The character of shadow moon baldur in american gods from. Shadow moon is an exconvict who is caught up in the war between the old gods and the new gods when mr. A novel by george lucas and chris claremont 1995, bantam book 1 in the chronicles of the shadow war. Shadow moon novel biographical information aliases balder, mike ainsel, andy haddock, puppy by laura birthplace oslo, norway age 32 gender male type demigod occupation fitness trainer former, bodyguardbouncer personal information family mr. Fury kattalakis was about to walk straight into the dragons lair. The hounds of shadow were the servants of high house shadow and some believed them to be more ancient than the shadow realm itself. There was a dragon in the attic of the building he was headed toward, but that dragon wasnt nearly as dangerous to fury as the bear guarding the door. Shadow moon is a racial enigma in american gods, the fantasy novel by neil gaiman. He is also the main character of the followup novella, the monarch of the glen and of the short story. Character profile for shadow moon from american gods. Richard mayhew, tristran thorn, rose walker, that kid in mr. Shadow moons identity contains tagged spoilers from the. Special pages permanent link page information wikidata item cite this page.
Though it seems like our only encounter with mother is in chapter 1, her presence actually weaves the whole book together through letters and moon shadow and windriders thoughts of her. Published in 1995, it was the continuation of the 1988 motion picture willow. From two of the greatest imaginations of our time comes a magnificent novel of adventure and magic. Basically, my theory is that gaiman decided to make speculative and hod one combined character. Shadow moon is serving three years in prison when he gets an unexpected early release for reasons we wont get into here. This character is strong, intelligent, and so considerate of his father that he lives in near exile for three years so that his father might live out his own dream. American gods is a onehour drama on starz based upon neil gaimans novel of the same name. Having read the far pavilions a long time ago and loved it i looked forward to reading the shadow of the moon. Gaiman has created a character who, by all appearances, seems to be an average, somewhat uninteresting guy. As they journey across america, shadow finds himself questioning a world where gods exist and magic is real. Third, shadow is a great human character, and it cheapens him to be seen as just another face for an eternal god.
His name is baldur moon and is the son of woden and demonstrates esoteric ability and awareness repeatedly. The genius of star wars r creator george lucas and the vision of chris claremont, the author of the phenomenally bestselling the uncanny xmen adventures, merge in what must be the fantasy event of the year. As far as we know, shadow moon is just a guy with an awesome name who is. Taking place about fifteen years after the events of the movie willow, the trilogy follows the further adventures of willow ufgood and elora danan. American gods is doing exactly what neil gaimans book. This will likely increase the time it takes for your changes to go live. Howbeit, this profiles has numerous s p o i l e r s about shadow, the setting and the events in the book. Above all, what the shadow of the crescent moon captures so well is not just the trauma of war, but also the conflicts of contemporary pakistanis, torn between remaining faithful to the legacy of. The genius of star wars r creator george lucas and the vision of chris claremont, the author of the phenomenally bestselling the uncanny. Shadow moon is the primary protagonist and central subject of american gods. Moon shadow has never met his father, who left to work in america, and he constantly pesters mother to tell stories about his dad, the master kitemaker.
It was also made clear that shadow s mother was black american and his father was white. Sokoloff about what i viewed as excessively negative political content of hunger moon which i rated 3 stars. Sometimes it seems that the book is really about shadow and his personal transformation, and the war between the gods is just a backdrop for shadows story. Wednesday and depicts a growing conflict between old gods and new gods. This is the first book of the chronicles of the shadow war trilogy, followed by. Gaimans works tend to be built on normal, nonmystical characters encountering a world of magic. Shadow is literally supposed to not be a whole being. In american gods, the gods are very much real, with characters like easter and mad sweeney a leprechaun live among regular people, as do the new gods like technology and media, who now rule american life.
Heres a breakdown of the characters of american gods. Both are stories of characters torn between countries and cultures searching for identity, but shadow of the moon is by far the more traditionally romantic of two. This adaptation explores stunning new ground in a different medium. American gods debuts four flashy new character posters. Nancy anansi laura moon richie hinzelmann sam black crow audrey burton atsula mamaji kali technical boy chad mulligan czernobog bielebog mad sweeney zorya utrennyaya zorya verchernyaya zorya polunochnaya john chapman johnny appleseed horus the unknown god mr. Shadow moon novel biographical information aliases balder, mike ainsel, andy haddock, puppy. The transition from page to screen capitalized on the opportunity to flesh out the world of american gods beyond shadow moon s ricky whittle narrow perspective, elevating various characters and.
Shadow moon is the main protagonist of american gods. Moonshadow is a character from dark elf designs who gets his powers from an ancient deity whose essence emanates from the moonstone. If you plan to watch american gods without first reading the neil gaiman book that its based on, youre probably going to have a lot of questions. In this video, i will dive into one of those questions. His book persona was so out of character from the likeable nelwyn we met in the movie, that they bear not a shred of similarity. Kaye takes her time setting up the story, beginning it with the parents and grandparents of the main character, a halfenglish, halfspanish girl with the unlikely name of winter. They were described as being the size of a mule with.
In 201920, shadow moon featured on the podcast series 372 pages well never get back, which reads literature of low quality. This character had a dream that convinced him that he is a dragon being punished by living in a humans body. He is a seemingly ordinary man from the midwest, who is caught up in the war between the old gods and the new gods when mr. Moon shadow has never known his father because his father immigrated to america while his mother was pregnant with him in order to make money needed to pay off debts. Shadow moon, a convict of few words, is the protagonist. In neil gaimans bestselling book american gods, shadow moon and his unlikely traveling buddy, mr. Season 2 of the starz series american gods raised more questions than it answered. Claremont and lucas pack the details in and ratchet up the drama with unbelievable stunts and rescues. In the book, its eventually revealed that shadow is a demigod the son of a god and a human woman.
This book is good, solid and in part confusing as hell. As we read the novel, shadows character become more and more complex and we realize how he is the pivot on which the story turns. American gods reinvents itself through its black protagonist. The changes from neil gaimans book show american gods the show transcends tv adaptation. Shadow moon is released two years after book 5 hunger moon. Shadow moon is a fantasy novel written by chris claremont and george lucas. The author describes his protagonist in ethnicallyvague terms. A few of the old gods that show up in this novel include odin, anansi, chernobog, ibis and anubis, thoth, bast, wisakedjak, shiva, zorya, easter, and kobold. At the beginning of the book, mother is the only link moon shadow has to his father and his kitemaking. Moon shadow is an eightyearold boy by tang tradition when the novel opens. Fantasy literature go to these sites for info or for help with your own wiki. There was around each beast an aura of dreadful competence, wrought with vast antiquity like threads of iron. Its mentioned by laura how he is weird as shit and would sit in the dark by himself and stare at nothing if nobody was around. There is a vast collection of books on the systems.
Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. In the short story mentioned above, the monarch of the glen, shadows real name is revealed to be balder. Neil gaiman revealed that shadow is not the characters real name. That is the amazing thing about jason, is the character as described in the book is absolutely him, and something that he could play physically in every way. Shadow of the moon is a great historical epic, with love and hate, treachery and courage, set in india during the sepoy rebellion in the 1850s.
A court of thorns and roses a song of ice and fire all souls trilogy beyonders the black company the brotherband chronicles rangers apprentice royal ranger the dark tower. The character of shadow moon baldur in american gods. Shadow moon is a god on american gods according to these. The books were really popular on kiry in the fourth era. American gods characters from litcharts the creators of sparknotes. Shadow american gods novel neil gaiman character profile. It was published in 1995 and was written by chris claremont and george lucas. Several times throughout the book shadow catches wednesday doing something shadow would. Nelson, described it as the worst book they had read so far, even worse than sean penn s bob honey who just do stuff. The chronicles of the shadow war is a book trilogy outlined by george lucas and written by comic book writernovelist chris claremont.
As the reincarnation of the norse god baldur and a manifestation of the mysterious king of america, shadow acts as a bridge in the novel between the old gods and the new gods, between gods and men, and even between life and death. It kept me interested from start to finish and i am sure i will be reading it several times more. Shadow writes his name in the remembrance book, following his. You like being confused by characters that are referred to by about three different. Sevenyearold moon shadow lee lives and works on his family farm in china in 1903. It stars ricky whittle as shadow moon and ian mcshane as mr. Shadow moon baldur shadow moon baldur the protagonist of the novel, shadow is a large, tall man whose defining feature is his inability to be defined. Wednesday, are on a rocky road trip barreling toward the apocalypse. This is the first book of the chronicles of the shadow war trilogy, followed by shadow dawn and shadow. Shadow moon an exconvict who becomes the reluctant bodyguard and errand boy of mr.