The Oklahoman talks with writer J. Michael Straczynski about relocating Asgard — the mythological home of the Norse gods — to the Sooner State in Marvel’s newly relaunched Thor:

“I wanted to put this somewhere fresh, somewhere in the American heartland, and for a number of reasons, including the Heavener runestones, this seemed like the perfect place,” Straczynski said in an interview with The Oklahoman.

“In traditional mythology, you could be walking across an open field and run into Thor or Hercules or Diana, and I want to go back to that notion, putting the gods of Asgard in conversational range of average people, not just superheroes. I like the contrast of that, but at the same time there’s a complementary aspect as well.”

The Heavener Runestone is a 10-foot by 12-foot stone found in the 1830s near Heavener, Okla., and believed by some to have been carved by Vikings in the 11th century.

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