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Originally Posted by cearbhallain
To go back a bit in the discussion. When I read the book, several years ago, I thought Odin was referring to Wednesday as being an Aspect. God's do have them
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As far as I understand "aspects" of a god, it's more to do with certain functions of them being revered as a separate deity, or, for example, the gods of the Norse pantheon are aspects of a "complete" deity.
In this case, I'd interpret the Icelandic Odin's remark as he is the original, while the American "Wednesday" is a "copy". Ironically, the Odin deity figure probably originated in what is today northern Germany, at around 500 AD, and was "imported" to Iceland at around 874 AD with settlers from Norway.
I haven't been able to find it again, but I vaguely remember reading an interview or something, with Gaiman, where he says himself that the American gods are "versions" of old world gods who brought over by people who believed in them strongly enough.
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Originally Posted by cearbhallain
Also, this was the first Gaiman I read. I've read several others since, and I'm always disappointed, you're idea that it's his most "adult" story could explain this.
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I haven't read all Gaiman's books, but impression so far is that most of them are aimed as much towards older children as towards adults. I haven't read the Sandman series, but it's my impression that that is "adult" as well. I just remembered "Fragile Things", a short story collection, which you might like.