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Originally Posted by recluse
Let me just throw this idea into the mix:
Who would Thor be if he were completely disconnected from his own past history? Broken by modern society, a warrior without a battle to fight for so very long. Tamed. Politically correct. Americanized. A god without knowledge of his own godhood.
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Wednesday mentions at some point that (the American) Thor killed himself (in the thirties, I think).
In my understanding, Thor is a protector more than a warrior. He's the thunder god who brings rain and fight jotuns to protect middle earth. Thor does not essentially fight battles - he leaves them to Odin and other warrior gods.
In any case, I don't see that any of the gods in American Gods have been tamed by political correctness. By American money and greed, by the church of capitalism, perhaps.
I think that what you suggest could be summed up by "sanitised" - is that correct? I simply can't see Shadow as an Americanised "sanitised" Thor. You may yet convince me, but you'll need some more arguments
