Appropriating Foreign Mythology for Fiction

[Piscivore]

Someday THor is going to beat the crap out of Stan Lee for the way he is portrayed in Marvel comics.

He comes off better there than how Gaiman wrote him.

 

[Ryokan]

He comes off better there than how Gaiman wrote him.

He certainly comes off better than how the old Norse wrote him.... He could be a bit of a dick at times.

 

[dudalb]

Always loved Neil Gaiman's take on the whole Mavel Universe in
"Marvel:1602".

 

[Wudang]

You might enjoy Roger Zelazny's "Eye of Cat" which features Navaho mythology - mainly the monster-slayer twins.