Also explained: the opening scene of American Gods
Since the premiere of American Gods, some of us have been going on and on about how we don't understand half of what is happening on American Gods. Are the opening scenes random or do they somehow tie into the bigger picture? Turns out that they aren't random and if you occasionally visit American Gods' Youtube page, you would know that.
The seemingly random scenes are meant to reveal that when people migrate to the United States, they bring their gods with them. This simple explanation makes a lot of things clearer when you go back and watch.
It gets better. An account on Twitter dedicated to TV shows took time out to give a spoiler free expose on who the characters truly are (their god names and backgrounds) and we feel like we hit jackpot.
On the opening scene and why the gods have jobs
they bring their gods with them. Eventually, their descendants assimilate forget the old gods when thy assimilate into American culture— We ❤ TV Shows (@2girls1guyTV) June 8, 2017
The opening: Vikings come to America in the year 813 C.E. then shortly after arriving, they begin stabbing out their own eyeballs— We ❤ TV Shows (@2girls1guyTV) June 8, 2017
they bring their gods with them. Eventually, their descendants assimilate forget the old gods when thy assimilate into American culture— We ❤ TV Shows (@2girls1guyTV) June 8, 2017
Like regular folks, they need to eat and make the rent. But like gods, they also need to be revered.— We ❤ TV Shows (@2girls1guyTV) June 8, 2017
Now, the old gods don't want to wither away. So they're recruiting and finding themselves so that they can wage a war against the New gods— We ❤ TV Shows (@2girls1guyTV) June 8, 2017
The new gods are entities that represent modernity such as media, technology, celebrity etc— We ❤ TV Shows (@2girls1guyTV) June 8, 2017
On Mr Wednesday
God name: Odin— We ❤ TV Shows (@2girls1guyTV) June 8, 2017
Character name: Mr. Wednesday
He's Thor's father; and the Viking god of war. pic.twitter.com/IgXvUAWLGL
Odin sacrificed his own left eye in exchange for a drink from the Well of Wisdom. And he taught the Vikings that if you want something— We ❤ TV Shows (@2girls1guyTV) June 8, 2017
(The Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish word for Wednesday is Onsdag, which means ‘Odin’s day).He also finds a way to be 'worshipped' by conning— We ❤ TV Shows (@2girls1guyTV) June 8, 2017
Bilquois
God name: Queen of Sheba— We ❤ TV Shows (@2girls1guyTV) June 8, 2017
Character name: Bilquis
She’s what’s left in America of the Queen of Sheba, technically she's a half-demon pic.twitter.com/aRMC1sIHZl
She's worshipped for her beauty and power as evidenced by the man who disappeared up her hooha.— We ❤ TV Shows (@2girls1guyTV) June 8, 2017
Her victims disappear inside her,
Remember Shadow's prison buddy? Turns out he's Loki
God name: Loki— We ❤ TV Shows (@2girls1guyTV) June 8, 2017
Character name: Low Key Lyesmith
His famous “no gallows dirt, no gallows deals.” is indicative of his dislike for Odin pic.twitter.com/4AdTyFfloC
Looks like this flaming bull will come back to play a bigger role
To avoid spoilers, I won't explain the flaming Buffalo. I'll just say, like he said: Believe. pic.twitter.com/XvtmkyghAY— We ❤ TV Shows (@2girls1guyTV) June 8, 2017
Sweeney
Sweeney's iconic trick of snatching gold coins out of thin air hints at his kind: leprechauns.— We ❤ TV Shows (@2girls1guyTV) June 8, 2017
Anansi & Media
Media— We ❤ TV Shows (@2girls1guyTV) June 8, 2017
Media is one of the new gods, and she's doing extremely well. pic.twitter.com/sr6207cKLC
The Zorya Sisters & Jacquel
God name: The Morning Star— We ❤ TV Shows (@2girls1guyTV) June 8, 2017
Character: Zorya Utrennyaya
She's one of the three Zorya sisters - they are hardly ever awake at the same time pic.twitter.com/SxOWJzblnm
God name: Anubis— We ❤ TV Shows (@2girls1guyTV) June 8, 2017
Character name: Jacquel
Jacquel is a version of Anubis, the god of the afterlife pic.twitter.com/2nOYcWyLMj
Mr World
He's the leader of the new gods and he’s capable of obtaining information even the NSA cannot get.— We ❤ TV Shows (@2girls1guyTV) June 8, 2017
He's currently trying to prevent a war
He's not in danger of being forgotten because people commit violence everyday - in essence praying to him.— We ❤ TV Shows (@2girls1guyTV) June 8, 2017
So those are the gods. And then we have Shadow Moon, the ex convict who goes on a country wide road trip and ties the story together. pic.twitter.com/NiCiZdcQ8r— We ❤ TV Shows (@2girls1guyTV) June 8, 2017
There you have it! Did these little reveal help you understand the show a bit better?
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