{"id":3272,"date":"2017-06-11T18:59:54","date_gmt":"2017-06-11T18:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/risky.tv\/?p=3272"},"modified":"2017-06-11T19:00:32","modified_gmt":"2017-06-11T19:00:32","slug":"mythology-behind-american-gods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/risky.tv\/mythology-behind-american-gods\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mythology Behind American Gods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ from the video&#8217;s creator ] Neil Gaiman &#8216;s highly acclaimed novel, American Gods has finally been adapted into a TV series by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starz.com\/series\/americangods\/episodes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Starz Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With the first episode having premiered in late April 2017, I thought this might be a good time to go over <strong>the mythology behind some of the gods, spirits, mythical creatures and deities who appear in the show<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Norse God, Wednesday, the Leprechaun, Mad Sweeney, The Spider Spirit, Mr Nancy, The Slavic Demon, Chernobog, and the others, all have fascinating backstories and mythologies, from a number of different cultures around the world.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, they all ended up in the good old U. 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