Fan Casting Thor in George Nolfi's Captain America

Thor is the Norse god of thunder, one of the extradimensional beings from the realm of Asgard. He is the son of Odin, ruler of the gods, and the earth goddess Jörd (or Fjörgyn), who may in fact be Gaea, the embodiment of the life force of Earth (which the Asgardians call "Midgard", or "Middle-Earth"). Thor gained his uru hammer, Mjolner, as a result of his foster brother Loki's machinations. One of Loki's pranks had gone too far, and Thor's wife, Sif, had her golden tresses shaved off. Thor, knowing that only one person in the Nine Worlds could have both dared the deed and pulled it off with that level of cunning, approached Loki with his usual level of subtlety and tact: he pummeled Loki mercilessly until Loki agreed to find a replacement of real, golden hair for Sif. Loki turned to the dwarves of Nidavallir, who made the hair on what amounted to simply empty promises. Loki then managed to con the dwarves into attempting to outdo the golden hair; one of the prizes Loki presented to the gods was Mjolner, upon which Odin laid several enchantments and awarded to Thor. Thor was so pleased with both Sif's new hair and Mjolner that he forgave Loki on the spot. (The trickster god isn't sure which Thor loves more: Sif or Mjolner.) At the time, Thor was unaware that Loki interfered with Mjolner's creation, resulting in its shortened handle.