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The folklore of Discworld : legends, myths and customs from the Discworld with helpful hints from planet Earth by Pratchett, Terry; Simpson, Jacqueline is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Review “One of the most interesting and critically underrated novelists we have … The Folklore of Discworld — co-authored with the eminent folklorist Jacqueline Simpson — emphasizes his irreverence and drollery.” — The Times “Pratchett is, like Mark Twain or Jonathan Swift, not just a great writer but also an original thinker … funny, exciting, lighthearted and, like all the best comedy, very serious.” — Guardian Product Description Terry Pratchett joins up with a leading folklorist to reveal the legends, myths and customs of Discworld, together with helpful hints from Planet Earth. Most of us grew up having always known when to touch wood or cross our fingers, and what happens when a princess kisses a frog or a boy pulls a sword from a stone, yet sadly some of these things are beginning to be forgotten. Legends, myths, and fairy tales: our world is made up of the stories we told ourselves about where we came from and how we got here. It is the same on Discworld, except that beings, which on Earth are creatures of the imagination — like vampires, trolls, witches and, possibly, gods — are real, alive and, in some cases kicking, on the Disc. In The Folklore of Discworld , Terr
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- Author
- Pratchett, Terry; Simpson, Jacqueline
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Limited
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780385611008
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, History, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.94 / 5 (1,685 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
- The folklore of Discworld : legends, myths and customs from the Discworld with helpful hints from planet Earth (2008)
- الفولكلور من Discworld [Arabic] (2008)
- The folklore of Discworld legends, myths, and customs from the Discworld with helpful hints from planet Earth (2014)
- The folklore of Discworld : legends, myths and customs from the Discworld with helpful hints from planet Earth (2009)
- Discworld: 00: The Folklore of Discworld (2008)
- The folklore of Discworld : legends, myths and customs from the Discworld with helpful hints from planet Earth (2011)
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