Originally Posted by
Byakko
There are many issues involved, but Comic!Hercules =/= Historic!Hercules. Same with Thor, or Loki etc. The real Norse pantheon definitely weren't tech-vikings, and Comic!Loki doesn't have a connection with fire that's prominent in the real-world mythology. Hell, there was some plotline where all the religious 'Sky Fathers' met up didn't they? Even though the existence of several of them implicitly denounces the existence of the others, therefore they are not in anyway meant to reflect the real-world mythologies they are based on.
Using historical/mythological accuracy as a precedent would make more than a few other fictional characters 'wrong' for not being 'historically accurate'. They are adaptations, they do not and should not have be forced to adhere to any form of accuracy or be judged on that.
However, the biggest issue is that Marvel's retconnin backwards on their own established canon, for no real discernible reason.