Water
Water is given all kinds of significance in godless. It is, of course, equated with life itself (1.55) and called "the source of all life" (4.1). Jason reminds Dan that the ancient Greeks considere...
The Tower
Humans have been building towers for a long time, so it makes sense that they can be chock full of significance. And towers in godless are no exception. For example, Shin sketches both the Eiffel...
Gastropodarium
The gastropodarium is a little world within a world. It's the world Shin created for his pods, and he rules it. This whole metaphor is pretty well spelled out and explored by Shin himself: "They lo...
Drawing and Writing
Shin is never without his sketchbook (1.43). At first he uses it for thorough notes about newfound gastropods and their habitats; and then later he uses it to quantify God (4.84), write the sacred...