While my favorite Norse deities are Frey and Freya, and my favorite of the Aesir gods is Odin (especially as he emerges in American folklore, as the one-eyed graybeard who appears as a beggar on the road, to test the decency of wayfarers), I'm pleased to greet any member of the old Viking pantheon, especially now, as we celebrate the decision to make "American Gods" (the novel by Neil Gaiman) into a movie. Moving on!