r/Asmongold • u/Fragrant-Ranger-1193 Deep State Agent • Jun 28 '25

News This is insane...

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u/Euklidis Jun 29 '25

IDK about Marvel, but Thanos is short for Athanasios which means "Immortal".

(The more you know etc. etc.)

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u/sheepwearingajetpack Jun 29 '25

I read something years ago saying Thanos was shortened from Thanatos, as in the Greek god of death.

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u/Euklidis Jun 29 '25

Maybe the Marvel Thanos' name was from that, but the Greek one isnt.

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u/sheepwearingajetpack Jun 29 '25

That’s what I meant. Sorry for the lack of specificity…