Американские боги
Chapter 8
"Truestories?"
"Uptoapoint,yes.I’llletyoureadoneortwo,ifyoulike.It’sallthereforanyonewhohaseyestoseeit.Personally—andthisisspeakingasasubscribertoScientificAmerican,here—Ifeelverysorryfortheprofessionalswhenevertheyfindanotherconfusingskull,somethingthatbelongedtothewrongsortofpeople,orwhenevertheyfindstatuesorartifactsthatconfusethem—forthey’lltalkabouttheodd,buttheywon’ttalkabouttheimpossible,whichiswhereIfeelsorryforthem,forassoonassomethingbecomesimpossibleitslipslidesoutofbeliefentirely,whetherit’strueornot.Imean,here’saskullthatshowstheAinu,theJapaneseaboriginalrace,wereinAmericaninethousandyearsago.Here’sanotherthatshowstherewerePolynesiansinCalifornianearlytwothousandyearslater.Andallthescientistsmutterandpuzzleoverwho’sdescendedfromwhom,missingthepointentirely.Heavenknowswhat’llhappeniftheyeveractuallyfindtheHopiemergencetunnels.That’llshakeafewthingsup,youjustwait.
"DidtheIrishcometoAmericainthedarkages,youaskme?Ofcoursetheydid,andtheWelsh,andtheVikings,whiletheAfricansfromthewestcoast—whatinlaterdaystheycalledtheslavecoastortheivorycoast—theyweretradingwithSouthAmerica,andtheChinesevisitedOregonacoupleoftimes:theycalleditFuSang.
