Fafnir (Marvel Comics) entities is stopped when Thor agrees to go to Hel's realm willingly. Fafnir later reappears in the 2011 limited series "Avengers Prime" in the aftermath of the "Siege" storyline as, at first, an adversary then ally of Thor, Tony Stark and Steve Rogers with several legions of ogres and elves in battle against a Twilight Sword wielding Hela and her army. Fafnir was originally a normal man until transformed by the properties of a magical pool into a large dragon. Fafnir retains his intellect and speech, possesses superhuman strength and durability, and the ability to breathe fire and cast illusions.
Norse mythology brought to the attention of the intellectual circles of Europe. By way of comparative mythology and historical linguistics, scholars have identified elements of Germanic mythology reaching as far back as Proto-Indo-European mythology. In the modern period, the Romanticist Viking revival re-awoke an interest in the subject matter, and references to Norse mythology may now be found throughout modern popular culture. The myths have further been revived in a religious context among adherents of Germanic Neopaganism. The historical religion of the Norse people is commonly referred to as "Norse mythology". In certain literature the terms "Scandinavian mythology" or "Nordic mythology" have