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	Discworld gods - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gods are everywhere on the Disc, a crucial element of the world's peculiar ecology that gives power to belief and demands resolution to any and all narratives.
		Small gods are a special classification of deity unique to the Discworld, but with analogues in our world, particularly the Graeco-Roman concept of numina.
		A household god on the Discworld is a small god that has a limited number of committed believers, perhaps only one, but nonetheless enough to manifest in a specific visible form.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Discworld_gods (7568 words)

	Small Gods - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Small Gods is a novel by Terry Pratchett, the thirteenth part of the popular Discworld series.
		Pratchett tells the origin of the god Om, and his relations with his prophet, the reformer Brutha; in the process Pratchett satirises religion, religious people and practices, and the role of religion in political life.
		It is worth noting, however, that in Carpe Jugulum, a discussion between Omnian priest Mightily Oats and the witch Granny Weatherwax suggests that the events took place several generations ago.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Small_Gods (371 words)

	Fiction: Little Gods, by Tim Pratt, illustration by Mark Precious
		I don't know if the boy means to do it or if it happens by accident but the gun goes off with a crack and a stink (small god of lead, small god of expanding gases) and Emily goes down, goes over, tumbles into the candy display and it falls down with her.
		The small gods follow, jumping after her, whooping and singing and laughing, and I find myself still smiling as they, too, turn to light.
		I sit, watching, until her brightness merges with the sparkles on the surface of the water, and then I walk away, mouthing a prayer of thanks to the small gods of waking up in the morning, the small gods of drawing breath, the small gods of holding on.
	www.strangehorizons.com /2002/20020204/little_gods.shtml (4876 words)

	Wizards Community - Low'verok - of small gods and elementals
		Small gods are quite frequent, and many trees and pools of water embody the essence of the divine.
		Small gods of water, particularly those of springs, typically demand a sacrifice before their water can be taken.
		Those that do favors for animal gods may be marked with a sign, typically a small picture of the animal or the footprint thereof, and may never be molested by animals of that type (help the rat god, never have rats attack you again).
	boards1.wizards.com /showthread.php?s=&threadid=56213 (9680 words)

	EN World - Morrus' D&D / d20 News & Reviews Site - When Celestials Attack... and Small Gods... an idea...
		Ancestral Gods (Dalcanteae, mother of the Dalcanti clan, Tumblemoon, the mother of the rabbits of Nimblegrove), Heroes and Saints (Saint Jalnir the Gentle, Barkhad the Unmoving), and Gods of the Land (Angwa, the Cave of Whispers, Ydernac, Grandmother Oak).
		In the case where the small god is viewed as a saint by other religions, his clergy is probably very small and underpowered, with the High Priest and perhaps 2 or 3 others being his only clerics, and the rest are adepts.
		The powers of clerics of Small Gods IMO should be lesser than the power of clerics of greater gods, except maybe in the area directly around the gods' abode.
	www.enworld.org /printthread.php?t=4944 (2373 words)

	James's Review of "Small Gods" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Small Gods is one of those books where you are not sure whether Terry Pratchett is joking.
		Perhaps not all gods speak from a burning bush, this one has taken the form of a turtle, and his only true believer is very skeptical when called on to be his new Prophet.
		Until Small Gods I thought Pratchett was simply hilarious, this shows that he is brilliant.
	www.raveller.com /books/TP_SmallG (177 words)

	Review - Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
		Small Gods is one of those TP books which stands alone.
		The head of the religion is Vorbis, a not-very-nice man, he is not the top priest or anything, he is just the one who is really in charge, he does not have to bother with all the surface stuff, he can just get on with the nitty-gritty behind the scenes stuff.
		The characters in Small Gods are great, philosophers, priests and people living at the top of poles, it makes you think, truly it does, about what I do not know, but it does make you think..
	www.booklore.co.uk /PastReviews/PratchettTerry/SmallGods/SmallGodsReview.htm (446 words)

	Terry Pratchett: Small Gods (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Small Gods has the rare distinction of being one of only a couple of Discworld books whcih stand on their own (as well as on the backs of four elephants which may, or may not, stand on the back of a giant turtle which may, or may not, move through space).
		Terry Pratchett uses Small Gods to tackle the topic of religion and intolerance, electing to focus on the country of Omnia, where the Great God Om is worshipped.
		Small Gods may not be the most laugh-out-loud funny of the Discworld novels, but it is the most philosophical book in the series.
	www.sfsite.com /~silverag/smallgods.html (478 words)

	Amazon.com: Small Gods (Discworld Novels (Audio)): Books: Terry Pratchett,Tony Robinson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Pratchett has revisited the whole bloody history of religion, philosophy, government, and science as they are put to use in the service of war, death, and destruction, and served them up as a feast of knowing smiles, wicked grins, meaningful chuckles, spontaneous laughter, and a couple of uncontrollable guffaws for desert.
		Brutha is visited by the primary god of the nation, Om, who is at the moment manifested in his earthly (sorry, Discworldly) guise as a weak and slow-moving tortoise, because nobody really believes in him anymore except for Brutha.
		Pratchett a grand forum in which to comment on the nature of gods and men, the uselessness or usefulness of philosophy, the nature of good and evil, the random arbitrary nature of fate, the.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0552144169?v=glance (3010 words)

	boekverslag Small gods door Terry Pratchett \| scholieren.com
		The discworld series, which Small gods is part of, takes place on the discworld, a world carried on the back of four giant elephants which on their turn walk on the back of a giant turtle named A’tuin (sex unknown).
		The title refers to the gods on the discworld with little or no believers, Om is also considered a small god.
		During their voyage Brutha notices a small army running through the desert with a big supply of water bottles, however when he tells Vorbis his observation he is ordered to forget it, a request considered to be impossible by Brutha.
	www.scholieren.com /boekverslagen/535 (1980 words)

	Thousands of NAMES OF GODS, GODDESSES, DEMIGODS, MONSTERS, SPIRITS, DEMONS & DEITIES for your dog, horse, ...
		The Gods and Goddesses of the Streghe have their basis in the deities of the Etruscians, who occupied Italy in BC times.
		Gods and Goddesses were often connected with sacred springs, rivers, groves, or tribal shrines in the outdoors.
		Gods and Goddesses were worshiped and revered by societies and religions of old.
	www.lowchensaustralia.com /names/gods.htm (2038 words)

	Ebon Musings: Books and Resources
		Finally, chapter 5, "God the Mechanic", delves into the claims of intelligent-design advocates such as Michael Behe, showing that evolution is easily able to produce the types of complex molecular machines, such as bacterial flagella and the blood clotting cascade, that they claim to be "irreducibly complex".
		In the land of the Great God Om, which certainly bears no resemblance whatsoever to any contemporary church or religion, an acolyte named Brutha with no higher ambitions in life than tending his melon patch is unexpectedly visited by his god - in a most unexpected form.
		This is no small feat in a satire, but Pratchett knows exactly when to be light and when to be serious, and there were some scenes that I found outright haunting (the encounter in the desert with the ghost of a long-dead god comes to mind).
	www.ebonmusings.org /resources.html (10429 words)

	Rome Roma Roman Ancient Civilization
		Believing that the goddess or god was an active participant in the festival meal, invitations were issued in his or her name, a place was set at the table for the goddess or god, and a portion of the meal was set aside for the goddess or god to enjoy.
		Roman priests served at temples for the gods and priestesses at the temples for the goddesses.
		The only Roman god to be known by the same name as his Greek counterpart, Apollo was often depicted as a beardless young man carrying a bow and arrows or a lyre.
	www.blessingscornucopia.com /Rome_Roma_Roman_Ancient_Civilization.htm (4786 words)

	Amazon.ca: Small Gods: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		But it is to Brutha that the great god Om manifests, in the lowly form of a tortoise.
		No one else seems to be paying much attention when the god calls down plagues, or at least some really nasty rashes.
		The belief that a god's power is based on how many people believe in him is very interesting.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0552138908 (1293 words)

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		We are the gods of Pegana, and none are equal." Then Mung sent Umbool back to his waste in Afrik to breathe again upon the rocks, and parch the desert, and to sear the memory of Afrik into the brains of all who ever bring their bones away.
		But the gods of Pegana, speaking to the gods, say: "What is it that Dorozhand would fain achieve?" It hath been written and said that not only the destinies of men are the care of Dorozhand but that even the gods of Pegana be not unconcerned by his will.
		And it seemed to the prophet of the gods as he watched the stream run by that the Scheme was a right scheme and the gods benignant gods; yet there was sorrow in the Worlds.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext05/8gpeg10.txt (12326 words)

	Small Gods - Apolyton Civilization Site Forums-archives
		Remember that you are not expanding randomly, you are aiming for the happiness limit for Republic - as I stated earlier, eight cities on a small or normal map, and 10 on a large one.
		Sometimes on a small map you will not be able to reach this limit, but that's OK - make sure you get at least 6 cities, though.
		It may be worth a small digression in your guide to note that if you exceed the happy-cities number by a lot, as in ICS, and begin to get outraged citizens, it's actually HELPFUL.
	apolyton.net /forums/Forum3/HTML/001426.html (3501 words)

	Terry Pratchett, Small Gods (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Small Gods starts you off in a new locale, with completely new characters, allowing novice readers to get their feet wet before diving into the wonderful prose adventure that is the Discworld series.
		Imagine the discomfiture a god might experience if confronted with some of the beliefs taught in his name -- and some of the "divinely inspired" actions taken by his followers as a result.
		Small Gods is, as usual in a Pratchett book, a non-stop laugh riot.
	www.rambles.net /pratchett_small.html (454 words)

	Laure-Anne Bosselaar \| Reviews
		In Small Gods of Grief, the restless soul of the earlier book has made a home outside of memory, and from that place struggles to build a story of her new life.
		Small Gods of Grief, winner of the Isabella Gardner Award, is divided into three sections.
		In Small Gods of Grief, the city is often a place of pain against which home is a refuge.
	www.laureannebosselaar.com /reviews.html (3180 words)

	SF REVIEWS.NET: Small Gods / Terry Pratchett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The story opens in the city of Omnia, whose chief god, Om, has been reduced to a pitiful existence in the form of a turtle because, despite an enormous organized religion centered around his worship, no one really believes in him any more.
		Gods need belief to live and to thrive (a theme also addressed by Neil Gaiman in American Gods), and young Brutha's belief is just enough to sustain Om, who's desperate to avoid becoming one of the small gods, barely existing out in the desert wastelands with no believers at all.
		Brutha is soon conscripted by Vorbis to join an expedition to the nearby land of Ephebe; Vorbis, Brutha learns, has actually arranged to have one of his own monks murdered so he can blame the Ephebians and use the incident as a pretext for war.
	www.sfreviews.net /smallgods.html (591 words)

	SMALL GODS SPECIAL FORMAT CHANGE - The Comics Review Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		BERKELEY, CA -- 6 June, 2005 -- The Small Gods Special is changing its format from color to Black and White.
		Another reason is that for the inevitable trade paperback, have a small color section raises the production price, so that the price on the collection would have to be higher than what Image wanted to charge the fans.
		Gods is a damn good read either way.
	www.thecomicsreview.com /forums/showthread.php?t=225 (395 words)

	EN World - Morrus' D&D / d20 News & Reviews Site - When Celestials Attack... and Small Gods... an idea...
		I think in order to come up with some more small gods you need to give us some more information about the campaign setting we are dealing with.
		Maybe while some of the small gods need to be awakened, others just need to be convinced.
		As and interesting plot twist one player(or all of them) could be an "avatar" of the one of the small gods and not know it.
	www.enworld.org /showthread.php?t=4944 (2568 words)

	Bibliography: Small Gods
		Small Gods (1994, SFBC, #02889, $8.98, 272pp, hc)
		Small Gods (1994, HarperCollins, 0060177500, $20.00, 272pp, hc)
		Small Gods (Sep 2005, Corgi, 0552152978, $14.45, tp)
	isfdb.tamu.edu /cgi-bin/title.cgi?1186 (98 words)

	COMICON.com: 5/1 FULL COLOR SMALL GODS
		This June, fans of great comics worldwide will be able to walk into their local comic shop or log on to their online comic retailer and pick up a copy of the first Small Gods Special Edition.
		For the first time in the brilliant history of Image Comics’ critically acclaimed series, Small Gods, readers will be treated to full color imagery of Bobby Pope, Owen Young and the rest of the Small Gods crew as a high-stakes heist gone wrong places the two protagonists face to face for the first time.
		“Small Gods can be considered a tour-de-force from the team of Rand and Ferreyra.
	www.comicon.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=37&t=004612 (503 words)

	Small Gods - Terry Pratchett - Printed Books Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Small Gods - Terry Pratchett : All in search of our personal Gods...
		But of all the Discworld novels, 'Small Gods' is the one to...
		"Small Gods" is most assuredly a parody of other sci-fi/fantasy books, just as the rest of the Discworld books have been.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /printed-books/small-gods-terry-pratchett (366 words)

	COMICON.com: 6/6 IMAGE'S SMALL GODS SPECIAL FORMAT
		BERKELEY, CA -- 6 June, 2005 -- The Small Gods Special is changing its format from color to Black & White.
		The Small Gods Special was originally intended to be a color book.
		Writer Jason Rand says "It's a pity we can't put the book out in colour, but Small Gods is a damn good read either way.
	www.comicon.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=37&t=004845 (429 words)

	PFM \| The Gods of Small Things?
		Utilizing the internal machinery of animal, bacterial, and plant cells to produce their constituent parts, they then are released to target another cell, inserting their DNA or RNA code into the cell, which then takes over that cell’s machinery and continues the process.
		Because it is hard to improve upon God’s genius in designing molecular machines, several investigators have sought to use existing molecules in unique, human-desired or -directed ways.
		Most of the problems are associated with the small scale and biological nature of these devices.
	www.pfm.org /BPtemplate.cfm?Section=BreakPoint_Home&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=11466 (2181 words)

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