Gods And Monsters: What Is The Difference In The MCU?
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Gods are no strangers to the MCU. You have the most recent and popular gods like the Egyptian gods, Ammit, and Konshu, the Greek god Zeus, and the Norse gods, Thor, Odin, and Loki. These are the most popular gods in the MCU and have been featured in movies and tv shows. But what’s the difference between gods and monsters, you may ask? According to Dicitionary.com, the official definition of a god and a monster is ‘“one of several deities, especially a male deity, presiding over some portion of worldly affairs,” and the official definition of a monster is “a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination.”
The gods in the MCU are relatively consistent in how they act and tend to possess much more power than the monsters ever will. The Gods are also much more popular in the MCU and have lots more movies available where the monsters are very limited. Right now, there is only Werewolf by Night. In terms of classic monsters that we all know and love, Werewolf and Man-Thing are the only monsters out in the Marvel movies, unless you count big giant aliens like in the Avengers as monsters.
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Werewolf and Man-Thing were a giant step for the MCU. This was one of the first portrayals of classic Halloween monsters present in the MCU. But how do these two differ from the gods in the MCU? Well, one big difference is the gods are more human than the monsters are. The gods are based on actual mythology gods and tend to only have powers, whereas the monsters tend to be large gigantic creatures that do not resemble humans at all.
Another critical difference between the two is the personalities between the gods and monsters. Gods tend to have very pompous attitudes; think Zeus in Thor: Love and Thunder. He never let you forget he was a god and a powerful one as well. Despite being scary looking, the monsters in Werewolf by Night were really looking for their freedom and just did what they had to do to survive.
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Another huge difference between the gods is their roles in the world. The gods have power. They rule over the mortal world and all the galaxies, realms, and planets that exist in them. The gods are beautiful creatures who live lavish lives and have boundless riches. Olympus in Thor was beautiful, full of finely dressed gods and goddesses eating exquisite meals. The monsters are the complete opposite. They tend to be seen as ugly, mean creatures with no power or status and live in unhabitable areas. They also tend to live in isolation and lack that group mentality. For example, Man-Thing lives in a swamp, and unless you’re Shrek, that’s no Mount Olympus. Gods are more conventional and tend to be much more popular with mortals than monsters are since the gods are less physically scary.
There is a difference between the gods and monsters, but unfortunately, there are only so many monsters in the MCU movies right now to make good comparisons. If you look at monsters as the classic monsters many people have grown up on and read about, like Frankenstein, then yes, there is a vast difference. Marvel has been expanding on the content in its movies. And with movies like Werewolf by Night being such a success, there is a lot more room for more monsters to make their way into the MCU. We could see a clash between the gods and monsters someday. Who knows what Marvel has in store, but there is a need for many more monster movies.
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Source(s): TheMarySue, Comic Years, Dictionary, Dictionary(god)
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