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<p>81.158.71.191: </p> <hr /> <div>Goddess of wisdom among the [[Discworld (world)|Discworld]] [[the gods|gods]]. She is supposed to carry an owl, but once upon a time a sculptor rather bad at the task made a sculpture of Patina carrying a penguin. Since belief shapes the god, and so many worshippers have seen the sculpture with the penguin, Patina now has to carry a penguin. Which is a shame, because the penguin is a very confused bird that thinks of itself as a fish (see ''[[Book:Small Gods|Small Gods]]''). [[Leonard of Quirm]] makes reference to this in {{J}} when he is trying to explain the principles underlying the Boat : he explicitly refers to the fish-like motion of the penguin when swimming underwater. Alas, this only serves to confuse [[Nobby Nobbs]] and [[Fred Colon]]. Patina has not yet made a personal appearance in the ''[[Discworld]]'' chronicles (although the penguin has). Her name is a parody of the Greek goddess 'Athena', also known as 'Pallas', who was also associated with owls.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Discworld characters]]<br /> [[Category:Supernatural entities]]<br /> [[de:Patina]]</div>

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