The Mystery of Thor's Drinking Companion

[@nerodevil.24]

I believe the strange creature was probably sun Wukong And the barrel was probably filled with immortal elixir from the jade emperor And the reason he was visiting Norse myth was to travel to different pantheons for enlightenment as a different version of the journey to the west story and probably challenge Thor to a drinking game or sum

[@grogglefexengamez]

Okay legit my favorite theory on this

[@noahsibahi-jackson8757]

This is actually a really interesting and unique theroy, absolutely love it

[@djaesir]

I had the same thought

[@Paradox-es3bl]

I don't think there's really enough to hint towards that... so I don't believe that was the intent... but it also doesn't conflict with the info they DID give us, so maybe if a dev saw this, they could change it to that. That would actually be kind of cool.

[@KaptainKuba]

I'll look into it, that could be cool

[@dont5405]

The one reason I’d be excited for a Faye game is having a boss fight against Greek kratos

[@8440k]

The NPC Kratos better be as good as we are/were in GOW3

[@95DOIDO]

and having him as a companion.

[@lvloneymaker24]

Faye game would be whack

[@big.gib.4L]

Idk a standalone Faye game seems needless

[@RozzyJosiah]

I thought they said the fight ended as soon as it started.

[@blacktrickstar3468]

It could be the Dagda, the good god of Irish myth. He might not look like a "strange creature", but one of the four treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann (tribe of gods the Dagda is the leader of) is a cauldron that could feed/sustain anyone. The Cauldron of Plenty could feed anyone for eternity. The Dagda was a magical, old All-Father figure like Odin but also had a lot of similarities to Thor as well. Both had extreme powerful weapons and were essentially the strongest of their pantheons. And the most worshipped. Also, it could be a Satyr of Kratos' homeworld or even Pan himself from Greek myth. That fills the strange creature role, but the bottomless barrel has no correlation to Satyrs other than them being depicted as barbaric/primitive drunks. Awesome video still

[@95DOIDO]

I thought about this, and it makes sense, I saw that a possibly celitc artifact called Gundestrup cauldron was discovered in Denmark years ago, and in this cauldron there are depictions of some kind of deity with horns, some scholars link that with the god of the wilds Cernunnos from old celtic paganism, could have been the Dagda or even Cernunnos himself, and it would make sense, since the spirit discribed the companion as a "creature".

[@RonaldMcreepy]

"this theory isn't perfect." dude.... when I say I never even thought about that, I really mean it. you always look for more and more things to theorize about!! that's why I'm subscribed to u!

[@KaptainKuba]

Hahahaha I'm glad you like the content, thank you for the support

[@rithwikbasrur3197]

In the myths, UtgardLoki could also change shape into whatever he wanted. So it could have been that ability that confused the spirit.

[@abdel-azizs5720]

Maybe udgaard Loki was distracting Thor by the endless meed until faye comes and fights him

[@mastertucker]

Wasn't that the drinking companion who he got angry with and fought, who had an ice axe, who was implied to be Faye? Who likely could in fact shape shift?

[@informationjunkie]

Faye definitely is not a "strange creature unlike any I'd ever seen".

[@informationjunkie]

Faye confronted Thor after he tried to leave.

[@mastertucker]

@@informationjunkie but it was the drinking companion that had the axe was it not? Nine months of not thinking about this has me forgetting all the details.

[@cooperashep9280]

I always assumed that the strange creature was Faye but in disguise, assuming she had the same or a similar shape shifting ability to Atreus, or simply wore some kind of literal disguise

[@lovethewaves]

Giants cant shape shift. Angorbada says thats a god thing.

[@issastorm]

@@lovethewaves yet mimir mentions a specific giant that is the best at shapeshifting in one of his boat stories in GOW4, so we know that other giants can even if rarely. On top of that imo Laufey is a god in the GOW universe because i really dont see a way she would be able to go head to head with Thor and come out alive, which was unheard of even from the strongest of the giants. Maybe shes even from a different pantheon like Kratos but that might be going too far

[@lovethewaves]

@@issastorm "you believe everything that old goat says?" I think Mimir is Odin in disguise. I promise I didn't believe it at first but KZbinr cookingkratos proves it. Like no bs. He has some greta points. He even shows Odin is still alive.

[@pastorofmuppets4552]

Atreus got his shapeshifting from Zeus.

[@lovethewaves]

@@pastorofmuppets4552 maybe. But u should see the video showing odin disguised as mimir

[@riccardobutler9583]

I honestly believe (hope) Santa monica will do multiple pantheons in the next game, and have some way to travel between them, a way Tyr shows them.

[@revanseyfullayev7137]

This is actually a pretty good theory. I didn't even think about that

[@santino1386]

Unrelated but I have a theory for where Atreus might go, from what I found there is a myth from Ancient China about someone called Yu the engineer. He would team with mermen, tame and defeat monsters, and TURN INTO A BEAR. Something to thank about, btw early congrats on 200k subs its coming soon.

[@kokushibo1014]

The "creature" was just Faye. Thor got drunk with her and then they fought.

[@Bread_White]

The creature that the brooch man was talking about is Faye or laufey because if you complete the “ casualty of the war series “ then a spirit will tell you that they started to fight because they got drunk the warrior who fought Thor was a fair haired warrior with the leviathan axe and the huldra brothers(brok and sindri) build it for Faye. If u ask he said a creature , the spirit lost some of his memory of that day.

[@lovethewaves]

Finally someone with a brain is in the chat

[@sharkfinsoap8318]

Faye fought and STEPPED into the field against Thor. The strange drinking was said to be a creature, while Faye looked very normal.

[@lovethewaves]

@@sharkfinsoap8318 there was is not creature. It was Faye the whole time. Let's not just agree bc kuba says so dude. Even he can be wrong

[@sharkfinsoap8318]

@@lovethewaves The spirit calls it a strange drinking companion, a creature he has never seen before. Faye was not a creature, and was easily mistaken as a normal human, and that's from Kratos who spent a very long time with her. Faye was also have said to have stepped in his path while Thor was swinging his Hammer drunk through town. Faye also probably wouldn't have drank with Thor due to her pure rage against him, a rage that manages to surprise Kratos. All this makes it pretty evident that it wasn't Faye. In fact my theory is that it was Utgard Loki disguising himself as a creature to get Thor drunk so that Faye could fight him on even ground.

[@ComradeCowboy3141]

4:26 “I know some of you don’t even want to consider a Faye prequel game.” A Faye prequel game sounds very interesting. And I doubt I’m the only one who thinks so.

[@andray310]

Rather it be a DLC for Freya and Thrud. Opening mission is Faye Vs Thor to create the crater.

[@nathanial8587]

plot twist: Thor's Drinking Buddy is Warwick Davis's Leprechaun

[@alibaghdady9710]

I appreciate the way you look into these theories man. Thank you so much for all your content.

[@Eggmeedits]

This might sound crazy but I think it was Athena trying to convince Thor to kill kratos Thor having no idea what Athena is talking about ignores her I also think Athena tried to convince Thor with alcohol and for the spirit I think when he saw Athena’s magical form he took as a weird creature

[@insanemakaioshin]

At least you didn’t mention the Demiurge. Which is ironic given its status as the stupid one.

[@MasterJoeda_]

They also talk about this story in the show "Vikings". About the bottomless horn and Thor wrestling mother time.

[@andray310]

I thought I’d heard it before.

[@MuzammilParkar16]

Honestly I don't feel as excited for the future of God Of War, i was hyped af when Thor came in 2018 at the end and so many more remaining stories that were to be explained, but this time I don't have the same excitement

[@gentlesavage2068]

maybe the dagda's cauldron was actually the barrel?

[@thatoutou8113]

what about draupnir, I mean sindri talks abt it like it was a living creature, which is somehow a magic ring, which grants an unlimited amount of supplies. we also learn that brok and sindri gifted it to the aesir before stealing it again, maybe while it belonged to the aesir, it was something other than a ring, and accompanied thor to vanaheim, where he used it for unlimited ammount of beer?

[@hansenjacob545]

It's OK Kuba I got The Rock reference. It's from a movie literally called The Rock with Nic Cage and Sean Connery in it.

[@nathanial8587]

funnily enough I was actually wondering if that was a clip of "The Rock" lmao

[@trickjack8329]

You forgot a mythology with a bottomless barrel. The Celtics had the dagda a celtic deity who had a bottomless cauldron that could supply and endless amount of food.

[@frontdoor3417]

cauldron≠barrel

[@fenrir5718]

Aegir Jotunn of the sea in Norse mythology

[@JEREMCEE]

Man you should make a video explaining Odin’s brothers and what happened to them because they’re mentioned in the game briefly by Mimir but we don’t get much info from what I’ve gathered

[@NotoriouzJay]

The drinking buddy was definitely doctor strange guys

[@andyhuber5339]

I feel like a Faye game would be super fun. Pathing the path for Kratos and like the other person commented. Meeting in a boss fight with with Kratos. Could be really cool.

[@PossiblyAHooman]

I haven't seen anyone mention Dionysus, the Greek God of Wine. Now i know it doesn't fit perfectly with the story in Ragnarok, but hear me out. Being the God of Wine, Dionysus was able to conjure Wine at will, which could give the illusion of a bottomless barrel because he just refills it before it goes empty. I know this isn't likely, and the story said mead, but it's still somewhat possible. It would also make some amount of sense for Dionysus to be there. After the destruction of Greece, he needed a new place to call home, Vanaheim is pretty similar to the places he usually hung out at in Greece, and it would make sense for him to go to Scandinavia, like Kratos. This isn't very likely, but it is something to think about. It would also make sense why it was a creature they've never seen. In most stories, Dionysus was half satyr, which doesn't exist in the norse realm

[@Ethan0o0]

It would be cool if we got a DLC where we play as Atreus finding the missing remaining giants, and another DLC where we flashback and play as Faye on a mission to Vaneheim, then end by fighting Thor, causing the frozen lighting from the main game.

[@Force-Multiplier]

It's Umibozu* as in *priest* of the sea so if the other beings weren't good enough for you this one shouldn't be either ...

[@noSwaggamer]

Imagine it's a variant of Dr. Strange like a parallel to that post credit scene in the first Dr. Strange movie 😂

[@MFCirca]

Thor’s drinking companion was probably whoever is currently living in Mjolnir

[@mateidrumea4528]

That Nioh boss gave me nightmares dude

[@KaptainKuba]

Really? I dont remember dying a lot to him

[@mateidrumea4528]

The design I mean, not how hard the boss itself was

[@Phantom_101Xz]

I think it was udguard Loki because he is actually talented in causing mischief he can also change into animals to

[@cesarmontoya8312]

I think the loki game is gonna have a lot of time travel.

[@Corpoganger]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but isn't there an Egyptian God that would resemble the companion in the mural? Like an ox head or something? May make sense since the GoW series was supposed to start in Egypt instead of Norse.

[@heroyt2490]

GOW is Goat 🐐

[@VEV-cu6no]

Im pretty sure GOW is a video game franchise but ok

[@D1smantle]

​@@VEV-cu6no i see what you did there 🤣

[@trusttheprocess5618]

@@VEV-cu6no joke almost went over my head for a sec 🤣

[@logr12dragonknight55]

I got three gow questions for you 1:what happened to the goddess Eos after chains of Olympus? 2: will we see Aphrodite‘s daughters, Zora & Lora in a future game since they we’re alive at the end of gow 3. 3: does Kratos still have some abilities over time? If so, can he use it to go back in time to when tyr Was captured by Oden and save him or if he does not have powers of time, how did he lose it?

[@lovethewaves]

1. Who knows that a question only the devs can answer. 2. Again thats something only a dev or writer can answer. Hes just a fan bro. And 3. The magic kratos yust to have was all destroyed when he destroyed the egypt world. Thats what freya said in ragnarok

[@logr12dragonknight55]

@@lovethewaves When did he destroyed the Egyptian pantheon?

[@lovethewaves]

@@logr12dragonknight55 are u serious? Please tell me ur kidding rn. 😂

[@logr12dragonknight55]

@@lovethewaves I haven’t read the comics at all since I’m not able to. I only played the games.

[@logr12dragonknight55]

Besides, didn’t the end of God of war Ragnarok hinted the Egyptian pantheon what’s the next in line?

[@bigdumdog]

I keep reading the title as thors drinking champion

[@ericocccams5865]

a barrel of mead that never went empty is a easter egg reference to the post credit scene of Doctor Strange featuring Thor and Doctor Strange where Thor drinks beer from a big glass mug that automatically refills after evry drink.

[@finger3306]

No it isnt

[@finger3306]

It's a reference to the actual event in the mythology of the vikings

[@simply_soul4355]

7:02 I love this so much 😂

[@andbog96]

Its reference to doctor Strange

[@buluketek5030]

yes we need a prequel. I thought they mentioned fimbulwinter as a seperate game from ragnarok

[@MataNui.]

9:52 I think this is from the The Rock. As that's what came up when I searched it.

[@blackmarketbob_6851]

3:04 some people can't taste alcohol when they're too drunk, so Thor was probably too drunk at the time to tell it was sea water.

[@Shotgun_N_Boots]

Hey kuba. New game + released, when will you be doing a stream of a new game + Play through?

[@lovethewaves]

Gbg is on it now

[@Shotgun_N_Boots]

@@lovethewaves ok

[@gamerphantombot6589]

Its a stretch but what if Sekhmet was Thor's drinking companion? I mean she is a very bloodthirsty goddess who is also apparently an alcoholic so in a way it makes sense. Plus to me i feel like they'd get along in a way.

[@vergil1us]

"Umibuso" I just can't 😂

[@flintpatterson3876]

I see we’re back to captain stretch.

[@lovethewaves]

5:26 its faye bro. They even say its a fair haired woman

[@abhinil3329]

Can you make a about how was world tree formed?

[@gameover9390]

3:42 No, I will be thinking “Oh Sh%t is that Anubis, and he’s getting on the piss” Getting on the piss is Aussie slang for drinking, by the way.

[@lahskarr]

Don't know any other way to put this out there, but I just finished watching The Son of the Mask. And it had similarities to Atreus / Loki with the green mask in GoWR and Loki in the movie. Perhaps it was inspiration for the games plot?

[@lovethewaves]

I bet it was also. However the devs will never admit it bc they would get in legal trouble for it.

[@edgar541]

I THINK I HAVE ONE!!! So we know through the symbols on Tyrs shrine that he traveled to other worlds and these are most likely the ones that we will be working with. One of those symbols is Japanese. And they have an ancient play that tells the story of an alcoholic loving sea spirits that go by the name of Shojo. In the play the sea spirit disguises himself as human and goes to drink sake but can’t get drunk. The sake seller seeks out the spirit near an estuary and it comes to him in its true form. The Shojo drinks the sake gets drunk and rewards the sake seller with a vat that REFILLS ITSELF!!!

[@edgar541]

What I find interesting is a mead hall near a body of water. Two things that a alcoholic sea spirit loves. It wouldn’t be far fetched to say that this creature was out discovering NEW alcoholic beverages across other lands and sharing its own endless supply.

[@_SamH2061]

Dr strange ?

[@KaptainKuba]

ohhhh you're right in the MCU he does fill up Thor's drink via magic

[@ericocccams5865]

nice someone else remembered

[@stijnVDA1994]

Honestly i say wait until either there is more hidden lore, or untill there are hints dropped for new games set in the gow universe(i mean with that not just a gow but any spinoff game like what is thought artreus is gonna get)

[@tyx8898]

Weren’t the umibuso the Giant shadowed creatures that we just got a small glimpse of in One Piece?

[@Helldive713]

I hope we get a Faye prequel in the Atreus game so we could get both in one game then it will be interesting to play

[@holty1314]

I just thought it was Thor’s goats 😆

[@alexcargill8855]

“Ever since God of War: Ragnarok was released” Man, hearing that start in every video makes me happy

[@KK23.O9]

What if Thor's companion was Dionysus the greek god of wine, having fun (and he was usually drunk)?

[@MataNui.]

Most likely it was something that already existed in the Norse realm. I find it unlikely a creature from another realm just happened to show up since that doesn't appear to be a common occurrence. Only one we know of for certain is Kratos.

[@ismetcancelik5052]

and mimir

[@MataNui.]

@@ismetcancelik5052 forgot he was a from a different realm.

[@lord_aries6679]

What about Heidrun?? That seems more likely who they were talking about

[@reallegends8623]

God Of War Ragnarok Game Of The Year 2022

[@legenddragonlol]

Maybe it was an Egyptian god cause they have animal heads

[@KaptainKuba]

It would be interesting if it was

[@arturotorres5663]

Maybe it was that or maybe it was that the creature couldn't drink anymore as the wise words of Jackie Chan said "how can you fill you're cup if already full" just making a comparison here ok

[@craftto7606]

OK I have I know this has nothing to do with any mythology, but anybody that scene critical role don’t you think grog would have something like this

[@ТарасУсачев-н3н]

Bro is just a reference to Dr. Strange

[@snapfrostzz9946]

The Norse mythology is NOT over, y’all need to stop saying that, Sindri Thor thrud angrboda, these were all characters that were built up in this game, I really doubt they would build up story for these characters just to move on to another mythos, it’s literally common sense

[@wajahatali557]

I HAVE A THEORY UTGARD LOKI IS THE KING OF JOTANHEIM THE FATHER OF FAY SHE NAMED HIS SON LOKI TO HONOR HIS DAD

[@Paradox-es3bl]

Not exactly a problem with the video but I want to point out Mimir sounds more like he has TOO MANY theories on Thor's drinking companion, rather than no idea.

[@richardrodriguez8247]

Why isn't this a reference to Dr Strange and the endless mug from the MCU?

[@chefboiardeeznutz9881]

NG+ is crazy bro. The cloak is in, spartan armor shits, all kinds of shit.

[@lovethewaves]

Yep. Gbg is playing right now. And crimson and cookingkratos

[@madamminalost]

What about something from South America or south Africa? I don't know their deities off the top of my head, but just because someone isn't from Japan or Egypt doesn't mean they are original. There are lots of mythologies and lots of ways to drink.

[@Amogh_14]

It was me Thor's strange companie

[@honeyboom4175]

hey man i got a favor to ask can u somehow ask erik or anyone in the studio if this game has a secret realm tear like previous game where u got the axe pommel?

[@dean_b28]

yeah bcs I'm missing some dust of realms to fully upgrade all shield ronds

[@finger3306]

​@@dean_b28 you need to wait till new game plus

[@honeyboom4175]

@@dean_b28 i believe its from the secret realm tear

[@noahsibahi-jackson8757]

If you can play as Kratos in Greece as say the god of war inbetween gow 1 and two with him on his conquest with the god of war armour in short segments during a Faye or prequel only to cut back to Faye in the Norse mythology with it flashing forward to the moment her and Kratos meet at the end of the game then I would be ok with such a game

[@lord_aries6679]

It was Heidrun

[@paulmoore4653]

I think it was the vidar from Norse mythology

[@mayankbhaskar8545]

Ill be honest i always thought that was fay talking to thor because theyd have the same mother and the following fight broke out because faye realised thor killed their mother which could also be why odins particularly ruthless towards thor as compared to the other members of his household, as mirmir mentioned that odin truly changed after thors mother passed away

[@95DOIDO]

wow, that would be CRAZY, that makes Atreus and Thrud cousins.

[@lovethewaves]

​@@95DOIDO which is why heimdoll says to thurd. U have a lot to learn starting with WHO UR FAMILY IS AND WHO IT IS NOT. 🤔🤔

[@amanoladele3341]

Ayeeee who else noticed that in god of war 2016 demo kratos had a horn on his hip👀 .... Could this mean something like.... Horn.... Atreus.... Sick??

[@Macktube]

Man we really desperate for god of war content if we're talking about drinking companion theories 😅 It's okay to talk about other games

[@kiracodinson]

Which Egyptian god could it be?

[@liorshahadi7029]

do you know anything about new game plus? it was meant to come out in march no?

[@KaptainKuba]

They said spring not just March

[@JPDukee]

Is kaptain kuba also a nioh player ?

[@KaptainKuba]

I played the first one a while while back

[@PlatinumPictogram10]

The creature could've been Atreus, who travelled back in time and used his shape shifting power to combine multiple figures into one (most likely those of humanoid and more animalistic creatures he encountered in other mythologies). But as for how he obtains a magical bottomless barrel, and why he would drink mead with Thor, and how he would have the ability to travel back in time, I have no idea. This just came up off the top of my head, so I didn't really have time to solidify it lol

[@alianetwork6190]

be fr right now

[@KaptainKuba]

Hey that's how all theories start, it's not that bad

[@andray310]

Thrud and Mjölnir can manipulate time

[@-The_Jester-]

I still wait for ng+

[@borischan5252]

Where did Thor go when he died? Valhalla or Hel?

[@blubeard7324]

Is that an umi bozu in the thumbnail?

[@ivanhunter6492]

it might be ütguard Loki

[@ryanburns9154]

The Celtic god Dagda??????

[@airyshark324]

Whoever doesn’t want a Faye game get outta here man I’m all for that shit dude like imagine the stuff we could see but it depends how long it is Bec there so much more lore they could do an connect the dots ughh I need that game

[@Stephen1873]

legend and myth says a person called "luke linton" roams these comments for feet

[@BigFellaFantaEater]

A goat barrel hybrid

[@geeery205]

Any news about ng+?

[@KaptainKuba]

nope

[@liam7802]

Still think they rushed Norse there some many things another game could have done

[@YesIAmAkshay]

What if it was gragas from league of legends ?

[@lashonnakennybrew4847]

God of war games will always be a true badass in existences kratos vs titans and Greek God's and Odin and thor amazing true badass ever seen in existences of a true badass game fire 🔥 ❤

[@JavierRodriguez-yp2ck]

The end of the mural the red is chains kratos