There's an American tv show on Starz channel called American Gods. It's in it's second season. The premise of the show is a coming war between the "old gods" and "new gods". The old gods are those of the old world who were worshiped in the past, but who are no longer worshiped in favor of the new gods. The new gods represent technology, finance, media, and other aspects of the modern world. The old gods want to bring worshipers back to them.
The leader of the old gods is Odin, called Mr. Wednesday. A few of the others:
Czernobog and Zorya Vechernyaya from Slavic religion;
Vulcan from Roman religion;
The Greek pantheon;
Ostara;
African religion, represented by Anansi, a trickster god (called Mr. Nancy);
An ill-tempered 6'5" leprechaun (named Mad Sweeney);
A jinn.
And the most surprising one to me is possibly an appearance by Goddess Kali of Hinduism. What leads me to this conclusion is that in one scene Mad Sweeney, Mr. Wednesday and Anansi are in the parking lot of a diner discussing the death and funeral of Zorya Vechernyaya.
An Indian woman in a waitress's uniform is with them. Mr. Wednesday says to her "Mama-ji, I may need your blades". She responds with "So, back to lopping off heads, drinking blood and liberating souls; if I can switch weekend shifts with [I didn't catch the name]".
Hmm... !
The leader of the old gods is Odin, called Mr. Wednesday. A few of the others:
Czernobog and Zorya Vechernyaya from Slavic religion;
Vulcan from Roman religion;
The Greek pantheon;
Ostara;
African religion, represented by Anansi, a trickster god (called Mr. Nancy);
An ill-tempered 6'5" leprechaun (named Mad Sweeney);
A jinn.
And the most surprising one to me is possibly an appearance by Goddess Kali of Hinduism. What leads me to this conclusion is that in one scene Mad Sweeney, Mr. Wednesday and Anansi are in the parking lot of a diner discussing the death and funeral of Zorya Vechernyaya.
An Indian woman in a waitress's uniform is with them. Mr. Wednesday says to her "Mama-ji, I may need your blades". She responds with "So, back to lopping off heads, drinking blood and liberating souls; if I can switch weekend shifts with [I didn't catch the name]".
Hmm... !