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I liked the book...I like the TV show if you understand it, its good...really good. But in all honesty its way over the heads of most people and the TV series in particular requires you to stick with it before you start to follow (unless you read the book) but its a solid commentary on faith and religion.
heres some help..Mad Sweeney is the most compelling character for me..very well acted.
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 Polunochnaya). In Slavic lore, they are servants of Da?bog 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 mummification. He is an expert at preparing bodies for the wake at funerals.
Easter ? Ēostre, 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.
Whiskey Jack ? Wisakedjak, a trickster figure of Algonquian mythology. He lives near a Lakota reservation in the badlands with John Chapman, where he is mistaken for Iktomi, a trickster of their culture.
John Chapman ? Johnny Appleseed
Low-Key Lyesmith ? Loki, the Old Norse god of mischief and trickery.
Hinzelmann ? Hinzelmann, a kobold who was formerly revered as a tribal god by ancient Germanic tribes. He protects the town of Lakeside, in the guise of an old man, by sacrificing one child each year.
Bilquis ? Queen of Sheba, as mentioned in the Bible.
Mama-Ji ? Kali, the Hindu goddess of time and destruction.
New Gods:
The Technical Boy ? New god of computers and the Internet.
Media ? New goddess of television. She appears in the form of Lucy Ricardo from the well-known show "I Love Lucy" and a female news anchor.
The Black Hats ? Mister World, Mister Town, Mister Wood and Mister Stone exist out of the American obsession with black helicopters and the men in black. They work as spooks for the new gods.
The Intangibles ? New gods of the modern stock market, the personification of the "Invisible hand of the market".
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Mike South
It's No wonder I took up drugs and alcohol, it's the only way I could dumb myself down enough to cope with the morons in this biz.
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