Jeff Goldblum against a backdrop for American Gods
With Netflix’s Kaos, audiences were served the treat of a chaotic and almost mad take on mythology. The show takes the Greek gods we all know—Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades — and flips the script. Instead of the all-powerful, destruction-bearing deities we mostly see, they were hugely flawed and borderline petty. Let’s not get started on the seemingly complicated divine politics that spilled over into the world of man.
If that’s not convincing enough, there's Bilquis , once the revered goddess of love and sex. But she's also fallen on hard times, forced to get her “worship” via sex work. In a nutshell, her need for adoration mimics the ever-present human need for validation and relevance, even though her methods involve a lot more supernatural mumbo jumbo. Other gods, like Mr. Nancy AKA Anansi , a trickster god, basically use their charm and wit to stay relevant.
'American Gods' Puts a Fresh Spin on Belief At the heart of the show's narrative is the clash between old and new gods, giving viewers a glimpse into how worship and faith have evolved. On one side of a brutal battle for relevance are the old gods, like Odin, Anansi, and Bilquis, who were worshiped in ancient times. They found their way to the “new world” on the backs of immigrants who revered them, but the modern world has little to no use for them.
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