The Funeral Home
Ibis and Jacquel's funeral parlor in Cairo, Illinois, where the Old Gods tend their dead.
The funeral home of American Gods is the funeral parlor that Mr. Ibis and Mr. Jacquel, the Egyptian gods Thoth and Anubis, run in Cairo, Illinois. In Neil Gaiman's novel, Wednesday tells Shadow Moon to hide there after the Spooks abduct him; Jacquel is an expert at preparing bodies for the wake, and the cat goddess Bast lives there too.
Quick Facts
- Owner
- Mr. Ibis and Mr. Jacquel (the Egyptian gods Thoth and Anubis)
- Primary function
- Funeral services
Lore & Background
When Mad Sweeney dies after Shadow admits he no longer has Sweeney's coin, Ibis and Jacquel tend his body and lament the loss of another Old God. In the TV series' first season Ibis and Jacquel restore Laura's damaged body; in the second Ibis sews her back together after the train crash, and Shadow arrives there with Sam Black Crow to confront Wednesday.
Reader's Guide
Later in the second season Wednesday plants a new Yggdrasil in Cairo, and Shadow lets the spirit of Froggie James, a man lynched in the town years before, tell his story through him at a funeral there. Mad Sweeney dies in the house after falling on the spear Gungnir, and when the police come to arrest Shadow, Wednesday and Salim at the funeral home, Shadow learns that he is Wednesday's son.
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