Showing every brutal form of worship that paganism is usually known for, embracing battle earns them Odin's favor, and they leave never to speak of the place they had committed such desperate acts. Odin's bearded face is worth keeping in mind for later in the episode, but the vikings struggle in one fashion after another to please their god. These vikings worship Odin, the Norse Allfather and father of Thor, and so erect an idol to worship him. The ship of vikings arrives in search of women, food, and wealth, finding only harsh landscape (as with the real history, their landfall looks to be Northeastern Canada) and hostile natives, unseen, but deadly with bows and arrows. But in American Gods, there's good reason the true discovery was never made known. According to the official historical record, it didn't happen until around the year 1000. It's a bit of true history mixed with fiction and legend, since Icelandic explorers are credited with discovering North America centuries before Christopher Columbus. In this case, the story tells of the first European god "Coming to America." The date given is 813 C.E., with a cast of what are clearly viking warriors seeking out a land of riches. It's in keeping with the novel upon which the show is based, in which the core story of Shadow Moon is supplemented with smaller scenes, describing the arrival of different gods to the shores of America. The premiere opens with a scene not directly tied to the events of the show's main cast. If you've got more questions, be sure to let us know in the comments, but for now, read on for the answers most likely to be in high demand. We're gathering the questions here in hopes that viewers will be a bit less thrown or turned off from some of the moments easier to grasp in the novel - or in some cases, just confirm information that the show never makes clear (as is usually the risk when adapting a novel to TV series). We've done our best to offer interested fans a glimpse behind the curtain at every single character and American God, but we're almost positive that the first episode will leave some obvious questions in need of answering. Questions about the characters, questions about the shocking sex scene, and questions about that ending, too. which means viewers who watched the premiere episode have plenty of questions. There's a good chance that word of Starz's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's American Gods caught the attention of more TV fans than usual. NOTE: This article contains SPOILERS for American Gods Season 1, Episode 1
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