Is Zeus older than Odin?

Is Zeus older than Odin?

Who is older, Zeus or Odin? Since Odin is credited with having a hand in creating the world itself, it is safe to say that he is older than Zeus. However, the first written accounts of Zeus are much earlier than the first ones we have of Odin.

Is Loki a son of Odin?

While the Loki of the Marvel comics and films does derive his cunning character from the Loki of Norse myth, the biggest difference is that in the Marvel universe, Loki is depicted as the adopted brother and son of Thor and Odin.

How did Zeus lose his eye?

He sacrificed his eye in Mimir's well and he threw himself on his spear Gungnir in a kind of symbolic, ritual suicide. He then hanged himself in Yggdrasil, the tree of life, for nine days and nine nights in order to gain knowledge of other worlds and be able to understand the runes.

Is the Greek god Zeus the same as Odin?

• To answer the question right away, Zeus and Odin are not the same, nor have they ever been thought to be the same entity at any point throughout history. Zeus is the king of the gods in Greek mythology, whilst Odin is the king in Norse mythology.

How did Odin win the battle with Zeus?

• But I think perhaps the best argument in favor of Odin over Zeus came in Thor Annual #8 by Roy Thomas, John Buscema and Tony DeZuniga. The story was a re-telling of the Trojan War, only an amnesiac Thor ended up getting involved in the battle and getting mad when the Greek gods kept interfering.

How is Thor related to the Greek god Zeus?

• While Thor was Odin’s son, he shared Zeus’s role as a powerful sky god. Neither Norse god is a complete cognate of the Greco-Roman sky lord, however. While the three share their roots in prehistoric Indo-European culture, the Norse gods were influenced in different ways.

Is the god of Thunder the same as Zeus?

• Thor is the god of thunder, just like Zeus. In fact, Thor and Zeus have many more similarities than Odin and Zeus, as Thor is often portrayed as being anger and short-tempered, much like the king of the Greek gods.