Thor's Hair Colour

In the Marvel universe of comics and movies, Thor has a glorious mane of gorgeous blonde hair. This has now become artists' most common way of depicting him.

[by gilgrado]

[by Bonnie Tang aka cypritree]

[original source of gif unknown]

But in Norse mythology, Thor is traditionally said to have red hair. It is the hair colour unique to the Scandinavian Vikings and subsequently to the other peoples with whom they interbred like the Scots and Irish. As Vikings raided further south into slavic lands, they became known as rus, the slavic word for red and the basis of today's word Russian.

So, for a change, here's a few red-haired Thors --

[by Alekina]

["Thor" by Hellanim,

found here]

["Thor" by andreibressan]

["A9+Marvel crossover"

by midwaymilly]