown we need to see. In Roman mythology Mars is a highly respected god of war.

youth/adulthood, rural/urban, war/peace, and barbarism/civilization. It also should be noted that it appeared like Sony Santa Monica was saying that the God of War Norse saga would end with God of War Ragnarok, and there would not be a third game set there. In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Janus was the god of gates and doors. In a game about a guy who frequently kills a lot of gods, it should be no real surprise that Thor is showing up as a bad guy. And as we know, Loki is Kratos’ son in this universe, and we’ve really thrown a wrench into the mythology here in that sense. Odin is around too, though he’s not listed alongside the other two as villains. It’s not just that Thor looks different, it’s that he’s an actual antagonist, alongside Freya, who turned against us at the end of the last game.

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