The Adventure of Hercules and How Thor Found His Hammerheroes

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The Adventure of Hercules and How Thor Found His Hammer
Introduction
Heroes were quite famous in the ancient Greece, in a period known as the heroic age. The heroes were mostly gods and demigods that would take different forms and undergo different adventures; they would rescue princesses in need of help, kill villains and even participate in battles. The paper is set to highlight the differences as well as the similarities that existed between the two heroes, Hercules and Thor while explaining what makes the two heroes archetypal.
The two are similar by the fact that they are both fathered by a god and would both fight fiercely in their respective mythologies. The two had a temper and would find themselves in trouble more often than not. Moreover, both of them have the supernatural powers that are beyond the human abilities (Davidson, Hilda Roderick Ellis pp. 31). The two heroes had fighting weapons with Thor having a ...