Andrea answers “What was the point (?) of Sam Black Crow?...”

Hannah asked this question about American Gods (American Gods, #1):

What was the point (?) of Sam Black Crow? Why did she dream of the buffalo headed person, and the thunderbirds? Why was she given so much significance at the end of the book, when she hadn't really been in the rest of it very much? And how did she get the flowers from Shadow???

Andrea I believe the white buffalo head is a symbol of the land. I don't know what significance of Sam Black Crow, other than to show how people know each ot…moreI believe the white buffalo head is a symbol of the land. I don't know what significance of Sam Black Crow, other than to show how people know each other and run into each other. (for example, Shadow meets Sam's sister.) I think that the thunderbirds (along with the white buffalo) show Shadows connection to the land. The land was trying to influence him in the way the "war" was going between the gods. Shadow put the flowers in her hand. I don't know why she didn't notice, but he does know a lot of "slight of hand". (less)

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