Science fiction award winner
Like Hugos, nebulas, the newburry and the Carnegie medals winner,
Neil Gaiman, is the writer of the Novel, American Gods.
Themes such as Mythology, belief, community, change, growth, life, death, desire, sacrifice, deception, plurality, the power of the individual in America and the the sacredness of American land.
Symbols like gold and silver coins and the ash stick
Shadow moon
Mr Wednesday(Odin)
Mr World
Mr Nancy
Laura Moon
Richie Hinzelmann
Mamaji indian Goddess Kaali
Ganesha
And other gods from the Europe, Asia, Africa, the Indian subcontinent.
Gods flock to Lookout Mountain, from every corner of America and every pantheon and mythology.
Gods from Europe, Asia, the Indian sub-continent, and America itself gather, getting what weapons they have ready for battle.
Gaiman tries to include gods from every known pantheon from all the many cultures that have made their mark on America,
showing how the Old Gods are strong precisely because they can combine all of these diverse worldviews.
