Editing American Gods (section)

===Old Gods===
* '''Mr. Wednesday''' – an aspect of [[Odin]], the Old [[Norse mythology|Norse]] god of knowledge and wisdom. 
* '''Low-Key Lyesmith''' – [[Loki]], the Old Norse god of mischief and trickery. He was a close acquaintance of Shadow Moon whilst incarcerated. 
* '''[[Chernobog|Czernobog]]''' – the [[Slavic mythology|Slavic]] god of darkness and twin brother to [[Belobog]], the god of light.
* '''The [[Zorya]] Sisters''' –  relatives of Czernobog, sisters who represent Dawn (Zorya Utrennyaya), Dusk (Zorya Vechernyaya), and the Midnight Star (Zorya Polunochnaya). In Slavic lore, they are servants of [[Dažbog]] who guard and watch over the doomsday hound, [[Simargl]]. Simargl is said to be chained to the star Polaris in the constellation Ursa Minor (the "Little Bear") and, according to legend, if the chain ever breaks the hound will devour the world.
* '''Mr. Nancy''' – [[Anansi]], a trickster spider god from Ghanaian folklore. He often makes fun of people for their stupidity, a recurring aspect of his personality in his old stories.
* '''Mr. Ibis''' – [[Thoth]], the [[Ancient Egyptian religion|Ancient Egyptian]] god of knowledge and writing. He runs a funeral parlor with Mr. Jacquel in [[Cairo, Illinois]]. He often writes short biographies of people who brought folkloric beings with them to the United States.
* '''Mr. Jacquel''' – [[Anubis]], the Ancient Egyptian god of the dead and mummification. He is an expert at preparing bodies for the wake at funerals.
* '''Bast''' – [[Bastet]], the Ancient Egyptian cat goddess. Often appears as a small house cat and heals Shadow's bruises and aches after he has been beaten.
* '''[[Horus]]''' – the Ancient Egyptian god of the sky.
* '''Easter''' – [[Ēostre]], the [[Germanic paganism|Germanic]] goddess of the dawn.
* '''Mad Sweeney''' – [[Buile Shuibhne|Suibhne]], a king from an old Irish story. Though not portrayed as such in his story, he calls himself a "[[Leprechaun]]" despite his description as being nearly 7-feet-tall. Sweeney is foul-mouthed and a frequent drinker.
* '''Whiskey Jack''' – [[Wisakedjak]], a trickster figure of [[Algonquian peoples|Algonquian]] mythology. He lives near a [[Lakota people|Lakota]] reservation in the badlands with John Chapman, where he is mistaken for [[Iktomi]], a trickster of their culture.
* '''John Chapman''' – [[Johnny Appleseed]], described as a "culture hero" rather than a god. He loathes [[Paul Bunyan]] (who he incorrectly describes as an advertising ploy) for diverting belief away from him.
* '''Elvis''' – [[Alvíss]], a dwarf in Norse mythology. The King of the Dwarves, he is of average height for humans but has dwarfish proportions.
* '''[[Eshu|Elegba]] and [[Mawu|Great Mawu]]''' – The gods worshipped by those enslaved coming to America.
* '''Gwydion''' – [[Gwydion|Gwydion fab Dôn]], a trickster god of Welsh mythology.
* '''Hinzelmann''' – [[Hinzelmann]], a [[kobold]] who was formerly revered as a tribal god by ancient Germanic tribes. He protects the town of Lakeside in the guise of an old man.
* '''Bilquis''' – the ancient [[Queen of Sheba]], who endures by absorbing her sexual partners, turning them into worshippers
* '''Mama-Ji''' – [[Kali]], the Hindu goddess of time and destruction.
* '''The Jinn''' – an [[ifrit]] taxi-driver that swaps lives with an Omani businessman after a sexual encounter.
* '''The Land''' – a buffalo-headed man, the personification of the land as worshipped by Native Americans, who appears to Shadow in his dreams to give him guidance.
*'''Bearded man''' – A character similar to [[Jesus]] speaks to Shadow in a dream sequence while he is hanging from the world tree. Shadow states that, compared to the other old Gods, he still has a lot of influence. However, the bearded man worries that his teachings have been applied to everything, and as a result also apply to nothing. Gaiman has removed and replaced this section of the book numerous times.<ref name="bearded-man">{{cite book |last=Gaiman |first1=Neil |title=The Annotated American Gods |chapter=Appendix A |editor-last=Klinger |editor-first=Leslie S. |publisher=William Morrow |year=2020 |page=611 |isbn=9780062896261}}</ref>
*'''The Elephant God''' – [[Ganesha]], the Hindu god of new beginnings; appears to Shadow during the world tree dream sequences. Shadow eventually realizes Ganesha's role is to remove obstacles, and that his cryptic message to 'look in the trunk' is in fact a clue to the location of Alison McGovern's body.
*'''The Forgettable God''' – An unknown god whom Mr. Wednesday meets in Las Vegas along with Shadow, whose name slipped from Shadow's mind whenever Mr. Wednesday said it. He has a liking for [[Soma (drink)|Soma]], a Vedic ritual drink. Gaiman has never confirmed the identity of this god.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://journal.neilgaiman.com/2007/10/flowers-of-romance.html |title=Neil Gaiman's Journal: The Flowers of Romance |last=Gaiman |first=Neil |date=22 October 2007 |website=journal.neilgaiman.com |access-date=24 April 2023 |quote=As for withholding information... before the Internet, I'd tell anyone anything they wanted to know. ('Who's the missing member of the Endless?' 'Destruction.' 'Oh.') After the Internet, I would try and avoid answering some direct questions because it might spoil things for people. 'Why did Delight become Delirium?' 'Who's the Forgotten God?' -- they're questions I would happily have answered for anyone who asked at a signing 20 years ago, because it wouldn't have gone any further, not in any way that mattered. Not any longer, because one day I may tell those stories. (If I knew for sure I wouldn't tell them, then I'd happily answer people now.)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.neilgaiman.com/FAQs/Books,_Short_Stories,_and_Films#q2 |title=FAQs {{!}} Books, Short Stories, and Films |last=Gaiman |first=Neil |website=neilgaiman.com |access-date=24 April 2023}}</ref>