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Manger

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Mrs. [[Manger]] is President of the [[Launderers' Guild]], which represents the interests of the City's washerwomen, launderers and cleaners of clothing. She is referenced in {{G!G!}}, as one of Vetinari's staunchest supporters among Guild leaders. As other Guild leaders mentioned in this context are [[Rosemary Palm]], [[Queen Molly]] of the Beggars and Miss [[Dixie "Va Va" Voom]] of the [[Guild of Ecdysiasts, Nautchers, Cancanieres and Exponents of Exotic Dance]], this leads [[Samuel Vimes]] and others to speculate on exactly what kind of private life the [[Patrician]] leads.

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Mandala

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The Mandala is similar to those on [[Roundworld]], but with one important difference: instead of being coloured sand arranged by humans to depict or represent reality as they see it, on the Discworld the [[History Monks]] of [[Oi Dong]] watch the mandala because it ''is'' reality, and it dictates to them what they do. Based on the patterns in the Mandala, the [[Abbot]] orders his monks about, often sending them on perilous journeys to ensure the safe passage of time.

==Annotation==

The term {{wp|Mandala|Mandala}} (Sanskrit ''maṇḍala'' "circle", "completion") is a term used to refer to various objects. It is of Hindu origin, but is also used in other Dharmic religions, such as {{wp|Buddhism|Buddhism}}. In the Tibetan branch of Vajrayana Buddhism, they have been developed into sandpainting. In practice, mandala has become a generic term for any plan, chart or geometric pattern that represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically, a microcosm of the Universe from the human perspective.

In various spiritual traditions, mandala may be employed for focusing attention of aspirants and adepts, a spiritual teaching tool, for establishing a sacred space and as an aid to meditation and trance induction. Its symbolic nature can help one "to access progressively deeper levels of the unconscious, ultimately assisting the meditator to experience a mystical sense of oneness with the ultimate unity from which the cosmos in all its manifold forms arises".

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Man With Dog

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This is [[William Pouter]]'s portrait of [[Vetinari]] with his faithful pet dog, [[Wuffles]]. (Although there are rumours that the Patrician carefully nurtures a man who is his exact body double, for specifically stated reasons such as sitting for portraits, or attending long-winded civic functions where it is important that the Patrician be seen to attend).

Normally on display in the [[Royal Art Museum]], for most of the events described in {{MM}}, there was presumably an empty space on the wall and a face-saving notice hastily pinned up there apologising that the portrait had been taken down for cleaning.

The picture had in fact been stolen to order (Sir [[Reynold Stitched]] gloomily admitted that this is an occupational hazard of running an art gallery) and when encountered in {{MM}}, is in fact hanging on the wall in [[Cosmo Lavish]]'s study as part of his obsessive and some might say, lunatic, drive to become Vetinari and take his place as [[Patrician]].

Cosmo succeeds so well in becoming as one with Vetinari - at least, to his own satisfaction - that he actually has intelligent conversations with the painting. Although the advanced blood poisoning brought about by a [[Stygium|gangrenous finger]] might have something to do with this particular heightened state of consciousness.

Following official recognition of Cosmo's claim to the Patricianship, and a greater interest being taken in the private lives of the [[Lavishes|Lavish]] family (if only to recover several tons of missing gold), it is posible the painting has been recovered and is now back in its rightful place.

Although Sir Reynold must surely now be thinking of enhanced security measures, as that's ''twice'' now that a major artwork has been stolen from his Gallery...

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Malus equilibria

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A most unusual tree even by Discworld standards in that when one of its apples falls to the ground another rises to the heavens. The properties of the tree were discovered by one of [[Sybil Ramkin]]'s ancestors, [[Woolsthorpe Ramkin]]. The apples, unfortunately, according to [[Willikins]] taste like dog's business.

First mentioned in {{SN}}.

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Mallificarum Sumpta Diabolicite Occularis Singularum

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Bequeathed to [[Eric]] by his late relative:- a demon-summoning [[grimoire]] whose initials spell the potent and evil runic inscription MS Dos. The title refers to the evil single eye, which could refer to Tolkien's Sauron peering through the Calontir but is more likely to refer to the glowing screen of a computer,
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Maligree's Wonderful Garden

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The last resort of all [[Sourcerer]]s.

Devised by the sourcerer [[Maligree]] to be a quiet place where he could go for a smoke and a think, it takes the form of a beautiful {{wp|Garden_of_Eden|Eden}} with faraway distantly-glimpsed purple mountains.

The spell is performed in the book {{S}}, where it is used in a Wizard's duel by [[Coin]] and [[Skarmer Billias]], and later on by Coin as he enters his private world.

By the time of ''Sourcery'', the potency of the spell has diminished to the point where even the best wizard can only call up a Garden two feet wide. [[Coin]] the sourcerer restores the power of the spell, briefly taking up to eight hundred Wizards inside the Garden as a demonstration of his powers. He wistfully says he would like to go there again some day, and his wish is granted right at the very end, after [[Death]] has finally claimed the malevolent soul of [[Ipslore the Red]], the true evil genius behind all the recent havoc.

It is said that all sourcerers who know the secret will go into the Garden in the end, and never come out again. Whether this is due to the realisation that the Disc cannot cope with them, to the fact that the Wonderful Garden is better than life, or to absent-mindedness is gracefully left to the reader's own reading...

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Maligree

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Mentioned in {{S}}. Until [[Coin]], was the last known [[sourcerer]]. Created the spell [[Maligree's Wonderful Garden]] to escape the woes of the world.

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Malicia Grim

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{{Character Data
|photo= Malicia.png|Malicia, as drawn by [[User:TMOH|TMOH]]
|name= Malicia Grim
|age= indeterminate (child)
|race= [[Humans|Human]]
|occupation=
|appearance= Red hair, long nose, black dress
|residence=[[Bad Blintz]]
|death=
|parents= Father, Mother (deceased?)
|relatives= Agoniza Grim (Grandmother), Eviscera Grim (Great-Aunt)
|books= {{TAM}}
}}

Malicia Grim is a girl who appears exclusively in {{TAM}}. She lives in the small town of [[Bad Blintz]] with her father, The Mayor and tells the [[Keith the Piper|stupid-looking kid]] she has two step-sisters. She is obsessed with fairy tales and stories, trying to apply [[Narrativium]] to everything, and mentioning her famous lineage to anyone who will listen. She is also the kind of girl who asks ''questions''.
She rumbles [[Maurice]]'s scam fairly quickly, but goes on to help him, the [[rats|educated rodents]] and the stupid-looking kid.

The ''Sisters Grim'' (Agoniza and Eviscera) wrote fairly tales, just like [[Roundworld]]'s ''Brothers Grimm'' and were probably the authors of [[Grim Fairy Tales]] featured in {{TOT}}.

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Maladict

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{{Character Data
|title= Maladict
|photo=
|name= Corporal Maladicta
|age= Unknown; probably the vampire equivalent of a twenty-year-old or so
|race= [[Vampires|Vampire]]

|occupation= Soldier
|appearance= Slim, short, deshabillé

|residence= [[Borogravia]]

|death= not likely
|parents=
|relatives=
|children=
|marital status= single

|books= {{MR}}
|cameos= (possibly) {{CJ}}
}}

Of the odd collection of volunteers who turn out for [[Jack Jackrum|Sgt. Jackrum]]'s recruiting party for Borogravia's [[Tenth Foot]], the least likely is a Reformed Vampire who spends several minutes filling in all his names, but the only one we hear is '''Maladict'''. He arrives typically elegantly dressed, with his own sword<sup>(1)</sup>, looking like a gentleman officer-candidate, and Vampires are notoriously good at getting people to do what they want, so it's not surprising that he's the first promoted when the squad needs a lance-corporal. He has been a member of the [[Überwald League of Temperance]] and a [[Black Ribbon|Black Ribboner]] for two years and relies on transferring his obsession from blood to coffee. He carries the sack of beans and the little silver pot like a portable shrine, but soon after he joins the squad they are stolen.

Deprived of this crutch, he begins to have flashbacks from a war that never was, fought with weapons he's never seen in a jungle area against an enemy called "Charlie". The hallucinations are so powerful that others around him can hear and feel them too. [[Polly Perks|Polly]] is warned about this by [[Otto Chriek]] who advises that someone packs a stake because vampires deprived of their ''raison d'etre'' (having transferred it from the b-vord) may revert. Igors have experience in this area and call these hallucinations "[[Flashsides|flashsides]]" - flashbacks to events that the sufferers have never personally experienced. They also pack a bag and prepare to limp for it when they see them; they're a BAD sign. Fortunately, the gods<sup>(2)</sup> are watching and [[Buggy Swires]] drops half a pound of Klatch's best on him (literally), just in time.

After the surprises common through the book, Maladicta remains in the army. It might be amusing for a few hundred years. Army life's not so bad when most weapons used by the enemy will have no effect, and you can't be (permanently) killed.

<sup>(1)</sup> ''For other people's protection, not his.''
<sup>(2)</sup> ''Actually just [[Sam Vimes]], god of getting what you deserve, sometimes''.

==Annotation==

The flashsides that Maladict experience are from another time and space entirely: they are from the {{wp|Vietnam_War|Vietnam War}}, where there ''was'' an enemy called Charlie (by you, if you were an American, at any rate), the forest ''was'' a lot more like a jungle, there ''were'' machines in the sky that went "whop-whop-whop" and the soldiery may well have employed terms such as "el-tee" (lit. 'LT' - shorthand for lieutenant, however it's pronounced) and "RV".

A vampire named "Fenrir or Maledicta or something" [sic] is among the vampyrs in the family retinue of the de Magpyr family and is seen by Agnes Nitt to be overborne by the rebellious peasants of Escrow. Could this be the same Mal and the trigger event that made her join the Ribboners and develop a coffee addiction? After all, she has already been Weatherwaxed and craved tea, so it's not a long jump.

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Malaclypse

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{{Character Data
|title= Malaclypse
|photo= Malaclypse.png|
|name= Malaclypse
|race= [[Humans|Human]]
|age=

|occupation= prophet of the goddess [[Errata]]
|appearance=

|residence= [[Ankh-Morpork]]

|death=
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|children=
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|books= ''[[Discworld Noir]]''
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In the computer game "[[Discworld Noir]]", Malaclypse is a priest at the [[Temple of Small Gods]] who is devoted to the [[trickster]]-goddess [[Errata]]. Malaclypse is a little deranged and finds conspiracies everywhere.

== Annotation ==

Malaclypse is also a priest of Eris (the Greek trickster-Goddess) in Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson's '''''Illuminatus!''''' trilogy of novels, where the Goddess is a central character. Owing to the intervention of the Goddess, Malaclypse has here been raised to a higher energy level and effectively made immortal. (She thought it would be fun and instructive to actually ''answer'' a prayer, once in a while. The immortal and transcendent Malaclypse is the result.) He is philosophically trying to make the best of the Goddess's gift, some three thousand years after he should have died at the siege of Troy.

Another crossover between Discworld, and Shea&Wilson's manic fantasy?

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Malachite

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{{Character Data
|title= Malachite
|photo= Malachite.png|
|name= Malachite Karst
|age=
|race= [[Trolls|Troll]]
|occupation= Assistant of [[Rhodan]]
|appearance=
|residence= [[Ankh-Morpork]]
|death= Stabbed in the back repeatedly with a crowbar by [[Anu-anu]]
|parents= Mr. and Mrs. Karst
|relatives= [[Therma]] (adoptive sister)
|children=
|marital status=
|books=''[[Discworld Noir]]''
|cameos=
}}
Malachite is a particularly big and unintelligent troll who appears in the computer game [[Discworld Noir]]. He works for [[Rhodan]], helping him in his [[Rhodan's Workshop|workshop]].

When Lewton is getting out of [[Pseudopolis Yard]], Malachite appears from the shadows and brings him the case of finding [[Therma]]. Lewton learns that Malachite has escaped from his imprisonment and when Lewton finds the dead body of who he thinks Therma is, Malachite says it's not her. Lewton finally makes an appointment with Therma through [[Saphire]] at the [[Rooftops above Salis and Phebre]], but when they get there, Lewton is beated unconsious and Malachite is killed with Lewton's crowbar.

It is later revealed that Malachite is Therma's brother and that Therma is Carlotta von Überwald. Carlotta and Malachite had broken into the [[von Überwald Mansion]] to steal, and when they escaped, Malachite got busted by [[The Watch]], but Carlotta didn't care. She then reinvented herself as Carlotta, married into the von Überwalds, and thought that Malachite would be out of the picture, until [[Jasper Horst]] helped Malachite escape to slow down Carlotta on her search for the [[Tsortese Falchion]].

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Making Money

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Makepeace Thomas Bounder

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{{Character Data
|title=Makepeace Thomas Bounder
|photo=
|name=Makepeace Thomas Bounder, "The Poet of the Cabbages"
|age=b. 1825 UC
|race=[[Human]]

|occupation=Poet, hoe operator
|appearance=plump, amiably goofy

|residence=[[Pop 247]]

|death=14th August 1905 UC
|parents=
|relatives=
|children=
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|books={{TDA}}
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'''Makepeace Thomas Bounder''', "the Poet of the Cabbages", wrote more than two thousand poems, mostly in praise of the sturdy winter vegetables that have made the [[Sto Plains]] famous. He was a tireless promoter of the [[cabbage]] as a foodstuff, a fabric, and for other purposes, but he was strongly opposed to the potato, which he regarded as unwholesome and debilitating, feelings that were made clear in a pamphlet he produced entitled ''A Fulmination Against the Hellish Root''. Bounder is well remembered by many Rimward of the Circle Sea as "some old guy" and "right, the wossname from erm..."

His poems included:
* "Cabbages"
* "Ode to a Carrot Weighing Three Pounds, Four and One Quarter Ounces, Upon the Making of a Necessary Stew"
* "Oh, Parsnips!"

Bounder wrote steadily until his death; when the tragic explosion took his life he had just begun a piece entitled "On First Looking Into a Five-Year-Old Barrel of My Best Pickled Cabbage".

==Annotations==
'''[{{TDA}}, p.90]''' Makepeace's poem "Ode to a Carrot Weighing Three Pounds, Four and One Quarter Ounces, Upon the Making of a Necessary Stew":

:They cut you up, my Mum and Dad
:They do not want to, but they do,
:For all the turnips have gone bad,
:And we must Make a Stew of You...

This a reference to Philip Larkin's 1971 poem "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Be_The_Verse This Be The Verse]", famous for its opening line.

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Maisie Nobbs

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The mother of [[Nobby Nobbs]]. The only other things known with any certainty about her are that she makes a remarkable [[Distressed Pudding]] and can do amazing things with cheese.

Although by some strange power known only to [[Witches|witches]], at some point there must have been some personal contact between her and [[Nanny Ogg]], otherwise Maisie's recipes for Distressed Pudding and Jammy Dodgers would not have been gifted to an appreciative world through the medium of [[Book:Nanny Ogg's Cookbook|Nanny Ogg's Cookbook]]. In fact, Nanny, no mean cook herself, is very appreciative of Maisie's talent with stodgy desserts:-

''Mrs Nobbs is a mistress of all those dishes that make you think of fog and coal smoke - like '''''Wet Nellies, Tuppeny Uprights, Treacle Billy, Jammy Devils and Distressed Pudding.'''''They fills you up and keeps the cold out. That's what they're made for. You've got to be posh to worry about healthy eating.''

Nanny Ogg would not give a personal endorsement without sampling the fare, surely?

This contact between Nanny Ogg and Maisie Nobbs is perhaps one of those million-and-one stories from the Big City of [[Ankh-Morpork]] which is yet to be told.

Interestingly enough, the relevant recipe for Distressed Pudding on page 63 of [[Book:Nanny Ogg's Cookbook|Nanny Ogg's Cookbook]] is illustrated by a sketch of a slightly built, benign, elderly lady in shawl and mob-cap, proferring a steaming bowl of pudding. Paul Kidby's sketch shows her standing in front of a mantlepiece on which there are a row of framed iconographs. To her immediate right is one of a person recognisable as [[Sconner Nobbs]]. To her immediate left is the unmistakeable portrait of [[Nobby Nobbs]]. Now the number of women who might want an iconograph of Nobby, still less to go to the trouble of framing it, is vanishingly small. As the lady in the picture is clearly not [[Tawneee]], we have to assume in context that it must be Maisie.

The other two pictures are baffling. To the right of the iconograph of Sconner, we see, or rather glimpse, an iconograph in which there are ''five'' indistinct faces. (But there are only four named people in the Nobbs family? Sconner, Maisie, [[Errol Nobbs|Errol]] and Nobby. So who is the fifth Nobbs?)

And to the left of Nobby's iconograph is a portrait of an attractive young woman which is clearly out of place in the Nobbs family gallery. Who is she? She's too dressed to be Tawneee...

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Main continent

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Some people on the central continent think of themselves as the most important people in the world, so they never bothered to give their own continent a name. It is simply The Continent. For the purposes of clarity, ''[[Book:The Discworld Companion|The Discworld Companion]]'' and various official websites and adverts in English list this continent as "The (Unnamed) Continent"; it is also sometimes listed as "The Nameless Continent" or "the Central Continent".

It stretches from [[Hergen]] and [[Gonim]] [[turnwise]] to [[Kythia]] [[widdershins]] and from [[Ecalpon]] {over the hub and close to the Wall of the [[Agatean Empire]]} to [[Brindisi]] rimward.<BR>
The main continent contains regions known as:
*[[The Hub]]
*The [[Octarine Grass Country]]
*The [[Ramtops]]
*The [[Sto Plains]]
*[[Überwald]]
*The fringes, including those mentioned above, and [[NoThingfjord]], [[Genua]], and others.

Separated from the [[Counterweight continent]] semi-permannt ice flows and frozen sea by Ecalpon, the continent is geologically contiguous with the continent of [[Klatch (continent)|Klatch]]. However people always think of that as a separate continent, much as Europe and Asia are often thought of as separate continents on the [[Roundworld]]. The main continent and the Klatchian continent together almost landlock the [[Circle Sea]].

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'''''Breaking news about Terry'''''

May 30th 2012:

'''Sir Terry Pratchett wins Wodehouse comic fiction award'''

TP is to have a pig named in his honour after winning the 13th Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction. He won for his 50th book Snuff, which has become one of the fastest-selling hardback novels since records began. See '''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18254267 here]''' for more.

June 13th 2011:

Sir Terry Pratchett has told Newsnight that visiting the Dignitas centre to make the documentary ''Chosing to Die'' has not changed his mind about assisted suicide.

The best-selling author suffers from Alzheimers and says he wants to die at a time of his chosing.

''Chosing to Die'' screened on BBC TV on 13/06/11 at 9:00pm.

See '''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/9511737.stm here]''' for more. And '''[http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150213839635025&set=a.414453865024.181790.43413980024&type=1&ref=nf here]''' for even more.

November 13th 2010:-

Sir Terry Pratchett has disclosed that he drinks “enormously” to help him in his fight against Alzheimer’s.

"I keep pointing out to Roy that brandy is in the British Pharmacopoeia,” Sir Terry told '''''The Times''''' magazine. “So are stout and sherry, I believe. I drink enormously. It makes you feel better and feeling better is part of it.”

Prof Jones has indulged the author’s habit: “Alcohol, moderate alcohol, is one of the things we would probably recommend for people in this situation.

“In general, what’s good for the heart is good for the brain.”

See '''[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8130122/Sir-Terry-Pratchett-drinks-enormously-to-fight-Alzheimers.html here]'''.

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'''Latest and Upcoming Publications by Terry Pratchett'''

13 Sep 2012: ''[[Book:Dodger|Dodger]]'' to be released. This is a novel of an alternate London in the {{N}} universe.

7th June 2012: ''[[Book: The World of Poo| The World of Poo]]'' released. This is a spin-off from {{SN}} (released in paperback on the same day) and purports to be a childrens' book by the amazing authoress [[Felicity Beedle]]. This hardback reproduces the style and production of a typical Victorian/Edwardian book for children and is even signed by the authoress ''To Young Sam from Felicity Beadle''.

21 Jun 2012 - ''[[Book:The Long Earth|The Long Earth]]'' is to be released by Doubleday. This is a Roundworld-based Science Fiction novel written with {{wp|Stephen Baxter|Stephen Baxter}}. It features, again, the power of the [[potato]].

13th October 2011 - {{SN}} is now on sale in British bookstores. The Waterstones Gold edition also sees the bonus publication, at the end of the main story, of the short story '''''"A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices"''''', its first outing in permanent book form outside its original ephemeral newspaper publication and reprint on the Internet.

'''''Television''''':- Feb. 2009. Terry has just completed two one-hour documentaries for the BBC in which a production team shadows him for a year while he lives with the awareness of his Alzheimers' Disease and its implications. Terry goes looking for further information on the disease, the state of research into its causes and possible cures, and into both medical and complementary treatments prescribed to arrest its spread. These should be availabe to watch via the Internet, at least for British viewers, via the BBC's website. No doubt the best bits will be loaded to YouTube for everyone else.

''Previous releases:-''

*Television series of ''[[Book:Johnny and the Bomb|Johnny and the Bomb]]''
*TV film of ''[[Book:Hogfather|Hogfather]]'', December 2006.
*TV film of {{COM}}, Easter 2008.
*TV production of {{GP}}, May 2010
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Maidens' Longstop

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An aphrodisiac, seen to be on sale in the premises of the wizard [[Igneous Cutwell]] in [[Sto Lat]]. As it stands next to [[Granny Weatherwax's Ramrub Invigoratore]] and Passion's Philtre, this would appear to be one of those [[Lancre]] preparations that travel far and wide in return for trade goods such as bits of interestingly convoluted glass pipework for special distillations. Granny Weatherwax may not be responsible for this one: it could be one of [[Nanny Ogg]]'s, or even [[Hilta Goatfounder]]'s.

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Magyrato

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{{Character Data
|title= Magyrato
|photo= Magyrato.jpg|Magyrato, as drawn by [[User:Knmatt|Matt Smith]]
|name= Magyrato
|age= ??
|race= [[Vampires|Vampire]]

|occupation= Vampire
|appearance= A bald head. Dark-rimmed, staring eyes. Two teeth like needles, two ears like batwings, fingernails that hadn't been trimmed for years.

|residence= [[Überwald]]

|books= {{CJ}}
}}

Magyrato was an ancestor of the de Magpyr clan of vampyres who descend on [[Lancre]] during the events of {{CJ}}. His picture was shown to [[Agnes Nitt]] by his grandson [[Vlad]] as he escorted her round [[Lancre Castle]], which they had taken over. Half of his portrait is just blank canvas, the explanation being that Magyrato got hungry.

==Annotation==

Magyrato's description in the book (and his representation in the drawing here) goes right back to one of the earliest depictions of the vampire on screen: Nosferatu [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu] in the classic German silent movie[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJIS4c3pwsA&mode=related&search=] of the 1920's. Just as vampires on the big screen and TV have evolved since - through the "classical" Christopher Lee presentation right through Gary Oldman's recreation of the character in the newest big screen version - the paintings in Castle Magpyr appear to show a similar sort of "evolution".

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Magrats

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A name coined by [[Granny Weatherwax]], in deep and intense dissaproval of cross-dressing, to wit, trousers worn by a woman. As the leggings in question were an uncharacteristically practical move by [[Magrat Garlick]] to get around the mobility problems and inadvertent exposure caused by wearing full skirts on a [[Broomstick|broomstick]], Granny coined the word "magrats" to describe them. However, [[Nanny Ogg]] took Magrat's side, pointing out that they exposed nothing of all that a decent woman could expose in public, as the trousers got in the way of seeing anything of her legs.

==Annotation==

The [[Roundworld]] reference is to the common leggings with a double woman's name: Jeans.

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Magrat Garlick

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{{Character Data
|title= Magrat Garlick
|photo=magratmine.jpg|Magrat Garlick by [[user:darkplush|Kit Cox]]
|name= Magrat Garlick
|age= 30ish?
|race= [[Humans|Human]]

|occupation= former [[Witches|Witch]], currently Queen of [[Lancre]]
|appearance= thin, with a frequently red nose and an unruly mass of frizz and split ends that still awaits a Good Hair Day

|residence= [[Lancre Castle]], [[Lancre Town]], [[Lancre]]

|death=
|parents= Simplicity Garlick
|relatives= Aunt Yolande Garlick
|children= [[Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling of Lancre]]
|marital status= married to [[Verence II]]

|books= {{WS}}, {{WA}}, {{LL}}, {{CJ}}
|cameos= {{G!G!}}, {{ISWM}}
}}

Magrat Garlick is the Queen Of [[Lancre]], consort of H.M. King [[Verence II]]. Previously, however, she was the junior witch in the Lancre coven with [[Granny Weatherwax]] and [[Nanny Ogg]]. She isn't much good at witching [[Witches magic|magic]], despite her large collection of magical jewellery, charms, and such ordered from [[Ankh-Morpork]]. However she has shown some impressive skill, such as in [[Wyrd Sisters]]. She is a better herb-woman and pharmacist than the others (because she believes in it), and unusually literate for a Lancrastian. Her mother was Simplicity Garlick, whose mother was Araminta Garlick. Witches aren't very interested in their male forebears. Magrat is thin, with a frequently red nose and an unruly mass of frizz and split ends that still awaits a Good Hair Day.

As a witch, she tends toward research, particularly into herbs and potions, following her mentor [[Goodie Whemper]]. She inherited Goodie's cottage and practice in the village of [[Mad Stoat]], bringing a New Age attitude to an age-old society. Magrat is a doer of good deeds and a worrier, a believer in the goodness of Nature and the psychic benefits of aromas and colors. She nurses fallen baby birds until they die and never gives up hope...but, when her husband and her country are attacked, she channels Warrior-Queen [[Ynci]] and goes out in vintage armor to commit mayhem as necessary. As the Queen, she tries to support Verence's ambition to modernise and democratise Lancre although she knows that the citizens have little appetite for change and less for democracy; she is a buffer between the eager King and his lackadaisical country.

The other witches sometimes refer to her as a "wet hen". Her insecurity may stem from her mother's poor spelling. (She was, of course, supposed to be Margaret.) Unfortunately, when her daughter Esmerelda was to be named she wrote very careful instructions which resulted in the proclamation of "[[Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling of Lancre]]".

[[Agnes Nitt]] took over the cottage after Magrat moved into [[Lancre Castle]], continuing the succession of bookish, academic witches in Mad Stoat, as opposed to Granny Weatherwax, who distrusts "book-learning" and even words.

==Character Annotations==
The story of "witch" Elizabeth Garlick can be read [http://www.rootsweb.com/~nwa/garlick.html here]. As most witches' names in Pratchett's books, the name is based on a real world "witch".

==Also See==
* [[wikipedia:Witches (Discworld)#Magrat Garlick|Magrat Garlick's Entry]] on [[wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]

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Magrat

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Magma

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A legendary king of the [[Trolls]] who was legend enough to give his name to a euphemism involving his sceptre of office. It is not known if he was a [[Diamond King]] but then, the legend suggests sufficient hardness in a very specialised area of physical prowess.

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Magicians' Quarter

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Magicians

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Magicians are above [[Conjurers]] and mere [[Thaumaturgists]], but well below actual [[Wizards]]. Beyond that nugget of information we don't know nuffin' about 'em.

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Magical Quarter

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Magic wand

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A '''magic wand''' is an essential item for those [[Witches]] who are [[Fairy godmother]]s.

It is similar to a [[Wizard]]'s [[staff]], except it's like a Blackberry to the staff's 3GHz laptop. The wand allows a witch to perform some powerful magic on the spot, if they know how to use it. It's main power involves turning things into other things- for instance, Lily Weatherwax uses hers to turn two snakes into human women, and Magrat uses hers to make a lot of pumpkins.

[[Desiderata Hollow]], a good Witch and Fairy-Godmother, possessed a magic wand. Upon her death in {{WA}}, both [[Granny Weatherwax]] and [[Nanny Ogg]] came to her cottage to try and find it, but in fact she had sent it to [[Magrat Garlick]], with a note that she needed to go to [[Genua]] and stop a [[Ella Saturday|servant girl]] from marrying a [[Duc|prince]]. Magrat first attempts to use the wand in a collapsed [[Dwarf]] mine by ''wishing'' for something to happen. She is able to turn rocks that were covering a valuable vein of gold-bearing quartz into pumpkins. Future attempts prove that the only thing she can do with the wand is turn other things into pumpkins.

She also used it as a blunt object against the two snakes in human form (the ones created by Lily). The blow turned them back into snakes... just in time to meet a small furry animal in the corner of a room that happened to be a mongoose.

[[Lily Weatherwax]], as the bad Fairy-Godmother, also possessed a magic wand, but was far more skilled with it's use. She used it to undo a number of changes made by Magrat that were intended to stop Ella from going to the Ball, as well as to make the two aforesaid snakes into humans.

After the Happy Ending, Granny Weatherwax asks for the wand, and promptly uses it to create flowers. She tells Magrat that the key isn't simply to wish for things to happen, but rather to work out how to make them happen.

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Magic circle

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A device that makes a '''very''' clear and theoretically uncrossable demarcation between Inside and Outside. Done with much ornate ceremony by [[wizards]], chanting and occultism by young and impressionable wannabe-witches such as [[Diamanda|Diamanda Tockley]], and by scuffing her boot around in the dust to make a rough circle by [[Nanny Ogg]]. However it's done, it needs to be pretty good to keep all the serious magic inside and have none of the effects get to the outside. Anyone inside the circle is fair game for whatever turns up.

Used by practitioners of [[magic]] and by demonology [[hackers]] such as [[Eric]] to provide a space in which [[humans]] may safely interact with [[Supernatural Entities]].

A Magic Circle has also been used creatively, ie to allow [[Rincewind]] and [[Eric]] to remain in exactly the same place while aeons, or maybe even Ians, of time and evolution pass by on the other side of a very thin chalk line. This also allows them to evade the personal attentions of a very irritated King of the [[Demons]] called [[Astfgl]].

Magic Circles are generally drawn as circles, although for Wizardly purposes, such as for the [[Death]]-summoning [[Rite of AshkEnte]], they are drawn as a regular [[Octagram|octagram]].

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Magic Carpets

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Magic Carpet

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A method of magical transportation favoured in [[Klatch]].

Where Hubwards magical practitioners favour the [[Broomstick]], the carpet is the preferred means of mobility Rimwards of the [[Circle Sea]].

It is in all probability more comfortable, so long as the rider can forget that all that stands between them and a speedy downwards plummet is a quarter of an inch of woven wool plus underlay.

It is vitally important to pay attention to certain fundamental details of laminar and spatial arrangements, or the thing will not work as expected.

In non-wizard talk, this means do not lay it out upside-down.

If charged with the correct magic, non-wizards may use them. [[Gulli, Gulli and Beti]] (the [[Patrician]], [[Fred Colon]] and [[Nobby Nobbs]]) hijack a magic carpet, when all speed is required to get the Patrician to the correct place in time to surrender Ankh-Morpork's army. Fred Colon is uncomfortably aware he's sitting on the threadbare area that has worn right through: fortunately the carpet is a sturdy one.

Earlier in {{J}}, it is learnt that the [[Klatch]]ian Embassy in [[Ankh-Morpork]] uses magic carpets for swift communication with the homeland: evidently these carry Corps Diplomatiques insignia.

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Magic

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[[Discworld]] runs on '''magic'''; without magic, it would fall apart. In some places, magic is leaking or has built up during the [[Mage Wars]]. Specially gifted people can see the colour of magic, [[Octarine]].

Although all magic is technically the same, there are different ways to use it – and more importantly, ''not'' use it. [[Witches magic]], particularly, avoids it in favour of of [[headology]]. On the other hand, [[Wizard's magic]] is more showy and has more special effects.

The final category of magic is "old magic". Some magic is so old, it's hardly magic anymore. Controlling people through teeth (or nails, or hair), as shown in [[Book:Hogfather|Hogfather]] is an example of old magic.

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Mage Wars

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Just after the first humans appeared on the Disc, wizards looked at their situation and said "bugger this". They blamed the [[Gods]] and waged war against them, using the [[magic]] lying around. They lost, and the Gods quickly made sure smaller and less powerful humans lived upon the Disc.

In the time of the Mage Wars, magic on the disc was generally much newer and more powerful than it is in the time of the Discworld Books. In this period of Wild Magic, it seems that any entity that had a penchant for gaining power could harness the plentiful and powerful Wild Magic. Early Mages could and would build entire structures out of pure magic, citadels of power as monuments to themselves. Other creatures, notably [[Noble dragon]]s, [[Gods]], and the [[Ice Giants]], would make extensive use of the plentiful power. Envy and greed soon caused the powerful entities to turn on one another, forming alliances and then betraying them while using the Wild Magic to attack each other as well as providing formidable defenses against similar attack. The resulting period of outright and total chaos and war caused the very geography of the Disc to be altered. Even today, areas of the Disc show the scars and after-effects of the magical war.

But the Wild Magic wasn't truly limitless; only a few sources that were able to actually create new magic existed, and some of these (especially The [[Sourcerer]]s; eighth sons of powerful wizards, who were themselves eighth sons) were the center of some of the most intense fighting. Although Sourcerers were a formidable beings, they were not actually immortal, and the endless attacks upon them inevitably caused their demise. It is well understood that the Gods played a role in the removal of sources of new magic, but it is unclear how (or if) the admittedly fractious Gods worked together to achieve this end.

With the number of sources of new magic dwindling, the power began to dwindle. The Wild Magic became tame, recycled until it was but a shadow of its former might. The remaining Wizards formed the [[Unseen University]], originally an institution for the teaching of magic, but later devoted to learning how NOT to use magic, lest the remaining power become even more watered down.
Much of the Lore of Magic espoused by the UU is a direct result of the terrible Mage Wars. For example, the tradition that Wizards remain celibate is given the overt reason that sex somehow reduces a Wizard's magical prowess, but is really because the rise of a [[Book:Sourcery|new Sourcerer]] is still possible, but the resultant influx of Wild Magic into the world and resultant magical warfare is too terrible to contemplate.

Some magical materials, like [[Sapient pearwood]], owe their existence to the Mage Wars; they are found in places where early spells hit. These areas make reality change - Rincewind realises that they are in one in the {{COM}} when he flips seven coins; four land on edge and one turns into a caterpillar. The residual [[Magic]] in such areas causes the local flora, fauna and sometimes even the stones to have concentrations of still-powerful magic. This means that such materials are in high demand by Wizards, and artifacts made of them can be quite powerful indeed. However, the results can be unpredictable; [[The Luggage]], which is made from Sapient Pearwood is a good example.

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Magazines

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A new phenomenon to the disc, these are crudely printed woodblock broadsheets produced in [[Ankh-Morpork]], all at the same address. Nothing is known about the company concerned but there is a distinct possibility that the name [[C.M.O.T. Dibbler]] is involved.

Some specialist hobby magazines are self-published by enthusiasts, such as those catering for the pin-collecting craze.

There are also religious polemics such as [[Unadorned Facts]], published by the [[Om]]nian religion and faithfully distributed door-to-door by missionary workers such as Constable [[Visit]] of the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]].

The generally shoddy quality of Disc magazines seems about to take a long-needed step upwards. As a sideline from newspaper publishing, the [[Ankh-Morpork Times]] seems poised to start publishing specialist magazines, one named example being [[The Lady's Home Companion]], editress [[Sacharissa Cripslock]]. With the advent of reliable colour reproduction, a new phenomena has arrived on the Disc: soft-core erotica of the [[Girls, Giggles and Garters]] persuasion. This is an unintended side-effect of the Times' press-dwarves discovering the technology to make reproduction of colour iconographs reliably, and fairly speedily and quickly. No doubt, with their flair for business, [[Boddony]] and [[Gunilla Goodmountain|Goodmountain]] have entered a pragmatic arrangement with outside publishers to print anything to order - including ''G,G&G'' - so as to minimise down-time in between print runs of the times.

Magazines known on the Disc include:

*[[Bows and Ammo]]
*[[Warrior of Fortune]]
*[[Practical Siege Weapons]]
*[[What Gallows]]
*[[Total Pins]] (ed. [[Stanley]])
*Pins Monthly
*New Pins
*Practical Pins
*Modern Pins
*Pins Extra
*Pins International
*Talking Pins
*Pins World
*World Pins
*World of Pins
*Pins and Pinneries
*The Acuphile Digest
*Extreme Pins
*'''Stifte!''' (imported from [[Überwald]]}
*[[Beginning Pins]](a part-work with a new pin every week)
*Pin Times
*Pin Monthly
*Back Alley Pins (for the ''adult'' connisseur)
*Golem spotter Weekly
*The [[Ankh-Morpork Literary Gazette and Paradigm Shifters' Monthly]]
*[[The Lady's Home Companion]]
*[[The Lady's Home Companion|The Ladies' Own Magazine]]
*[[Girls, Giggles and Garters]]
*The [[Tanty Bugle]]
*[[Unadorned Facts]]
*the [[Battle Cry]]

Of course, with the burgeoning craze for [[stamps]], it could be the case that many of the pin-related magazines are now defunct for lack of readership...

Possible titles discussed by William de Worde and Sacharissa Cripslock:-

*''Completely Cake''
*''Completely Cats''
*''Completely Knitting''
*''Completely Men''
*''Completely Women''

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==Annotation==

When [[Moist von Lipwig]] goes into [[Dave's Pin Exchange]] to look for a copy of [[Total Pins]], in order to find the right levers to allow him to get a grip on the mind of [[Stanley]], so as to to get ''one'' of the postmen on his side, a comic exchange ensues. This is reminiscent of those classic comedy sketches which depend on the funny man going through an extensive catalogue of products, for the benefit of the straight man. Think of Mel Smith's Geordie barman in '''Not the Nine O'Clock News''', who when asked for "a pint of lager" by Gryff Rhys Jones, takes so long to go through all the available choices (forty or fifty increasingly improbably named lagers, served via bottle, glass, or aerosol) that the Time bell rings, and the hapless Jones doesn't get a drink at all.

Or consider Michael Palin going through all the cheeses that ''aren't'' in stock, to an increasingly exasperated John Cleese... so it is with Pinhead Dave, listing all the available pin-fanciers' magazines at such length that Moist drifts off, somewhat concussed, in the middle of the recitation.

Madame les Deux-Epées

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Madame les Deux-Epees

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Madame Tracy

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Real name [[Marjorie Potts]].

Tottering on high heels that look sadly incongruous on a woman in her fifties, she is always handy as a source of well-handled used tenners and much-needed square meals for the [[Witchfinder Army]], which in its turn refers to her as "the Painted Jezabel" and "the Whore of Babylon".

On all days except Thursdays, she exerts such discipline as she still can for a handful of old clients who turn up mainly out of habit or because they need a chat.

On Thursdays, Madame Tracy Draws Back the Veil with the asistance of her [[spirit guide]] Geronimo, who she fondly believes is the discarnate spirit of a wise and compassionate spiritually evolved North American Indian. [[Newton Pulsifer]] knows she is correct about the North American Indian part, yes, but privately considers she could have done some less sketchy research.

[[Shadwell]] tends to hammer on the walls during her seances, as he considers spiritualism is one dangerous step too close to actual witchcraft ''(why else does the Holy Bible call a spirit medium the Witch of Endor, hey? ''(Samuel, chapter 28:4–25)'' And Holy Scripture is never wrong, especially when it commands us not to suffer a witch to live! ''(Exodus 22:18)) and it affronts his Witchfinder's soul. Tracy doesn't mind this, as it gives her seances an air of added realism.

Ths clash of lifestyles and the applied theology resulting from it can be found in {{GO}}.

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Madame Sharn

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Madame's Gardens

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Madam's Gardens

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Lady [[Roberta Meserole]] is desribed in the {{NDC}} as a woman who owns a property on the corner of [[Easy Street]] and [[Treacle Mine Road]], close to the old Watch house.

Consulting {{SAM}}, we see a walled and landscaped house at this point which is large enough to be encompassed on a third side by [[Gleam Street]]. According to the numbered key (location no.85), this is called Madam's Gardens.

Why Lady de Meserole should want to live in the fringes of [[the Shades]] is a mystery. Perhaps here, she is near to the beating proletarian heart of the city, and is uniquely placed to warn [[Vetinari|her nephew]] if it ever misses a beat? It would also be a discreet and deniable place for a network of informers and agents to deposit reports, in exchange for hard cash - such people would be ''noticed'' at the Palace.

This is a location in {{NW}}, when "John Keel" is knocked unconscious, brought here by night, and interogated by Madam. On being allowed to leave, he knows instantly where he is by the feel of the street under his feet.

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Mad Stoat

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The village of Mad Stoat would probably be part of [[Lancre Town]], were it not for the violent geography of the country. The horizontal separation is negligible, but in [[Lancre]], horizon and horizontality are scarce, and the two villages are displaced vertically by enough mountain to discourage frivolous visits.

Mad Stoat is the site of the cottage of Lancre's third witch, once [[Goodie Whemper]], then [[Magrat Garlick]], and recently, [[Agnes Nitt]].

==Annotation==

The stoat (Mustela erminea) is a small mammal of the family Mustelidae - also known as the short-tailed weasel and the ermine.

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Mad Snake God

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Not much is known about this deity. Doesn't sound good though, huh? Its principal temple is noted for two things. Firstly, it holds a giant ruby that has inspired thieves and [[Barbarian heroes]] for generations to go after. Secondly, however, it has the [[Terrible Man-Eating Sloth of Clup]] which guards said ruby. Even [[Crowdie the Strong]] wasn't up to the task. It is unknown if [[Cohen the Barbarian|more well-known heroes]] have tried the same thing.

==Annotation==

There are plenty of snake gods on [[Roundworld]] such as {{wp|Glycon|Glycon}}, {{wp|Ungud|Ungud}} and various other such entities as the {{wp|Nāga|Nagas}} of Indian, Thai, and Cambodian folklore. Not many of them are mad though, as such. See {{wp|Snakes_in_mythology|here}} for more.

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Mad Lord Snapcase

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Mad Hamish

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Mad Hamish is the oldest member of the [[Silver Horde]]. He lives in a wheelchair with terrifying spikes and has a horned helm. He is usually draped under layers of fur blankets, but underneath all the fur he has swords and other favorite weapons for the [[barbarian heroes]]. Favorite phrase: "Whut? Whut?" He is very deaf. He also tends to talk in a sort of old dialect. He is also known to have once been married to [[Pamdar the Witch Queen]] (who now runs Pam's Pantry).

Hamish has, apparently, been where the sun don't shine. During his life, he took part in many battles, usually on the side of "being paid money to fight". He once ate legs during a siege. Despite the fact that he lives in a wheelchair and spends most of his time napping, Hamish has threatened to "knock any man doon as tells me a'm dead!" and seems quite capable of carrying out the threat. Waking him up from one of his naps makes him grouchy, and is therefore to be avoided.

Went with [[Cohen]] and the others to [[Dunmanifestin]], home of the [[Gods]] to return fire to them in the shape of a bloody big bomb. Presumed dead when they created a sizable crater following a glory-charge to right their misdeeds. Although, seeing as they hijacked some horses off a bunch of [[Valkyrie]]s and escaped into the air, are they alive, dead or in-between? No-one knows, but Mad Hamish still swears he'll kill anyone as tells him he's dead. While the Uncertainty Principle forbids any definitive statement as to whether or not the Silver Horde are now collectively deceased, observant readers of {{TLH}} will note that Hamish, at this point, not only gets out of his wheelchair unaided, he is suddenly capable of mounting and riding a horse, leaving the wreck of the chair behind for [[Harry Dread|Evil Lord Harry]] and the [[Minstrel|minstrel]] to find, as a thing no longer required. As certain conventions must be followed re: wheeled carriages at times of death and destruction, a single wheel is still forlornly spinning on its axle...

Hamish appears in [[Interesting Times]] and [[The Last Hero]].

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Mad Drongo

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Mad

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|name=Mad
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|race=Dwarf

|occupation=trader
|appearance=Short, beardless, with a chin you could crack rocks on. Wearing black leather, studded armour and more weapons than is good for you.

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A supporting character in {{TLC}}. He family were swept to [[XXXX]] when travelling from [[NoThingfjord]]. He works as a trader working on the perilious highways of XXXX avoiding dangerous road gangs and his father works as a baker in [[Bugarup]]. This dwarf's name parodies the {{wp|Mad_Max|Mad Max}} series of [[Roundworld]] films.

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Mabel Peavey

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'''Mabel "Gammer" Peavey''' was a dead [[Witches|Witch]] mentioned at the Witches' Sabbat in {{WA}} discussing the increasing shortage of witches.

She was one hundred and nineteen years old when she decided that she wanted to go mountain climbing. [[Gammer Beavis]] attempted to talk her out of it, but she wouldn't listen (like [[Granny Weatherwax|some other people]], if someone told her she mustn't do something she wouldn't stop until she tried it). Her last words were "Oh, bugger". It's the way she would want have wanted to go... at least according to [[Nanny Ogg]].

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Ma Lilywhite

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An extremely redoubtable woman, hugely respected amongst the criminal classes of [[Ankh-Morpork]]. She was enormous and had a punch that [[Trolls|trolls]] would respect. Known to have killed at least one person, [[Glossy Ron]].

Mother of [[Medium Dave Lilywhite]] and his brother [[Banjo Lilywhite|Banjo]]. She died holding off the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch|Watch]] and her last words to her son were "I'll hold 'em off and if anything happens to me, take care of the dummy!" This was Holy Writ to Dave and he kept his brother by him until he was supplanted in Banjo's estimation by [[Teatime|Mr Teatime]] during the events of {{H}}.

Ma put in a special appearance at the [[Tower of Teeth]] which explicitly drew on one's worst fears to terrorise intruders. For both Lilywhite boys this was most definitely their Ma who appears to scare the life out of them, Banjo for playing with girls and Dave for not looking after him properly. It is this that makes him lose his mind.

==Annotation==

On [[Roundworld]] the "Lilywhite Boys" are part of ''{{wp|Green_Grow_the_Rushes,_O|Green Grow The Rushes, O}}'', a folk song popular across the English speaking world. This is cumulative in structure, with each verse built up from the previous verse by appending a new stanza.
In entirety it goes:

:''I'll sing you twelve, O''
:''Green grow the rushes, O''
:''What are your twelve, O?''
:''Twelve for the twelve Apostles''
:''Eleven for the eleven who went to heaven,''
:''Ten for the ten commandments,''
:''Nine for the nine bright shiners,''
:''Eight for the April Rainers,''
:''Seven for the seven stars in the sky,''
:''Six for the six brown walkers,''
:''Five for the symbols at your door,''
:''Four for the Gospel makers,''
:''Three, three, the rivals, oy!''
:'''''Two, two, the lily-white boys,'''''
:'''''All dressed up in green, Ho ho'''''
:''One is one and all alone''
:''And evermore shall be so.''

There are differing explanations for the symbology of the Lily-White Boys. These are the most common:

The two remain obscure. Jesus and John the Baptist have been suggested, as have the holly and the ivy (although the holly berry is red and the ivy berry is black, both have white wood and are evergreen). Pagan tradition also has the holly and the ivy as male and female[citation needed], so they are not both "boys". The two may, instead, be holly and mistletoe (which has white berries with green branches), which would align more closely with the tradition of the defeat at Yule of the Holly King by the Oak King (mistletoe 'traditionally' grows on oak trees, although it will grow on other types of tree). Robert Graves, indeed, suggested that they are the Holly King and Oak King. There is also some suggestion that the two may be the Old and New Testaments, perhaps referring to some mediaeval tradition, although "All dressed up in green" strongly suggests that the two "boys" were in some way connected with the growth of plants.

Another explanation is that the statues of St John and Our Lady which, in Christian Churches, flank the Crucifix on the Altar reredos or the Rood screen were, during Holy Week, bound with rushes to cover them. (During Holy Week, from Palm Sunday until Easter Day, all statues, crosses, and crucifixes are traditionally covered from view, and all flowers are removed from the Church)[citation needed]. The two figures were portrayed in similar garments, hence "lily-white boys", and wrapped in rushes they were "All dressed up in green".

The phrase could also allude to an ancient ritual of painting two people from a village white and sending them off to die, thereby cleansing the village of its sins[citation needed]. The verse has also been changed to "lily-white doves" in some interpretations of the songs in reference to Noah's Ark.

One other explanation is that the boys referred to are the twins Castor and Pollux, both of whom appear in Greek mythology. As the constellation of Gemini is named after them, this would provide yet another astronomical reference to the many already present in the song.

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M25 London Orbital

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A motorway, subtly redesigned by [[Anthony Crowley|Crowley]] so that seen from above, it took on the appearance of the dread sigil Odegra. The effect of millions of vehicles using it each day and fuming, swearing, and wishing ill on their fellow road-users not only drew millions of souls that bit closer to Satan and [[Hell|hell]], it had the same continuous flow effect that you would normally get on a Buddhist prayer wheel.

So when the big day dawned, the cumulative effect of all this negativity effectively sealed off London from the outside world, and incidentally did for [[Pigbog]] and the [[Four Other Riders Of The Apocalypse]].

The sight of millions of trapped people in their cars with their electronics chanting

'''''Hail the Great Beast, destroyer of worlds!'''''

for all eternity was something that made Crowley wish he'd never bothered with moving those surveyors' poles a few occultishly significant metres by dead of night. However, a bigger consideration was that he was trapped on the wrong side of the M25 and had to get to [[Tadfield]] somehow. Sometimes, a [[Demons|demon]] can be too clever for his own good...

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M'Bu

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|title= M'Bu
|name=
|age= 12
|race= [[Humans|Human]]
|occupation= Hunter
|appearance= Dark-skinned, large smile, pointy teeth
|residence= [[Klatch]]
|relatives=
|books={{MP}}
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'''M'Bu''' is the assistant to wildlife stock trader [[Azhural N'choate|N'choate]]. Twelve years old, dark skinned and with teeth sharpened to points (because his tribe like the look of it), he can easily count elephants, especially when you only have three.

His boss thinks of him as merely a 'mobile smile', so when an order comes in for a thousand elephants (during the events of [[Book:Moving Pictures|Moving Pictures]]), Azhural is surprised to find that the kid has the mind of a skilled kilopachydermatologist. Together they wrangle in several relatives and scores of elephants, and trek over a thousand miles across mountains, through forests and across ravines.

Unfortunately this great adventure was ultimately for naught; the elephants were no longer needed (and could no longer be paid for) by the time they arrived at Ankh-Morpork. Nothing is said of what happened next, but it is almost certain that the elephants had to be marched all the way back home again, and no compensation was given.

==Annotation==
Hannibal was the Roundworld guy who liked to force elephants into as many battleplans as he could. He even took elephants over mountain ranges, although he didn't use giant sleds.

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