[Short Read] The Letters T.H.A.N.O.S. are Clues to the Sources of the Infinity Stones

This one is not my theory — except for the soul stone part. The original theory has surfaced on the internet much before the release of Avengers Infinity War. In that theory, fans have noticed a striking coincidence regarding the name THANOS and the sources of the infinity stones (which clearly has been made by the Marvel authors intentionally). Here I am going to talk about this coincidence. Since the soul stone has shown up at the end, I shall keep it for the end.

T : Tesseract

The Tesseract is a four-dimensional cube that can manipulate space. It was on earth for a long time; and many people encountered it over the years. Loki took it with himself from the Asgardian vault, at the end of Thor : Ragnarok. Later, Thanos has taken it from Loki, and has extracted the space stone from it.

A : Aether

The Aether, that looks like a strange fluid, has the capability to manipulate the fabric of reality. It was hidden for a long time, until Jane Foster encountered it. The Asgardians instructed the Collector to keep it at Knowhere, at the end of Thor : The Dark World. Later, Thanos has taken it form the Collector. Though the Aether is a fluidlike substance, it fits onto the infinity gauntlet in the form of a stone — the reality stone.

N : Necklace

The eye of Agamotto, attached to a necklace, is a magical device that has the capability to manipulate time. Doctor Strange kept it with himself in the movie Doctor Strange. Later, from this device he has taken out the central gem, which is the time stone. Then Thanos has taken the stone from him at the end of the battle on Titan.

O : Orb

The Orb, that looks like a small spherical object, is a device that keeps the power stone in it. It was kept on Morag in an ancient palace for a long time. In the movie Guardians of the Galaxy, the power stone was extracted from the orb. The Guardians gave the stone to the Nova Corps on Xandar. Later, Thanos has decimated Xandar and taken the power stone for himself.

S : Scepter

In the movie The Avengers, Loki was carrying a scepter, which he was using for mind-controlling people. In Avengers : Age of Ultron, the mind stone was extracted from the scepter by Ultron. He placed it on Vision’s forehead. Later, Thanos has killed Vision and taken the mind stone.

In this way, five out of six letters in Thanos’s name can be connected to the sources of the infinity stones. So, before Infinity War, people have been expecting that the source of the soul stone would have a name starting with H, the only remaining letter. But in Infinity War we have seen that the soul stone was found on Vormir — nothing related to the letter H. Then, does this theory break down? Have the Marvel authors done it intentionally?

To match the theory, one may say, H may stand for hill. Someone has to climb up a hill/mountain and make a sacrifice to acquire the soul stone. However, H standing for hill does not feel appealing. This is where my theory comes in. I have two words of my choice, which can be related to the soul stone.

H : Hidden

The soul stone was hidden from all maps. In fact, Gamora had to go for a secret quest to find the way to the soul stone. So, H standing for hidden makes sense.

H : Heart

At Vormir, someone has to make a sacrifice to obtain the soul stone. The sacrifice has to be a person one loves, i.e. a person close to one’s heart. This is what is meant by the Red Skull’s words, ‘A soul for a soul.’ So, H standing for heart makes sense.

Among these two words, I personally prefer heart. Being hidden is not unique to the soul stone, because the other stones also were hidden in the past in one way or the other. But making the sacrifice of a person close to one’s heart is unique to the soul stone. So, H for heart feels to be the right word.

Did you know about this theory before? If not, then let me know in the comments below how you feel about this surprising coincidence. Also, let me know if you can come up with any other word starting with H for the soul stone.