American Gods
Characters in American Gods
10 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Shadow Moon
A newly released ex-convict recruited as bodyguard to the mysterious Mr. Wednesday.
Antagonists
Technical Boy
A new god embodying the internet and technology, one of the aggressive faces of the new gods opposing the old.
Supporting characters
Laura Moon
Shadow's wife, whose death sets the story in motion.
Mr. Nancy
Mr. Nancy is the human guise of Anansi, the West African trickster spider-god, one of the old gods Shadow encounters on the journey.
Czernobog
A Slavic god of night and death living in Chicago with the Zorya sisters; agrees to join Wednesday's cause on the condition of a favor from Shadow.
Dr. Easter
The old goddess Ēostre, now living quietly in San Francisco, whose spring holiday has been absorbed by Christianity and consumerism.
Whiskey Jack
A Native American trickster spirit (Wisakedjak) who gives Shadow guidance and a lynx-skin coat during his time in a reservation town.
Mad Sweeney
A brawling Irish leprechaun-god who loses a golden coin to Shadow in a bar fight, a coin that later revives Laura.