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Dioses Americanos

Neil Gaiman

In Neil Gaiman’s contemporary fantasy novel American Gods (2001), Shadow Moon, a recently released ex-convict, agrees to work as a bodyguard for the charismatic and mysterious Mr. Wednesday. He soon discovers that his new boss is actually an ancient Norse deity who travels across America recruiting gods from old mythologies—now weakened by forgetting—to wage war against the country’s “new” divinities: technology, media, and consumption. Throughout a journey through highways, motels, and mythical corners of the American heartland, Shadow finds himself caught between rival supernatural forces as he questions identity, faith, and the power of stories in modern culture.

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traídos / ˈtɾa.i.ðos /verb

brought

seres ancestrales traídos al país por inmigrantes.

ancestral beings brought to the country by immigrants.

desvaneció / desbaneˈθjo /verb

vanished

La vida que había imaginado se desvaneció en un segundo.

The life she had imagined vanished in a second.

desapareceresfumarse

aferrarse / afeˈraɾse /verb

hold on to

En ese momento, solo necesitaba algo a lo que aferrarse.

At that moment, I just needed something to hold on to.

el rostro / el ˈrostɾo /noun

face

Su voz era seria, su rostro más frío de lo normal.

His voice was serious, his face colder than usual.

carafaz

deteniéndose / de.teˈni̯en.do.se /verb

stopping

Condujeron por todo el país, deteniéndose en lugares extraños.

They drove across the country, stopping in strange places.

parandohaciendo una parada

la liberación / la li.βe.ɾa.ˈθjon /noun

release

Su liberación estaba a solo unos días.

His release was only days away.

puesta en libertadsalidaexcarcelación

pertenecer / peɾteneˈθjeɾon /verb

belong

parecía pertenecer a otra época

seemed to belong to another era

sercorresponderconcernir

el propósito / el ˈpropoθito /noun

purpose

Necesitaba un propósito, aunque viniera de un hombre que parecía una tormenta andante.

I needed a purpose, even if it came from a man who seemed like a walking storm.

intenciónobjetivometafinalidad

rezar / reˈθaɾ /verb

to pray

Las personas dejaron de rezar a los viejos dioses.

People stopped praying to the old gods.

orarsuplicarrogar

imaginaba / imaχinaβa /verb

imagined

Estos no eran dioses como los que la gente imaginaba.

These were not gods as people imagined.

llevar / ʝeˈβaɾ /verb

carry

Le dijeron que debía conducir, llevar equipaje, observar y escuchar.

They told him he had to drive, carry luggage, observe and listen.

la medida / la meˈðiða /noun

the world

A medida que el mundo cambiaba, también lo hacía la fe.

As the world changed, so did faith.

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