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World Elephant

2009-08-26T07:10:52Z

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There are four mighty World elephants that stand upon the carapace of [[Great A'Tuin]] the World Turtle, and upon whose massive shoulders revolves the [[Discworld]] itself. Their names are [[Tubul]], [[Jerakeen]], [[Berilia]] and [[Great T'Phon]]. There is a legend that once there were five, but one lost its footing, entered an unstable orbit and came hurtling through space, smashing into the Disc and causing the mountains to rise. Its blood and bones were not merely blood and bone but mercury and gold (the [[Dwarfs]] have some very good mythology for a race that holds that it is not religious), which is why they are found underground, and its body over the years became the huge fat deposits under and around Überwald.

The legend and a great deal of commotion is to be found in {{T5E}}.

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Tanty Bugle

2009-01-14T14:15:46Z

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A regular periodical, possibly from the same stable as [[What Gallows]].

A very popular publication disseminated throughout the cities of the Plains, reporting on murders (preferably 'orrible ones), trials, prison escapes, and that part of the world which is to be found surrounded by a chalk outline. [[Moist von Lipwig]] was disgusted to discover that the execution of [[Albert Spangler]] only merited two paragraphs.

Just as [[magazines|magazines]] of the [[Warrior of Fortune]] persuasion are likely to be read by people leading humdrum and otherwise incident-free lives, or else by [[Nobby Nobbs]], the readership of the Bugle is very likely to be drawn from people leading quiet well-ordered lives which are incident-free to the point of catatonia. A typical covert reader is Miss [[Drapes]], a senior clerk at the [[Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork]].

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