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Comparing Anansi Boys And Mythology
In Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman and Mythology by Edith Hamilton, there are many ways in which characters from both books are similar and different. One of the closest connections I saw was between Spider from Anansi Boys and Loki from Mythology. Their connection is very close because Spider and Loki did something abominable and they both paid for their actions through torture in two similar ways. It seems that Neil Gaiman modeled Spider after Loki because of their similar stories. Spider and Loki are similar because they both committed a heinous crime and paid for it by being bound and tortured. In Mythology, Loki got Balder killed by disguising himself and asking Frigga what she didn’t tell to keep Balder safe and found out that it was the
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