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Originally Posted by recluse
The Endless Cycle.
Perhaps that is the answer.
There will always be gods. With the collapse of the old belief system, a new one rises from the ashes. The names may change, but they are the same old gods in new garb.
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But the old belief system doesn't collapse. The potentially cataclysmic battle collapses - due to Shadow. While Shadow himself is renewed, the world order stays the same. That's a little strange, no?
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Originally Posted by recluse
Humanity is a wayward child. It requires a set of rules to live by. Gods to emulate. Gods to fear. The "flavor" of the belief system is not as important as the existance of a belief system.
There will always be an "All Father/Mother", a "Trickster", a "Serpent" and a "Hero". Only the names have been changed.
I humbly await Ea's opinion.
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Yes, perhaps. Yes, there will be. Though I'm afraid I've studied Norse mythology too much to buy the easy interpretations. E.g. Loke has some of the characteristics of a trickster, but he is much more complex than that. Odin might be called "All-father", but we should not forget his 160 (circa) other names. He is dark and strange like a mad scientist.
Though what I could "worry" about here, is that Gaiman follows the "easy" interpretations - and that I don't see the wood for the trees.