Thor's child.

[Jarin_G]

Whats up with that, and will he/she have a future/relevant appearence in the story?

[Teddy]

It was probably just a one-time joke, but who knows?

[Allan Surgite]

His child is Sleipnir (sp?).

No, wait. That's Loki's. ;P

[Iranon]

Now I'm stuck with the mental image of a seriously disturbed Thor, with Windstriker and a very pregnant Loki looking unbearably smug.

Thanks! :)

[Bluecloak]

Well, according to mythology, he did have the sons Magne and Mode (likely spelled Magni and Modi in English) and the daughter Trud. But, er, I think I might have missed what we are talking about here. Thor's child? Is that something Durkon said or what?

Edit: Oh wait, are you talking about that comic waaaaay back when he got a fertility goddess in "a certain condition" and was berated by Loki? Well, in that case I am leaning towards that it was a one-time joke:smallsmile:

[Dark Faun]

I believe it's a reference to the 5th panel of this strip (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0501.html).

[The Rose Dragon]

Well, according to mythology, he did have the sons Magne and Mode (likely spelled Magni and Modi in English) and the daughter Trud. But, er, I think I might have missed what we are talking about here. Thor's child? Is that something Durkon said or what?

Comic 501? I think? He impregnated a goddess of fertility.

[Bluecloak]

I believe it's a reference to the 5th panel of this strip (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0501.html).

Yeah, just realised that the moment I had written my post. Good lord, the pace of posting on this forum never ceases to amaze me, an answer to my post in the half-minute it took for me to realize what the reference was and edit it?:smalleek: That's why I don't post that often, whatever it is I wonder or have a theory or opinion about, there will always be at least one thread about it somewhere on the forum...

Anyway, if that goddess was supposed to be Freya, I have at least not heard of any myth about Thor getting it on with her. So yes, likely a one-time joke.

[Asta Kask]

The other person it could be is Ishtar. Let's not speculate about fertility deities among the Southern gods. Especially not in this context.

[Oooohaloophole]

This better be a full time plot piont.

[Comet]

I bet it's Durkon.
Do I really need to add a tongue-in-cheek here?

[Sewblon]

Now I'm stuck with the mental image of a seriously disturbed Thor, with Windstriker and a very pregnant Loki looking unbearably smug.

Thanks! :)

And now so am I.

[Shale]

It looked like a flashback gag to me, meaning whoever it is is probably long grown up by now.

[Maximum Zersk]

The other person it could be is Ishtar. Let's not speculate about fertility deities among the Southern gods. Especially not in this context.

Wait a sec... HE IMPREGNATED MARIK!!??

I mean I knew he was like that, but come ON. I thought he liked Bakura. :smallamused::smalltongue:

[Tannhaeuser]

Actually, there is a myth in which Loki accuses Freyja of sleeping with all the gods (and all the elves, as well) -- including her own brother, Freyr. In the Lokasenna ("Loki's Quarrel") in the Elder Edda he says:

"Be silent, Freyja! | for fully I know thee,
Sinless thou art not thyself;
Of the gods and elves | who are gathered here,
Each one as thy lover has lain."

And Thor is, indeed, one of the gods gathered there for a feast in Ægir's hall. So Rich is perfectly right, and scholarly, too, to have Loki taxing the Thunder-god for getting it on with a fertility goddess.

[martinkou]

Yeah, just realised that the moment I had written my post. Good lord, the pace of posting on this forum never ceases to amaze me, an answer to my post in the half-minute it took for me to realize what the reference was and edit it?:smalleek: That's why I don't post that often, whatever it is I wonder or have a theory or opinion about, there will always be at least one thread about it somewhere on the forum...

Anyway, if that goddess was supposed to be Freya, I have at least not heard of any myth about Thor getting it on with her. So yes, likely a one-time joke.

Freyja had appeared in the comics before (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0274.html) and she had braids and golden hair. So the fertility goddess in 501 is someone else.

[Turkish Delight]

I pity the Giant. By the time this comic is done, every last throw-away reference and one-off joke he has ever made will have been cross-examined many times over for possible impact on future developments, as well as spawning a dozen debates about how it fits into existing canon.

[Tannhaeuser]

Well, I never said the fertility goddess in the strip was Freya -- I just said there was a myth in which Loki says that Thor slept with Freyja. I don't know who the fertility goddess is.

On the other hand, I don't know who the golden-braided goddess talking to Monkey is, either. She could be Freya -- or she could be Frigg or Gefjun or Iðunn or Nanna or Skaði or Gerð or pretty much any of the Asynjur but Sif (assuming that is Sif that Thor is cuddling in 73 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0073.html), and also assuming that only the Northern goddesses are blondes).

I'm not saying she's not, of course. In fact, I will note that the clerics of Freya (for example, in 137 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0137.html)) wear green, like the goddess in 274 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0274.html). Still, she isn't labeled or given any special attributes, so one can't really know.

[Asta Kask]

Freyja had appeared in the comics before (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0274.html) and she had braids and golden hair. So the fertility goddess in 501 is someone else.

Where does it say that's Freyja? It could be any one of the Old Norse godesses, and there were a bunch.

[Cracklord]

The child is already relevant. It's Durkon.

[Fitzclowningham]

Could it be...MitD? What kind of appetite does Thor have, anyway?

[ducks]

[Hyoumu Yau]

Nah, it's a one-time joke. I mean the plot is about Oots and the two evil parties (Xykon's gang and the fiends (IRCC ir something? I forgot), who are kind of in control over the linear guild).
The gods don't really play a major role, unless there will be some battle with the Snarl, which I somehow doubt (remember what Blackwing saw in the rift?)


Wait a sec... HE IMPREGNATED MARIK!!??

I mean I knew he was like that, but come ON. I thought he liked Bakura. :smallamused::smalltongue:

Yeah, now we know we can't seal little kids off underground and then let them accidentally read homosexual pornographic comic-books. Oh, and don't forget the "KILL YOUR FAMILY"-show. Don't trust the merchant with the TV who is showing the little kids this show. He most definitely planned Melvin's awakening!


The child is already relevant. It's Durkon.

Nah. Remember the fight with the Gnome Druid? Thor wouldn't just walk off like that if Durkon was his son.

[SaintRidley]

Nah. Remember the fight with the Gnome Druid? Thor wouldn't just walk off like that if Durkon was his son.

I think you're underestimating just how easily distracted the Norse gods can be.

[Trixie]

I'm not saying she's not, of course. In fact, I will note that the clerics of Freya (for example, in 137 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0137.html)) wear green, like the goddess in 274 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0274.html). Still, she isn't labeled or given any special attributes, so one can't really know.

Um, she's wearing white. Look closely at this image :smalltongue:

[Tannhaeuser]

If one compares the image of Sif (if that is Sif) in 73 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0073.html) with that of the goddess in 274 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0274.html), one will notice that the Giant outlines the body of the first under her gown in black (well, gray) and white, whereas in the second he uses a green crayon. I took that to indicate that the figure is dressed in a diaphanous pale green. It hardly suits to be dogmatic in the case of stick figures drawn with crayons. However, if it is not a green gown, that would tend to weaken the argument that the goddess in that strip is Freya.

Personally, I agree with those people who suggest that this is a one-off joke by the Giant with no deeper significance, though I am always open to conviction.

By the way, Fitzclowningham, you asked about Thor's appetite. Actually, Thor did have a huge appetite:

The husband of Sif, | ere to sleep he went,
Alone two oxen | of Hymir's ate.
To the comrade hoary | of Hrungnir then
Did Hlorrithi's (=Thor's) meal | full mighty seem. (Hymiskviða)

And in the Þrymskviða Thor is so voracious that he scandalizes the giants, though that is mainly because he is dressed as Freyja, come to wed the giant Þrymr. Loki explains that 'she' is just building up her strength for the wedding night(!).

So, obviously, you should rush over to the MitD thread, and let them all know. He's Thor! ("Thor?" "well, it hurtth.")