Om even refers to small gods looking to make it big seeing humans as "prey" before immediately performing a Verbal Backspace. Time Abyss: When Brutha discovers that Vorbis has languished in limbo, he wonders aloud if time works differently there in such a way that he's been there for far shorter than the most-of-a-century that passed on the mortal plane; Death implies that it may have been far, far longer - or at least felt that way. The Sea Queen demands lives in payment for the killing of a porpoise, despite Om telling her that the humans with him don't deserve to die.

Or, alternatively, since you don't die in the Tooth Fairy's Castle, he could still be there as he is unable to die from lack of belief. 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. The Tyrant says no, he was struck by an amphora of wine, because Tuvelpit was in the crowd and threw it. Simony, who refuses to believe in the existence of the gods even when they're speaking to him personally. Ruled by the Cenobiarch and his church military, the religion of Omnianism - the worship of the Great God ("holy horns") Om - dominates all aspects of life.The first half of the book showcases Pratchett in top comic form, with sustained scenes of hilarity that are among the best he's written. Tank Goodness: Urn invents what is possibly the Disc's first one in the Moving Turtle, though see also Eric.

But Pratchett — never mean-spirited even at his most trenchant — wants more, and achieves every bit of it, bringing this journey home with an ending that is poetic, profound, and more moving than just about any prefabricated religious ritual you could name. Red Herring: The desert lion seems like it'll be important later, but really only exists after the initial encounter to provide a punchline. Groin Attack: Om utilizes this method to commandeer the eagle he uses to transport him to the execution site and lay the smack down on Vorbis.The dim bulb Nhumrod's name seems to be a play on "numbskull" and "nimrod," two words that in modern times mean a stupid person.

The Discworld is flat and is orbited by its sun, but Omnian doctrine says that the world is round and orbits the sun. Why Om is very uncomfortable when they take shelter in an abandoned temple in the middle of the desert. Urn gives this to Simony when he states he wants to let Brutha die and become a useful martyr for Simony's war against the Church of Omnia.All believers regularly add pages to the ring binder Appendices, which then eventually fill with more commandments, usually Abominations unto Nuggan. After a signal from their ancestors (an unusually large flare from the Moon) they were urged to kill anyone who didn't believe in Glipzo. The Great God Om tries to manifest himself once more in the world, as the time of his Eighth Prophet is nigh.