“ | She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer out of the windows of her eyes and that is very frightening. | ” |
–Angela Carter, The Lady of the House of Love |
The Monarch of the Glen is a novella written by Neil Gaiman that takes place after the novel, American Gods.
Shadow travels around Europe, including his birthplace in Norway, then goes to Scotland.
Plot[]
Places[]
- Sutherland, Scotland
- Cape Wrath
People[]
- Shadow
- Jennie
- Dr. Gaskell
- Gordon
- Grendel
- Grendel's Mother
- Smith
- Mr. Alice
Notes and Trivia[]
- Smith recounts to Shadow the tale of Sawney Bean and his clan of cannibals.
- The Monarch of the Glen is an oil painting completed by Sir Edwin Landseer in 1851 and depicts a stag set against the backdrop of the Highlands of Scotland.
- Jennie is a hulder, or huldra, a Scandinavian forest creature.
- Shadow is forced to fight in a death match with Grendel but spares him, much to Grendel's mother's relief.