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[READ: Fall 2021] Small Gods
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Small Gods satirizes religion. On the Disc, it is common understanding that gods exist because people believe in them. They come into existence when someone begins to believe and they grow more powerful the more people believe. But some gods have few followers and they are known as the small gods.
One such god is Om. Om once had a huge following, there was even a town named after him, Omnia. But over the years, people started fearing the religious leaders who enforced the “rules of Om” or out of habit.
Om has been depicted in statues as a massive scary creature. But when Om decided to manifest himself this time, he came as a turtle.
There’s a fascinating side bit about how eagles are the only animals that can kill turtles. They bring a turtle very high in the air and drop it on a rock. The eagle plagues Om throughout the book. (more…)
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