American Gods

Contents

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1.1 Plot summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.3 Inuences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.4 Website tie-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.5 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.6 Publishing history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.7 Adaptation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.8 Related works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.9 Translations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.10 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.11 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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2.1 Cast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.1 Main . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.2 Recurring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2 Episodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.3 Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.3.1 Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.3.2 Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.3.3 Casting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.3.4 Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.4 Broadcast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.5 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.5.1 Critical response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.5.2 Ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.6 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.7 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.8 Text and image sources, contributors, and licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.8.1 Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.8.2 Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.8.3 Content license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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Chapter 1

American Gods

This article is about the novel written by Neil Gaiman. bie Burton die in a car accident, leaving him alone in
For the television adaptation of the novel, see American the world. Bereaved, he takes a job as a bodyguard for
Gods (TV series). a mysterious conman, Mr. Wednesday, who seems to
know more about Shadows life than he lets on. Shadow
American Gods (2001) is a novel by English author Neil and Wednesday travel across America visiting Wednes-
days unusual colleagues and acquaintances until Shadow
Gaiman. The novel is a blend of Americana, fantasy, and
various strands of ancient and modern mythology, all cen- learns that Wednesday is in fact an incarnation of Odin
the All-Father. Wednesday is recruiting American man-
tering on the mysterious and taciturn Shadow. Several of
the themes were previously alluded to in his The Sandman ifestations of the Old Gods of ancient mythology, whose
powers have waned as their believers have decreased in
comic book series.
number, to participate in an epic battle against the New
The book was published in 2001 by Headline in the American Gods manifestations of modern life and tech-
United Kingdom and by William Morrow in the United nology, such as the Internet, media, and modern means of
States. It gained a positive critical response and won the transport. Shadow meets many gods and magical crea-
Hugo and Nebula awards in 2002.[1] tures, including Mr. Nancy (Anansi), Czernobog, and
A special tenth anniversary edition, which includes the a leprechaun named Mad Sweeney who gives Shadow a
authors preferred text and 12,000 additional words, magical gold coin. Shadow tosses the coin into his wifes
was published in June 2011 by William Morrow. Two au- grave, inadvertently bringing her back from the dead as a
dio versions of the book were produced and published by semi-living revenant.
Harper Audio: an unabridged version of the original pub- Shadow and Wednesday try to rally the Old Gods to ght
lished edition, read by George Guidall, released in 2001; the new, but most are reluctant to get involved. The New
and a full cast audiobook version of the tenth anniversary Gods abduct Shadow (utilizing a group of shadowy Men
edition, released in 2011. In March 2017, The Folio So- in Black led by the mysterious Mr. World), but Laura
ciety published a special collectors edition of American rescues him, killing several Men in Black in the process.
Gods, with many corrections to the authors preferred text Wednesday hides Shadow rst with a few stray Egyptian
version.[2] gods (Thoth, Anubis, and Bast, here as Mr. Ibis, Mr.
In April 2017, Starz began airing a television adaptation Jacquel, and a common brown housecat) who run a fu-
of the novel. Bryan Fuller and Michael Green serve as neral parlor in Illinois, and then in the sleepy Great Lakes
showrunners, and Gaiman is an executive producer. community of Lakeside. Shadow meets many colorful
locals in Lakeside including Hinzelmann, an old-timer
who spins tall tales, and Chad Mulligan, the workaday
local chief of police. Lakeside is tranquil and idyllic but
1.1 Plot summary Shadow suspects something is not quite right about the
town. While neighbouring communities turn into ghost
The central premise of the novel is that gods and mytho- towns, Lakeside is mysteriously resilient. Disappearances
logical creatures exist because people believe in them (a of children occur with unusual frequency. Shadow is un-
type of thoughtform). Immigrants to the United States able to investigate further, busily traveling across the US
brought with them spirits and gods. The power of these with Wednesday, meeting the likes of Johnny Appleseed
mythological beings has diminished as peoples beliefs and the goddess Easter to solicit their help. They are pur-
waned. New gods have arisen, reecting the American sued all the while by the Men in Black, particularly Mr.
obsessions with media, celebrity, technology, and drugs, Town, who blames Shadow for the death of his friends.
among other things.
Finally the New Gods seek to parley with Wednesday, but
Shadow, a taciturn convict reaching the end of a three- they murder him at the meeting. This act galvanizes the
year prison sentence,[3] is released from prison early when other Old Gods into action and they rally behind a com-
his wife, Laura (McCabe) Moon, and best friend Rob-

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mon banner to face their enemies in battle. Shadow is their tribal gods; and in 14,000 BC the gods of the very
bound by his contract with Wednesday to hold his vigil rst American immigrants are born.
by re-enacting Odins time hanging from a "World Tree"
while pierced by a spear. Shadow dies and visits the land
of the dead, where he is guided by Thoth and judged 1.2 Characters
by Anubis. Easter later brings him back to life. During
his time between life and death, Shadow learns that he is
Wednesdays son, conceived as part of the deitys plans.
He realizes Mr. World is secretly Low-key (Loki) Lye-
smith and that Odin and Loki have been working a "two-
man con". They orchestrated Shadows birth, his meeting
of Loki in disguise in prison, and Lauras death. As part
of the con, Loki had ordered Odins murder so that the
battle between the New and Old Gods would serve as a
sacrice to Odin, restoring his power, while Loki would
feed on the chaos of the battle.
Shadow arrives at Rock City, the site of the climactic bat-
tle, in time to stop it. He explains that both sides have
nothing to gain and everything to lose, with Odin and
Loki as the only true winners. The US is a bad place
for Gods, Shadow tells them, and he recommends they Old Gods:
return home. The Gods depart, Odins ghost fades, and
Laura impales Loki on a branch of the World Tree. She
nally dies after Shadow takes the magical coin from her.
Shadow returns to Lakeside, where he nally stumbles
on the towns secret. The missing children have been
abducted by Hinzelmann, who is a kobold. Hinzelmann
blessed and protected the town, making it prosper despite
the hardships plaguing the rest of the region, in exchange
for the towns unwitting sacrice of their young. After a
confrontation with Shadow, Hinzelmann is killed by Chad
Mulligan.
In Iceland, Shadow meets another incarnation of Odin
who was created by the belief of the original settlers
of Iceland, and is therefore much closer to the Odin of
mythology than Wednesday was. Shadow accuses Odin
of Wednesdays actions, whereupon Odin replies that He
was me, yes. But I am not him. Shadow gives Odin
Wednesdays glass eye, which Odin places in a leather bag
as a keepsake. Shadow performs a simple sleight-of-hand
coin trick, which delights Odin enough that he asks for a
repeat performance. Shadow then performs a small bit of
real magic, pulling a golden coin from nowhere. He ips
it into the air and, without waiting to see if it ever lands,
walks down the hill, away from the god and out into the
world.
The book also features many subplots and cutaway scenes
detailing the adventures of various mythical beings in the
US: The Queen of Sheba works as a prostitute, staying
young and powerful by preying on the men she sleeps
with; a salesman from Oman meets a cab-driving Ifrit;
the rst Viking explorers to come to the US bring their
gods, including Odin, with them; a Cornish woman turns
fugitive in the new world, inadvertently populating it with
the pixies and fairies of her native country; slaves from
Africa populate the Caribbean Islands and the US with
Shadow Moon An ex-convict who becomes the
reluctant bodyguard and errand boy of Mr. Wednes-
day.
Laura Moon Shadow Moons wife who died in a
car crash at the beginning of the novel a few days
before Shadow is due to be released from prison.
Samantha Sam Black Crow A hitchhiking
college student Shadow meets during his journey.
Chad Mulligan A kind-hearted chief of police in
the town of Lakeside.
Mr. Wednesday An aspect of Odin, the Old
Norse god of knowledge and wisdom.
Czernobog The Slavic god of darkness, twin
brother to Belobog, the god of light.
The Zorya Sisters The Zorya Sisters, relatives
of Czernobog, are sisters representing the Morning
Star (Zorya Utrennyaya), the Evening Star (Zorya
Vechernyaya), and the Midnight Star (Zorya Pol-
unochnaya). In Slavic lore, they are servants of
Dabog who guard and watch over the doomsday
hound, Simargl, who is chained to the star Polaris in
the constellation Ursa Minor, the little bear. If the
chain ever breaks, the hound will devour the world.
Mr. Nancy Anansi, a trickster spider-man from
African folklore. He often makes fun of people for
their stupidity, a recurring aspect of his personality
in his old stories.
Mr. Ibis Thoth, the Ancient Egyptian god of
knowledge and writing. He runs a funeral parlor
with Mr. Jacquel in Cairo, Illinois. He often writes
short biographies of people who brought folkloric
beings with them to America.
Mr. Jacquel Anubis, the Ancient Egyptian god
of the dead and mummication. He is an expert at
preparing bodies for the wake at funerals.
Easter ostre, the Germanic goddess of the dawn.
Mad Sweeney Suibhne, a king from an old Irish
story. Though not portrayed as such in his story, he
calls himself a "Leprechaun, and is foul-mouthed,
a frequent drinker, and taller than expected.
1.4. WEBSITE TIE-IN 3

Whiskey Jack Wisakedjak, a trickster gure of About John James's novel Votan, Gaiman stated: I think
Algonquian mythology. He lives near a Lakota probably the best book ever done about the Norse was a
reservation in the badlands with John Chapman, book that I couldnt allow myself to read between coming
where he is mistaken for Iktomi, a trickster of their up with the idea of American Gods and nishing it. After
culture. it was published I actually sat down and allowed myself
to read it for the rst time in 15 years and discovered it
John Chapman Johnny Appleseed was just as good as I thought it was.[6]
Low-Key Lyesmith Loki, the Old Norse god of The novel shares a number of themes and images with
mischief and trickery. Gaimans comic book series The Sandman. For instance,
in American Gods Shadow dreams of thunderbirds and
Hinzelmann Hinzelmann, a kobold who was for- a mountain of bones. This is similar to The Sandman's
merly revered as a tribal god by ancient Germanic A Dream of a Thousand Cats, in which a cat tells of a
tribes. He protects the town of Lakeside, in the guise dream in which she is wandering a mountain of bones and
of an old man, by sacricing one child each year. being circled by a bird. In addition, one chapter features
a young girl, described in a way similar to The Sandman's
Bilquis Queen of Sheba, as mentioned in the character Delirium. Also, the device of traveling around
Bible. America to visit old gods was used in the Brief Lives
storyline.
Mama-Ji Kali, the Hindu goddess of time and de-
struction.

New Gods:
1.4 Website tie-in
While Gaiman was writing American Gods, his publishers
The Technical Boy New god of computers and set up a promotional web site featuring a weblog in which
the Internet. Gaiman described the day-to-day process of writing, re-
Media New goddess of television. She appears in vising, publishing, and promoting the novel. After the
the form of Lucy Ricardo from the well-known show novel was published, the web site evolved into a more gen-
"I Love Lucy" and a female news anchor. eral Ocial Neil Gaiman Web Site. As of 2010, Gaiman
regularly adds to the weblog, describing his daily life and
The Black Hats Mister World, Mister Town, Mis- the writing, revising, publishing, or promoting his current
ter Wood and Mister Stone exist out of the Ameri- project.
can obsession with black helicopters and the men in On 28 February 2008, Gaiman announced on his jour-
black. They work as spooks for the new gods. nal that for one month, the complete text of American
Gods would be available to the public on his publishers
The Intangibles New gods of the modern stock
website.[7]
market, the personication of the "Invisible hand of
the market.

1.5 Reception
1.3 Inuences
The book won the 2002 Hugo, Nebula, Locus,[1]
SFX Magazine and Bram Stoker Awards, all for Best
The novels dedication reads For absent friends Kathy Novel, and likewise received nominations for the 2001
Acker and Roger Zelazny and all points in between.[4] BSFA Award,[8] as well as the 2002 World Fantasy,[1]
Various real-life towns and tourist attractions, including International Horror Guild and Mythopoeic, and British
the House on the Rock (and its worlds largest carousel) Fantasy[1] awards. It won the 2003 Geen Award.
and Rock City, are featured in the book. Gaiman says in In May 2010, American Gods was selected in an online
an introduction that he has obscured some actual locales. poll to be the rst One Book One Twitter book.[9]
According to Gaiman, American Gods is not based on
Diana Wynne Jones's Eight Days of Luke, although they
bear an odd relationship, like second cousins once re- 1.6 Publishing history
moved or something. When working on the structure of
a story linking gods and days of the week, he realised that
this idea had already been used in Eight Days of Luke. He The book was published in 2001 by Headline in the
abandoned the story, but later used the idea when writing United Kingdom and by William Morrow in the United
American Gods to depict Wednesday and Shadow meet- States.
ing on the gods namesake day.[5] A special tenth anniversary edition, which includes the
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authors preferred text and 12,000 additional words,
was published in June 2011 by William Morrow. The
tenth anniversary text is identical to the signed and num-
bered limited edition released in 2003 by Hill House Pub-
lishers, and to the edition from Headline, Gaimans pub-
lisher in the UK since 2005.[2] The tenth anniversary edi-
tion marks the rst time the authors preferred text has
been available in wide release outside the UK.[10]
Two audio versions of the book were produced and pub-
lished by Harper Audio: an unabridged version of the
original published edition, read by George Guidall, was
released in 2001. A full cast audiobook version of the
tenth anniversary edition, including the authors preferred
text and 12,000 additional words, released in 2011.
In March 2017, The Folio Society published a special col-
lectors edition of American Gods, with many corrections
to the authors preferred text version. Gaiman described
it as 'the cleanest text there has ever been'.[2]
to Pratchett due to their same geographic origins and,
more importantly, daily phone conversations. He had also
sought advice from Pratchett on resolving plot elements
of American Gods. [13]
1.9 Translations
Ameriku dievi (Latvian), ISBN 978-9934-0-
2282-1
Ameerika jumalad (Estonian), ISBN 9985-62-181-
6
Amerykascy bogowie (Polish), ISBN 83-89004-10-
0
Zei Americani (Romanian), ISBN 973-733-070-6
( Elim Amerikaim( )Hebrew )

American Gods (Italian), ISBN 88-04-52083-3

1.7 Adaptation
Deuses Americanos (Portuguese), ISBN 85-87193-
59-7
Main article: American Gods (TV series)
Amerit bohov (Czech), ISBN 80-85911-98-1
Starz developed a TV series from the novel with Bryan
Americk bohovia (Slovak), ISBN 978-80-556-
Fuller and Michael Green.[11] The series debuted in April
0754-2
2017.
Unohdetut jumalat (Forgotten Gods) (Finnish),
ISBN 951-1-18055-X
1.8 Related works
Amerikai istenek (Hungarian), ISBN
9786155049705
Gaimans subsequent novel, Anansi Boys, was conceived
before American Gods and shares a character, Mr. American Gods (Spanish), ISBN 84-8431-627-0
Nancy. It is not a sequel but appears to relate to the same
ctional world. Anansi, the spider god of African legend, Ameriki Bogovi (Croatian), ISBN 953-220-126-2
appears in both American Gods and Anansi Boys, imply-
Ameriki bogovi (Slovenian), ISBN 978-961-274-
ing a connection. Gaiman regularly alludes to works by
129-7
other authors and to mechanics and themes in his own
books. The characters and themes are not necessarily be- A (Serbian), ISBN 86-7436-039-4
ing used for the same ends.
(Amerikanskie bogi) (Russian),
In an interview with MTV News published on 22 June
ISBN 5-17-019844-2
2011, Gaiman said that he had plans for a direct sequel
to American Gods. He had plans for a sequel even while Amerikos dievai (Lithuanian), ISBN 9986-97-101-2
writing the rst book. He said he is likely to focus on New
Gods in the sequel.[12] Amerikan Tanrlar (Turkish), ISBN 978-975-10-
1904-2
In addition to the planned sequel, Gaiman has written
two short-story sequels featuring Shadow Moon. The American Gods (German), ISBN 3-453-40037-2
Monarch of the Glen, rst published in Legends II,
takes place in Scotland, two years after American Gods. Amerikanska gudar (Swedish), ISBN 91-37-12227-
The second short story, Black Dog, was collected in 4
Gaimans Trigger Warning. It takes place a year later in
Derbyshire's Peak District. Amerikanske guder (Norwegian), ISBN 978-82-
93059-50-9
The Terry Pratchett novel Small Gods explores a simi-
lar origin of deities. While Gaiman says that he did not Amerikanske guder (Danish), ISBN 978-87-71375-
read Pratchetts work, he thought they shared a world view 44-2
1.11. EXTERNAL LINKS 5

(Traditional Chinese), ISBN 978-986-7399- [10] Gaiman, Neil (5 May 2011). Neil Gaimans Journal
84-7, ISBN 9789863593492 May 2011. Neil Gaimans Journal. Archived from the
original on 24 June 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
(Simplied Chinese), ISBN 978-753-6459-
50-2, ISBN 978-7-5502-9714-2 [11] Goldberg, Lesley (1 July 2014). Starz, Bryan Fuller
Board Neil Gaimans 'American Gods". The Hollywood
(O Polemos ton Theon/ The Reporter.
War of the Gods) (Greek)
[12] Marshall, Rick (22 June 2011). Neil Gaiman Reects On
American Gods (French), ISBN 978-2-290-33041- 'American Gods,' 10 Years Later. MTV News. Archived
8 from the original on 14 June 2012.

[13] Neil Gaiman Responds. Slashdot. 3 November 2003.

(Bulgarian), ISBN 954-585-
519-3
Gaiman, Neil (1 March 2007). More Mysteries of
( ), ( ) (Korean), ISBN 978-89- the Oracle. Neil Gaimans Journal. Retrieved 3
6017-268-5, ISBN 978-89-6017-269-2 January 2007.
Amerikaanse Goden (Dutch), ISBN 90-245-4261-8,
ISBN 978-90-245-4261-1
1.11 External links
(Georgian) ISBN 978-
9941236631 The rst ve chapters of American Gods, released
(Japanese), ISBN 978-4047916081, by HarperCollins
ISBN 978-4047916098 Only the gods are real, a listing of all the gods and
(Russian), ISBN 978- mythical beings featured in American Gods
5170454716, ISBN 978-5971354659 Internet Speculative Fiction Database Top 100 lists:
American Gods ranks second on the 'Balanced' and
'Popular' lists, and third on the 'Critical' list
1.10 References
"And the One Book, One Twitter Winner Is ...,
[1] 2002 Award Winners & Nominees. Worlds Without Wired, 29 April 2010, John C Abell. part of the
End. Retrieved 5 August 2009. One book, One Twitter (#1b1t)" contest, selection
April 2010 "
[2] American Gods: Is Nothing Sacred?". Neil-
Gaiman.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 Full-length Commentary on American Gods at the
May 2009. Retrieved on 13 June 2009. Wayback Machine (archived 6 October 2011)
[3] American Gods Summary - eNotes.com. eNotes. Re-
trieved 2017-06-12.

[4] Dornemann, Rudi; Kelly Everding (Summer 2001).

Dreaming American Gods: an Interview With Neil
Gaiman. Rain Taxi Online Edition. Rain Taxi, Inc. Re-
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[5] Gaiman, Neil (25 September 2001). Neil Gaiman

September 2001. Neil Gaimans Journal. Archived from
the original on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 3 January
2007.

[6] Interview with Neil Gaiman. shadow-writer.co.uk.

2005. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016.

[7] Gaiman, Neil (28 February 2008). Kids! Free! Book!".

Neil Gaimans Journal. Archived from the original on 2
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Chapter 2
American Gods (TV series)
American Gods is an American television series based 2.1.2 Recurring
on the novel of the same name, written by Neil Gaiman
and originally published in 2001. The television series
was developed by Bryan Fuller and Michael Green for
the premium cable network Starz. Fuller and Green are
the showrunners for the series. Gaiman serves as an exec-
utive producer along with Fuller, Green, Craig Cegielski,
Stefanie Berk, and Thom Beers.
The series focuses on Shadow Moon, who meets a strange
man named Mr. Wednesday after being released from
prison, and soon becomes embroiled in a large-scale con-
ict between the Old Gods and the New Gods, who grow
stronger each day. The rst episode premiered on the
Starz network and through their streaming application on
April 30, 2017, with the rst season concluding on June
18, 2017. In May 2017, the series was renewed for a sec-
ond season.
2.1 Cast
2.1.1 Main
Ricky Whittle as Shadow Moon, a former convict
who becomes Mr. Wednesdays bodyguard.[1][2]
Emily Browning as Laura Moon, Shadow Moons
wife and a revenant.[3] Browning also portrays Essie
MacGowan, the Irish woman whose belief in lep-
rechauns changes the course of her life.[4]
Crispin Glover as Mr. World, the New God of
globalization and the leader of the New Gods.[5]
Bruce Langley as Technical Boy, the New God of
technology.[6]
Yetide Badaki as Bilquis, the Queen of Sheba, an
Old Goddess of love.[6]
Pablo Schreiber as Mad Sweeney, a leprechaun in
the employ of Mr. Wednesday who has trouble com-
ing to terms with his lost charm.[7]
Ian McShane as Mr. Wednesday, a con artist and
the Old God Odin.[2]
Gillian Anderson as the new Goddess Media, the
public face and mouthpiece of the New Gods.[8]
She appears in the form of famous personalities,
including Lucy Ricardo, Marilyn Monroe, David
Bowie and Judy Garland.[9][10]
Jonathan Tucker as Low Key Lyesmith, a friend of
Shadow from prison.[5]
Cloris Leachman as Zorya Vechernyaya, the
Evening Star, the eldest of three sisters who watch
the stars to guard against forgotten horrors.[11]
Martha Kelly as Zorya Utrennyaya, the Morning
Star, the middle silent sister of the Zorya.[12]
Erika Kaar as Zorya Polunochnaya, the Midnight
Star, the youngest of the Zorya sisters who sleeps
during the day and only appears late at night. She
guides Shadow and sets him on his path.[12]
Peter Stormare as Czernobog, Old Slavic god of
darkness, death and evil who suspects Mr. Wednes-
days motives and is reluctant to lend his aid.[11]
Chris Obi as Mr. Jacquel, the Old Egyptian God of
the dead, Anubis.[11]
Mousa Kraish as the Jinn, a mythical being of re
who, fearing for his safety, considers eeing the
United States.[11]
Omid Abtahi as Salim, a foreigner who is one half
of a pair of star-crossed lovers.[13]
Orlando Jones as Mr. Nancy, the Old Ghanaian
trickster god Anansi. He works as a tailor.[14]
Demore Barnes as Mr. Ibis, the keeper of stories
past and present, the Old Egyptian God Thoth.[14]
Dane Cook as Robbie, Shadows best friend.[15]
Kristin Chenoweth as Easter, Old Germanic God-
dess of the dawn.[16]
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Corbin Bernsen as Vulcan, a new character created the rst season will consist of eight episodes.[17][41] The
by Green and Fuller, though inspired by an initial shooting was scheduled to begin on March 1, 2016, in
concept of Gaimans, specically for the series and Toronto and continue until September.[42]
described as having bound himself to guns.[17] During an interview with Neil Gaiman on June 24, 2016,
Jeremy Davies as Jesus Prime, one of many versions he discussed plans for future seasons of the show beyond
to appear at the home of Easter.[18] the rst, should it be continued, and noting that the rst
season only covers the rst third of the novel. The sec-
Conphidance as Okoye, scarred slave who leads a ond season is intended to cover the Lakeside section of
revolution.[19] the novel, and a big pivotal thing that happens to Mr.
Wednesday will likely be a season nale for either the
Beth Grant as Jack, the owner of the bar where second or third season.[43]
Shadow meets Mr. Wednesday.[20]
Regarding the sexual content on the show, Green stated
that while the book contains sexual content, our sex-
ual content, when it was portrayed, was artful. By that,
2.2 Episodes we mean that it was essential to character, or essential to
story. That it was as beautiful [as] anything else we were
gonna try to portray in the show. Which is to say, if you're
2.3 Development going to dene gratuitous sexuality as sexuality that can
be cut out and not diminish the nal episode in any way,
2.3.1 Production we weren't gonna do that. We wanted it to be something
that was essential. He also added that Starz wasn't shy
In 2011, American Gods author Neil Gaiman stated at about nudity.[44]
the Edinburgh International Book Festival that HBO had The third episode features a gay scene between a busi-
expressed an interest in adapting the novel into a televi- nessman named Salim and a Jinn. Fuller admitted he
sion series.[29][30] In March 2013, Gaiman spoke of the wasn't concerned with the explicit sexual content that was
projects progress at the Cambridge International Student featured in the scene, stating: We wanted to tell a very
Film Festival, and conrmed that the prospective series graphic story with the sex and sexuality. And also tell
opening episode would contain new elements and de- a tale where a man comes from a country where homo-
tails while still remaining a lot like the opening chapters sexuality is punishable by death. For him most sexual
of the book.[31] He also commented that the book would experiences [would be] back-alley blowjobs, so the Jinn
only make up the rst two seasons of the show and that he is making love to him probably for the rst time in his
was still working on the pilot script, as his rst script was life so he can experience sexual love. Its an amazing,
not close enough to his book for HBOs satisfaction.[32] In beautiful experience for a human being to have particu-
November 2013, Gaiman announced on Reddit that the larly when you consider how many men, women and gen-
TV series was still in the works but no longer at HBO.[33] ders in-between, don't, or can't, because of where they
In 2014, HBOs president of programming Michael Lom- come from.[45] Omid Abtahi, who portrays Salim, com-
bardo revealed that the project had been abandoned be- mented on the relationship, I think love in any form,
cause they could not get the script right: We tried three man/man, woman/man, woman/woman, whatever, is a
dierent writers, we put a lot of eort into it. Some beautiful thing. I would love to live in a world where peo-
things just don't happen.[34] ple are not thrown o by that. So the way you do it is by
exposing them to it, and normalizing it. Yes, it might be a
In February 2014, Fremantle Media acquired the rights
little graphic for some people but its natural. Theres no
to adapt the novel as a fantasy drama series.[35] In July
hate. We're not trying to oend anybody. Its love.[45]
2014, it was announced that Starz would be developing
Fuller also demanded a reshoot of the scene, claiming the
the series with Bryan Fuller and Michael Green.[36]
original sex positions weren't physiologically possible for
Fuller stated that the series would be "[following] the anal intercourse.[46]
events of the books but expanding those events, and ex-
The fth episodes prologue showed a ve-minute ani-
panding the point of view to go above and beyond Shadow
mation sequence that revolves around characters in the
and Wednesday.[37] Permission has been given for the
Ice Age. The sequence was created by Tendril, a design
series to incorporate elements from the books compan-
and animation studio that was based near Toronto, where
ion, Anansi Boys.[37] Fuller also conrmed that Gaiman
the series is lmed. According to Tendrils director Chris
is very involved with the production and expressed his
Bahry, the sequence was dicult to make and it took six
hope that Gaiman would write an episode himself.[37]
months to complete. But according to Bahry, The chal-
On June 16, 2015, Starz ocially announced that it had lenge was in nding the most powerful way to communi-
greenlit the series.[38][39] Showrunner Bryan Fuller esti- cate the central theme of the sequence: faith vs survival
mated in May 2015 that the show would likely air in and adaptation. He also added, We wanted it to feel
late 2016";[40] however, it premiered in April 2017, and
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very tangible and real, like a stop motion lm that could at 9:00 pm Eastern. Each episode becomes available in-
have been made by these ancient people, using whatever ternationally on Amazon Video the day after the U.S.
materials and tools they would have had access to.[47] broadcast.[52]
On May 10, 2017, the series was renewed for a second
season.[48]
2.5 Reception
2.3.2 Writing 2.5.1 Critical response
Fuller stated that he wanted the Old Gods to be por- The rst season of American Gods has received very pos-
trayed as gritty and rustic to demonstrate the well-worn itive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, it has a score of
aspects of their religion and the consequences of going 77 out of 100 based on 36 reviews, indicating generally
without faith for so long, while the New Gods are por- favorable reviews.[53] On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 94%
trayed as slick and updated with their technology to illu- rating with an average score of 8.13 out of 10 based on
minate how valuable and pertinent they are, in their own 66 reviews with the consensus stating: "American Gods
religions.[49] opens with a series of wildly ambitious gambits and re-
wards viewers faith with a promising rst season whose
visual riches are matched by its narrative impact.[54]
2.3.3 Casting
On January 28, 2016, Ricky Whittle was cast as the 2.5.2 Ratings
lead character, Shadow Moon.[1] On March 2, 2016, it
was announced that Ian McShane had been cast as Mr.
Wednesday.[2] It was later announced on March 17, 2016, 2.6 References
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