Buffalo in American Gods
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I’m excited to have you guys back, and extremely excited to talk about American Gods!
I should preface everything with the fact that I am a book reader, but I figured the best way to still send in a listener email without dealing with spoilers was to to talk about some comparative mythology, especially as it relates to the first episode.
A thought occurred to me while listening to your immediate reactions to the Buffalo dream. Buffalo absolutely represent the land, but I think in both the book and the show, they represent more than that.
For the Lakota people, everything was centered around the Buffalo. That means they were a heavily nomadic people, never staying too long in one area, always able to “close up shop” and be on the “road” at a moments notice. I think we’re going to see a strong parallel between the Lakotas’ nomadic nature and that of Shadow Moon and Mr. Wednesday, as they criss-cross America.
As always, thanks for your hard work on the podcast, and I’m looking forward to what I’m sure will be a fantastic season.
-Niko
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Technical Boy is my favorite character to hate. The changes for the sake of the show were necessary to create a good villain/nuisance. Here is the novel’s description:
The Technical Boy – New god of computers and the Internet. He is adamant that the new gods should prevail over the old gods. As the personification of the internet, he resembles the stereotype of a fat, arrogant, basement-dwelling internet poster, who dresses like characters from The Matrix because he thinks it makes him look cool. He looks like a teenager with bad acne, because he is young even compared to the other new gods (though he has quickly become one of the most powerful of them). Other characters derisively call him “the fat kid”.