Gaiman’s American Gods is a modern wonder of the world. Somehow it manages to straddle the chaos of the everyday, with the power and mystery of the ancients, stirring the gods of America’s various constituent populations, with the all-powerful, glittering, idols of today. A modern moral story it’s a beast of a ride, and one of my absolute favourite books. …
Myths and Legends: Origins and Traditions
Stretching back to the oral traditions of thousands of years ago, tales of heroes and disaster, creation and conquest, mythic themes inform our entire culture: fiction, movies, comic books etc.