Imagine Marvel superhero, Thor as an overweight alcoholic with a big belly. If you've seen the Australian actor, Christopher Hemsworth's 20 pounds of muscle when he portrayed the Thunder God in his first outing, you'd not be able to stomach this drastic change in his latest outing in Avengers: Endgame. If you had thought that this is the worst that could have happened to a Thunder God, wait till you see the Chinese Thunder God, Leigong 雷公 Lord of Thunder or Leishen 雷神 God of Thunder is a deity in Chinese folk religion. While Thor has the enchanted hammer, Mjolnir, which grants him the ability to fly and manipulate weather, Leigong carries a drum and has a mallet to produce thunder, and a chisel to punish evil doers, both mortals and evil spirits included. The Chinese God of Thunder most certainly doesn't have long, golden locks of hair. A fearsome creature, he has claws, bat wings, and a blue face with a bird's beak and he wears only a loincloth. So much for Chinese Thor!
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