I was just watching a History Channel program called “Clash of the Gods.” In the one about Thor, Michael Drout, Professor of English at Wheaton College talks about similarities between part of the Thor mythology and the Christian book of “Revelations.” Really? RevelationS? Have you read the book? Even the narrator got it right.
Pluralizing Revelation drives me battier than people who say nuke-yuh-ler or ree-uhl-i-tor (and ree-uhl-i-tee)…or “your” in trouble when you talk about subjects that betray “you’re” lack of scholarship.
Sorry for the rant. These television authorities drive me crazy. However, the episode about Beowulf was engaging.
(The Hubble galaxy photograph(s) above is of “Thor’s Helmet.” And on a lesser note, a movie about the Marvel comics version of the son of Odin is due out in 2011.)