Maasai-Age-sets. The basic Maasai political and social structure is their rigid system of age-sets (or age grades; strictly-speaking, an age-grade is a stage within the age-set). These apply primarily to men; women automatically become members of the age-set of their husbands.
For the television adaptation of the novel, see American Gods (TV series). American Gods is a Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novel by English author Neil Gaiman. The novel is a blend of Americana, fantasy, and various strands of ancient and modern mythology, all centering on the mysterious and taciturn Shadow. Several of the themes touched upon in the book were previously glimpsed in The Sandman comic book series.
Where any other person would die of thirst in a few days they live quite contentedly in this desert that doesn't look like a desert. The Gods Must Be Crazy is a 1980 film about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries. They must be the most contented people in the world. 2  They have no crime, no punishment, no violence, no laws, no police, judges, rulers or bosses. 3  They believe that the gods put only good and useful things on the earth for them to use. 4  In this world of theirs, nothing is bad or evil.