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American Gods season 2 continues to develop stories from Neil Gaiman's book. 1 / 8

But now, it's even answered a mystery from the original novel. 2 / 8

Specifically, the mystery of Donar/Thor's death. 3 / 8

Odin's son killed himself in 1932 in the book, but it's never revealed why. 4 / 8

As it turns out, Donar ended up working with the Nazis at the behest of his father. 5 / 8

But when Donar wanted to leave his work behind and head to Hollywood with Columbia, she 'betrayed' him. 6 / 8

Columbia left Donar to work with the New Gods because of Odin's trickery. 7 / 8

When Donar found out, he broke Odin's spear and left him for good, ultimately killing himself in 1942. 8 / 8