Nanny Ogg [SEP] from fictional universe
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lies in the way she prevents people from finding this out." Indeed, incurring Nanny's wrath is suggested to be much more dangerous "because" of her reflexively kind personality. In Pratchett's short story "The Sea and Little Fishes" Nanny Ogg also identifies herself, and the Ogg family as a whole, as having immense natural magical talent, but as less willing to work it as hard as Weatherwaxes do. Within the Discworld universe, Nanny has written several books: "The Joye of Snacks", "
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Nanny Ogg


Gytha Ogg (usually called Nanny Ogg) is a character from Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" series. She is a witch and member of the Lancre coven. The character of Nanny Ogg is based on the Mother stereotype of the Triple Goddess myth. Nanny Ogg has been married three times, with fifteen children who survived their early childhood, and has many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. What makes her the Mother, however, is her mentality. People go to Granny Weatherwax for help when they have no choice, but
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not an Ogg doing the stealing'. He has stolen all the lead from the Ankh-Morpork Opera House, prior to the events of Maskerade. Afterwards, he hid out in a brothel (which Nanny thought was an ordinary hotel). When Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax arrive there in Maskerade, trying to locate the publisher of her book "The Joye of Snacks" (and of course, check in on Agnes), Nanny is shocked, but Granny is on friendly terms with the Madame. In the "
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Mother Ogg's Tales For Tiny Folk" and "Nanny Ogg's Cookbook". The first two were withdrawn after the publisher discovers (by personal demonstration) what the dishes described in the recipes did; the third survived with heavy editing. Nanny enjoys food and drink despite only having one remaining tooth (the sight of Nanny Ogg eating a pickled onion is described as bringing tears to the eyes). When she is drunk, she has a tendency to sing very "special" songs, the most popular being "The
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if Gytha has some sort of special magic'. In the "Art of Discworld," Terry Pratchett notes that he has always believed that Nanny Ogg is the most powerful of the witches, but that she is far too clever to let it be known. Four of Nanny Ogg's many children have come to prominence within the novels so far. Other children and descendants play minor and unseen roles. Youngest son of Nanny Ogg. First appears in "Wyrd Sisters" as a guard at Lancre Castle. Since then he
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they go to Nanny for advice all the time. Granny is respected, but Nanny is actually liked. Nanny Ogg has a talent for getting along with people and fitting in. As described in "Maskerade", people, after knowing her for fifteen minutes, feel as if they have known her all of their lives. Granny Weatherwax knows about this ability, and recognizes its use, and wonders sometimes if it would have been worth acquiring it. Nanny Ogg is wiser than Esme Weatherwax in some ways, and certainly wise
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In effect Nanny and Granny make a perfect team with Granny doing what needs to be done and Nanny bandaging the wounded. Indeed, in "Thief of Time", Nanny Ogg is sought through various timeframes as she is/will become the best midwife in the world, perhaps evinced by her statement that she has even served as midwife for entirely non-human species like Trolls. She has an ambiguous relationship with Count Casanunda, whom she met in Genua. Nanny Ogg is also the muse and center of Leonard of Quirm
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has become Lancre's entire standing army (except when he's lying down), as well as the civil service and most of the palace staff. According to "Nanny Ogg's Cookbook" he has been granted the Order of the Lancrastian Empire. He is also notable for inventing small and almost pointless devices including the Lancrastian Army Knife which includes such attachments as "A Device for locating things that are lost" and "A Device to Remove the fundamental point from any argument". Eldest son of Nanny Ogg, first
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that possible; if the floors aren't scrubbed, or her breakfast not served on time, there are consequences. Nanny never remembers their names, either. These are her only really negative points. Nanny Ogg claims, in "Lords and Ladies", that her ancestors invented the ancient language of Oggham, which seems to be the Discworld equivalent of the ancient Irish runic language Ogham. Nanny Ogg is far too wise and busy to carry a handbag; she keeps all she needs in her knickers, lifting her skirts to
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, who in turn go on to become accomplished witches in their own right, and, in Magrat's case, Queen of Lancre. Other characters in the Witches series include: King Verence II of Lancre, a onetime Fool; Jason Ogg, Nanny Ogg's eldest son and local blacksmith; Shawn Ogg, Nanny's youngest son who serves as his country's entire army and civil service; and Nanny's murderous cat Greebo. The witches have appeared in numerous Discworld books, but have featured as protagonists in seven. They
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as the trauma causes the sheep and goats to "give yogurt for weeks" afterwards. This event usually occurs once a year, so everyone has plenty of time to prepare. Nanny Ogg embarrasses Tiffany Aching, witch of the 'Chalk Steading', by talking about Roland, heir to the Baron of the Chalkland, and other romantic prospects. Nanny Ogg is very funny and has a tremendous laugh. She has also been credited with a grin "that should have been locked up for the sake of public decency".
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Hedgehog Can Never Be Buggered At All" or simply "The Hedgehog Song" (never really unveiled by the author beyond a few lines, but many readers have written their own versions). A close runner up for the most popular Nanny Ogg song is "A Wizard's Staff has a Knob on the End", a version of which has been written by Heather Wood, with music by Dave Greenslade. It is also notable that Nanny Ogg once gave Agnes Nitt lessons on how to sing, including how sing in
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Ogg


implementation is not subject to restrictions associated with copyright, Ogg's various codecs have been incorporated into a number of different free and proprietary media players, both commercial and non-commercial, as well as portable media players and GPS receivers from different manufacturers. It is sometimes assumed that the name "Ogg" comes from the character of Nanny Ogg in Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" novels, but the Ogg developers say that is not true. Ogg is derived from "ogging", jargon from the computer game "Netrek"
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youngest sons living to either side), called Tir Nani Ogg ("Nanny Ogg's place", and a pun on the Tír na nÓg, the Gaelic name for the Land of the Ever-Young). People tend to "give her things" and her home is filled with knick-knacks such as pink skulls and rude garden gnomes that serve no useful purpose except to highlight her eccentricities. Her family brings back souvenirs for her whenever they go more than a few miles from home. Since she doesn't
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: Granny Weatherwax's legendary reputation around the Ramtops can ensure cooperation. If Granny should be away from where she's known, her commanding presence is usually enough to get people to do what she says. But people "don't mind" doing things when Nanny asks them. Contrary to Granny Weatherwax, and indeed the stereotype of witches in general, Nanny Ogg does not live in an isolated, crumbly rural cottage but in an expansive and well-looked after town house in the capital of Lancre (with her eldest and
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enough not to show it. Nanny Ogg is seen as "one of the people" in a way that Esme is not. While Granny sees no point in competing if you aren't going to win, Nanny believes the sympathy (and free drinks) you get for being a good runner-up is much better. Granny comes across as judgmental, whereas Nanny is broadminded. She appears to be kinder than Granny, but is equally prepared to make tough decisions if necessary. The difference has also been summarised like this
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Nac Mac Feegle


This is also hinted at in Wintersmith, where "Nanny Ogg's Place" is given as "Tir Nani Ogg", exhibiting Goidelic-type head-initial compounding. They also use the Yan Tan Tethera in counting occasionally. In Carpe Jugulum, their speech is almost undecipherable and has to be translated by Nanny Ogg; however, by the time they meet Tiffany Aching, they are somewhat more understandable to "bigjobs". In reality, since the books featuring the Nac Mac Feegle are targeted at young adults, "
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's masterpiece, the "Mona Ogg": her teeth follow you around the room, they say. She briefly took on Tiffany Aching as an apprentice after the death of her previous mentor, Miss Treason. It was observed on more than one occasion, by Granny Weatherwax, that Nanny Ogg has impressive social skills. She has demonstrated the ability to socialize with all kinds of people within a very little time ("Maskerade", "Witches Abroad", "Lords and Ladies") which sometimes leaves Granny wondering '
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Maskerade


Maskerade is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the eighteenth book in the "Discworld" series. The witches Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg visit the Ankh-Morpork Opera House to find Agnes Nitt, a girl from Lancre, and get caught up in a story similar to "The Phantom of the Opera". The story begins with Agnes Nitt leaving Lancre to seek a career at the Opera House in Ankh-Morpork. When Granny Weatherwax realizes Nanny Ogg has written an immensely popular "cookbook" but has not
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taught her about the events leading up to it. She also loved to watch plays. Mistress Clarity Shimmy has only made an appearance in "The Sea and Little Fishes". According to Nanny Ogg's 'mental filing system', Clarity ""lives over towards Cutshade with her old mum, takes snuff, [and is] good with animals"". Nanny quite likes her ""because she didn't see her very often"". Mistress Shimmy and Nanny Ogg catch-up during the Lancre Witch Trials
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As the "matriarch" of her vast extended family, Nanny Ogg indicates the relative standing of her various descendants by positioning their portraits around her house, the "highest" being the most visible and the "lowest" of all lining Greebo's basket. However, the only people who appear truly to suffer are her daughters-in-law, of whom she has many and rules over with a tyrannical authority; Nanny lives her life exactly as she wishes, and her daughters-in-law are those who make
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home when Letice Earwig accuses Granny about her good behavior. At Granny's cottage, Agnes voices her own dislike of Letice Earwig before leaving with Nanny. Agnes does not appear in "A Hat Full of Sky", "Wintersmith" and "I Shall Wear Midnight", stories which feature both Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, nor does she show up in "The Wee Free Men", in which Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg had a cameo. This leads to some speculation as to what had become of the coven
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, and had mastered the use of stories; Nanny Ogg said she could be running as many as three of them at once. Unfortunately, after a while she was unable to distinguish reality from her stories and started going mad—hence the name Black Aliss (although Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg claim the name arose because she had black teeth and fingernails due to her love of sweets). She is the wicked witch mentioned in popular fairy tales such as Sleeping Beauty, and met her end when she was pushed into the
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the country from its henpecked usurper sooner rather than later, albeit with considerable effort and after much manipulation by Nanny Ogg. In "The Sea and Little Fishes", Nanny Ogg claims that Esme has rather moderate talent, but is an extremely hard worker. She is also highly adept at 'Borrowing' – the art of overlaying her mind on the mind of another creature so that she can see through its eyes and steer its actions without it being aware of her presence – and can tune her mind to the point that
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Rincewind


of VLC media player is named Rincewind with some previous releases such as release 1.1.0 being codenamed "The Luggage". and release 2.0 being named "Twoflower", the character that gave The Luggage to Rincewind (in "The Light Fantastic"). Rincewind and Discworld witch Nanny Ogg appeared on first-class Royal Mail stamps in March 2011. The issue included wizards, witches and enchanters from British fiction, and also included characters from the Arthurian Legend, from J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series, and from
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. Faced with a disapproving Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, she reverted to her birth name when she approached them to learn true witchcraft after Diamanda's duel with Granny. Although she plays a very minor role in this book, Agnes is the only one of the 'cool' new witches other than Diamanda in whom Nanny Ogg senses any real Talent. Following Magrat's marriage to King Verence II, the role of Maiden in the Lancre coven was reluctantly taken up by Agnes. Agnes is a sensible young woman who suffers from
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harmony with herself (using her alter ego, Perdita). Nanny Ogg's bath night, as described in the novel "Lords and Ladies", is an event feared by the entire population of Lancre, chiefly because she sings any and all of the above songs, accompanied by banjo, whilst bathing, and the tin bath amplifies her already overpowering vocal presence such that the audience is not so much "captive" as "hunted down". Residents of Lancre tend to hide their livestock at this time as well,
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young wizard Ponder Stibbons, but he returned to Unseen University. Still to be decided is how much of a witch she naturally was versus how much magic was given to her by the elf queen. Diamanda duelled Granny Weatherwax in "Lords and Ladies". The challenge was to look directly at the sun for as long as they could stand. Nanny Ogg realized that Granny would lose the duel, so she enticed her grandson, Pewsey Ogg, to run across the magic circle in which the duel was taking place. Crossing
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, 2002. The Xiph.Org Foundation maintains a reference implementation, libvorbis. There are also some fine-tuned forks, most notably aoTuV, that offer better audio quality, particularly at low bitrates. These improvements are periodically merged back into the reference codebase. Vorbis is named after a "Discworld" character Exquisitor Vorbis in "Small Gods" by Terry Pratchett. The Ogg format, however, is "not" named after Nanny Ogg, another Discworld character; the name is in fact derived from "ogging",
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until they stop fighting. As stereotypically-seen with all big men, he is something of a gentle giant (somewhat like Constable Bluejohn), and very deferring and respectful to his mother and other witches. Nanny's grandson, Shane is a sailor, and has taught her some 'basic foreign language', mostly made up of mangled European dialect. Most of the time, this does not work. Neville is a thief, although Nanny considers him not to be, as 'it's only theft if it's
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stop Lilith's stories. Even though she misspells most words in her letters (like Nanny Ogg) and is seen as unintelligent by other witches, she accurately predicts her death (just like the witch Agnes Nutter, from "Good Omens") and tells Magrat not to let Granny and Nanny go with her because she knew that was the only way they would agree to go. A fairy godmother, mentioned in "The Wee Free Men" and named in the court transcript in "The Illustrated Wee Free Men".
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"The Sea and Little Fishes" is a short story by Terry Pratchett, written in 1998. It is set in his "Discworld" universe, and features Lancre witches Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg. It was originally published in a sampler alongside a story called "The Wood Boy" by Raymond E. Feist, and later in a collection called "Legends". The story established a basis for various elements of the novel "A Hat Full of Sky", but is not required to understand that novel. A coalition
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while the weapons just miss him, every time. Also notable is his method of dealing with unpleasant occurrences. He simply mentally edits them out. In "Snuff", he is portrayed as an elderly man in a wheelchair, with a sunken look. Head of the Guild of "Seamstresses" (actually prostitutes). Her establishment is used as a place to stay by Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg in "Maskerade" (on the recommendation of 'Nev' Ogg, though Granny Weatherwax had stayed there previously with Eskarina
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and difficult puzzles. "Discworld" was followed by a sequel, "", in 1996. "Discworld" is a third-person point-and-click graphic adventure game. An overhead map appears when leaving a location that allows the player to go straight to another. Locations featured include the Unseen University, the Broken Drum (a pub), and the Shades (where the city's "exciting nightlife" reside). Locations outside Ankh-Morpork include the Dark Wood (where Nanny Ogg resides),
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Granny Weatherwax; Nanny Ogg, matriarch of a large tribe of Oggs, who owns the most evil cat in the world, (Greebo); and Magrat Garlick, the junior witch, who firmly believes in occult jewellery, even though none of it works. King Verence I of Lancre is murdered by his cousin, Duke Felmet, and the King's crown and a baby are given by an escaping servant to the three witches. The witches hand the crown and the child to a troupe of travelling actors, acknowledging that
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Wyrd Sisters is Terry Pratchett's sixth "Discworld" novel, published in 1988, and re-introduces Granny Weatherwax of "Equal Rites". "Wyrd Sisters" features three witches: Granny Weatherwax; Nanny Ogg, matriarch of a large tribe of Oggs and owner of the most evil cat in the world; and Magrat Garlick, the junior witch, who firmly believes in occult jewelry, covens, and bubbling cauldrons, much to the annoyance of the other two. King Verence I of Lancre is murdered by his cousin
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Andrew Ogg


Andrew Pollard Ogg (born April 9, 1934, Bowling Green, Ohio) is an American mathematician, a professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley. Ogg received his Ph.D. in 1961 from Harvard University under the supervision of John Tate. Ogg worked in algebra and number theory. His accomplishments include the Grothendieck–Ogg–Shafarevich formula, Ogg's formula for the conductor of an elliptic curve, the Néron–Ogg–Shafarevich criterion and the 1975 characterization of supersingular primes, the starting point for the theory
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reveal a knickerleg, and extracting whatever is needed at the time. She does, however, carry a string shopping bag (also in her knickers) against emergencies, such as being presented with a loaf or a pie or a dozen buns (probably by a baker who knows that such a gift to a witch ensures reliably good baking). In the "Discworld" amongst the duties of a witch are midwifery and laying out the dead. If possible, people call Nanny for the former and Granny for the latter.
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care whether they're cheap or not, she has several things with legends such as "To The World's Greatest Mum" on them. She shares this home with Greebo, a tomcat of evil aura, aroma, and astonishing viciousness, whom she (and only she) sees as the fuzzy harmless kitten he arguably must once have been. In "The Art of Discworld", Pratchett says, "I've always suspected that Nanny is, deep down, the most powerful of the witches and part of her charm
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, an erotic cookbook by "A Lancre Witch", i.e. Nanny Ogg. Though it is not clear if the phenomenon is related to background magic, Lancre also serves as the physical location for (possibly two) independent gateways to a "parasite universe" inhabited by Elves. The other thing Lancre is famous for is young people going off and seeking their fortunes, usually in Ankh-Morpork. Although most maps show Lancre to measure roughly 40 miles by 10 miles in size, its true area remains unknown — partly because
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her ability to capture unicorns, traditionally only possible to virgins, and as she explicitly tells Nanny Ogg in "Lords and Ladies". There have however been romances in her life. Granny Weatherwax nursed her mother until the time of her death, and is a distant cousin to Galder Weatherwax, a former Archchancellor of the Unseen University. She has an elder sister Lily Weatherwax, who appears in "Witches Abroad". As a young woman, she was briefly romantically involved with Mustrum Ridcully. It has been hinted that she
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, where-in Clarity fills Nanny in on the fact that her old mother died and was buried the month before, and observing the Trials, compliments Agnes Nitt's ""cursin' voice... You know you've been cursed with a voice like that"". She also observes Granny Weatherwax's disconcerting behavior change, wearing pink and being "nice", and asks Nanny Ogg about it and starts worrying. Appears briefly in "The Sea and Little Fishes" as one of the Witches cowed by Letice Earwig during
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prints his Almanacks on thin paper, as many families use previous editions in their privies. He appears in "Maskerade", where he makes a great deal of money out of Nanny's book, and is surprised she wants some of it. He also has a sort of appearance in "Nanny Ogg's Cookbook", in the form of a series of memos drawn to appear pinned to some of the pages. These form a discussion between him and the head printer, Thomas Cropper, about the book. After previous
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Lords and Ladies (novel)


Lords and Ladies is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the fourteenth "Discworld" book. It was originally published in 1992. Much of the storyline spoofs elements of Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and Magrat Garlick return to Lancre after their recent adventure in Genua. Magrat is stunned when King Verence proclaims their imminent marriage, having already made all the arrangements in her absence. The sudden appearance of crop circles reveals to Nanny and Granny that it is now
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Natalie Ogg


Natalie Ogg is an American fashion model. Ogg is a biology student at the University of California, San Diego after transferring from New York University. Ogg debuted as a semi-exclusive for Alexander Wang in the F/W 2018 season. That season she also walked for Salvatore Ferragamo, Versace, Calvin Klein, Prada, Burberry, Fendi, Valentino, Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Dries Van Noten, Off-White, Loewe, Sonia Rykiel, Hermès, and Stella McCartney. Ogg was deemed a "Top Newcomer"
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its portrayal of senior clergy as bungling incompetents, although some clergy enjoyed it. In the opening credits, St Albans Cathedral was shown as the fictional St Ogg's, but with the twisted spire of Church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield added to the central tower. The background to the opening credits was the headmaster's garden of St. Albans School. The name "St. Ogg's" may have been taken from a fictional village in George Eliot's novel "The Mill on the Floss". It proved to
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The Discworld Almanak


The Discworld Almanak is a spin-off book from Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" novels, in a similar format to the Diaries and "Nanny Ogg's Cookbook". It was written by Pratchett and Bernard Pearson and published in 2004. The book takes the form of an almanac for the Discworld Year of the Prawn, and offers astrological predictions (using the complex Discworld zodiac, in which "every" constellation is a birthsign, and the Turtle moves fast enough that they change frequently), and agricultural advice (including
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Chichester from April to May 2014 in "Stevie" by Hugh Whitemore, alongside Zoe Wanamaker and Chris Larkin. Baron again appeared in the play from March to April 2015 at the Hampstead Theatre. Baron's other theatre credits include "An Inspector Calls", "Stepping Out", "Entertaining Mr Sloane", and "The Full Monty". In 1995, Baron voiced the character of Nanny Ogg in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of the "Discworld" novel "Wyrd Sisters". In April 2012, Richard Kates
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Frederic Austin Ogg


Frederic Austin Ogg (February 8, 1878-October 23, 1951) was a United States political scientist. Ogg was born at Solsberry, Indiana, in 1878. He graduated from DePauw University (Ph.B., 1899) and took post graduate courses at Indiana (A.M., 1900) and Harvard (A.M. in history, 1904, and Ph.D. in history, 1908) universities. After several years spent in teaching in high schools and colleges, he became associate professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin in 1914, and
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from Tiffany and the other young witches before she can learn to cope on her own. Tiffany goes to live with Nanny Ogg. The Wintersmith decides that the reason Tiffany will not be his is that he is not human. Learning a simple rhyme from some children about what basic elements comprise a human body, he sets off to gather the correct ingredients. He makes himself a body out of these elements and pursues Tiffany, but without truly understanding what it is to be human. Granny Weatherwax instructs the Nac Mac Feegles,
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a foul-tempered one-eyed grey tomcat whose owner, Nanny Ogg, insists against all the evidence that he is a sweet, harmless kitten. In the course of the books, he has killed two vampires, eating at least one of them in the novel "Witches Abroad": ""The bat squirmed under his claw. It seemed to Greebo's small cat brain that it was trying to change its shape, and he wasn't having any of that from a mouse with wings on."" And
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want to be a ginger." The incident left him with an unstable phenotype, that is, a tendency to temporarily switch forms when completely cornered, which causes some excitement. In "Maskerade" he once more took longer-term human shape, attending the Ankh-Morpork Opera in the guise of the Le Comte de Gribeau. In a passing reference in "Witches Abroad" Nanny Ogg said that Greebo was a demon ("Just between you and me, he's a fiend from hell"), possibly indicating
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and family, vampires from Überwald, are invited to the naming of Magrat and King Verence's daughter, to be conducted by the Omnian priest, Mightily Oats. During the party after the ceremony, Verence tells Nanny Ogg and Agnes Nitt that the Count has informed him that the Magpyr family intend to move into Lancre Castle and take over. Due to a type of hypnotism, everyone seems to consider this plan to be perfectly acceptable. Only the youngest witch, Agnes, and the Omnian priest, Mightily Oats, seem able
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experience with Nanny Ogg's writing he is anxious to avoid innuendo, but is not entirely successful. His nephew has a similar exchange with Cropper in the pages of "The Discworld Almanak". His name is a play on Johann Gutenberg, with his first initials apparently derived from a phrase referring to Jesus Christ. A doctor in Ankh-Morpork. He first appeared in "Night Watch", as a backstreet "pox doctor", offering medical assistance to "seamstresses". He had trained in Klatch, where he
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using magic, and in "Making Money" they are described as a "living spell", but small 'wild' demons have also been used). The most notable is the iconograph, but others include watches ("The Colour of Magic", "Reaper Man", "Thief of Time"), food processors ("Nanny Ogg's Cookbook"), razors ("Thud!") and personal "dis-organisers" ("Feet of Clay", "Jingo", "The
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they have the rare ability to scare Nanny Ogg's cat Greebo. Nac Mac Feegles possess a eusocial culture similar to bees, termites and other social insects. The clan is made up of hundreds of brothers, and one mother, called a kelda. When a Clan's kelda dies, another is imported from a different clan. The new kelda chooses her husband, known as the Big Man, from among her adopted Clan when she arrives, and soon begins the lifelong task of begetting the next generation, often up to
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Tiffany Aching


to create a human body out of snow and miscellaneous elements by using a recipe from a children's song. Tiffany, after some advice from Nanny Ogg about the power a young woman has over a suitor, manages to control the Wintersmith for a time, however, eventually he gains the upper hand and brings a record-breaking snow and cold to the Chalk in what should be early spring, threatening the new lambs. She later melts him using a trick taught by Granny Weatherwax, fulfilling her temporary role as the Summer
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for the reality of witching life, and her onetime coven subordinates agree to help her get on her feet. Roland comes to have great affection for Tiffany and takes the role of the mythic hero, attempting to rescue her from the Underworld and from the romantic attentions of the Wintersmith. Tiffany herself denies having any affection for Roland, but there are many signs that she does have feelings for him, even though she does not admit it until pressured to by Nanny Ogg. However, both eventually recognise that their both being different
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goes immediately from ripe to rotten upon being picked). All these varieties are used to make Scumble. In "The Sea and Little Fishes" a variety called Nanny Ogg is invented, a play on Granny Smith. After a chain of events, a breed of onion called Granny Weatherwax also appears. An alcoholic beverage made of mostly apples and drunk in very small cups some months apart. It was first introduced in "Mort" which tells us:"A lot of stories are told about scumble, and how it is made out
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between the often-clashing Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, but she does occasionally display a strong temper herself. In "Witches Abroad" Magrat was chosen to serve as a Fairy Godmother, but her inability to master the use of the wand (which had a tendency to reset to "pumpkins") prevented her from taking full advantage of the powers associated with this position. Magrat is technically a better doctor than the other two witches, since she actually believes in herbalism while Granny tends to use whatever plant or bottle of
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flown down from Lancre by Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg. In "The Shepherd's Crown", she is one of the people across the Disc who feels Granny Weatherwax's death when she dies of old age; she and Verence were attending a conference in Genua at the time. It is also revealed that since the events of "Carpe Jugulum" Magrat and Verence have had two more children. In the "Wyrd Sisters" animated adaptation, Magrat is voiced by Jane Horrocks. In the BBC Radio 4 adaptation, she
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.) A witch who teaches school over the mountain from Lancre. She takes snuff and does her own shoe repairs, which makes her "All Right" in Nanny Ogg's book, but has a nasty habit of being reasonable when provoked. Appears in "Witches Abroad" and the short story "The Sea and Little Fishes". A very old witch who has been fortune telling for so long that she is no longer able to keep her mind in the present (as Granny Weatherwax puts it, she has a
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the Lancre Witch Trials. When everyone is unnerved by Granny Weatherwax's good moods and behave nervously, Letice accuses Granny of putting the 'fluence on everyone and insists she leaves. Nanny Ogg tries to get Mistress Parkin's (one of Letice crowd), actual opinion, but has to tell Letice to shut-up when she tries to do Mistress Parkin's talking (and thinking) for her instead. A young witch (not yet 16 at the start of "I Shall Wear Midnight"), Tiffany hails from
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, from the small mountain country of Lancre. She largely despises people but takes on the role of their healer and protector because no one else can do the job as well as she can. Her closest friend is Nanny Ogg, a jolly, personable witch with the "common touch" who enjoys a smoke and a pint of beer, often leading to her singing bawdy folk songs including the notorious "Hedgehog Song". The two take on apprentice witches, initially Magrat Garlick, then Agnes Nitt, and then Tiffany Aching
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Lady and allowing the real one, brought from the Underworld by Roland, to resume her role. After Miss Treason's death, she is briefly apprenticed to Nanny Ogg before returning to the Chalk and taking up the job of witch to the Chalk. When Tiffany is in her late teens, Granny Weatherwax dies, leaving a note recommending that Tiffany take over her steading. Though at first she splits her time between there and the chalk, she eventually leaves the steading to the care of Geoffrey, a man she had been
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in Western Pennsylvania in 1955, where he grew up with three sisters. His father was a lawyer and his mother worked until he was five before she became a homemaker. He spoke the Sicilian language with his grandmother who was also his nanny until he was five. Weaver went on to attend Yale University and the Columbus School of Law. Weaver has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University, where he studied Fiction Writing under Gordon Lish, who was the fiction editor at "Esquire" magazine and Raymond Carver's editor
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Rita (2009 Italian film)


- Artistic Direction 9th Concorto Film Festival | 2010 22 Aug – 29 Aug | Italy Special Jury Mention 8th Imaginaria Film Festival | 2010 24 Aug – 29 Aug | Italy Jury Mention 16th Aye Aye Film Festival Nancy-Lorraine | 2010 3 Sep – 11 Sep | France Best Sound 3rd Festival Internacional Curtametraxes Bueu | 2010 Bueu International Shortfilm Festival 6 Sep – 11 Sep | Spain Best Short Fiction Film 17th Altin Koza Film Festival | 2010 Golden Boll Film Festival 20 Sep – 26 Sep | Turkey Special Jury Mention 7th Filmfest Eberswalde |
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on each other's nerves. (It is also mentioned that the true collective noun for a group of witches is not "coven", but "argument".) Magrat Garlick (pronounced "Magg-rat") is the daughter of Simplicity Garlick, granddaughter of Araminta Garlick and niece of Yvonnel Garlick. She was the original Maiden in the Lancre coven, which consisted of herself, Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg. She is often described as "a wet hen", generally by Granny Weatherwax. Magrat believes in
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with her parents over Lily's behavior. As Granny reveals to Nanny Ogg in "Witches Abroad", Lily was wanton, using magic for it and not just ordinary magic; ""she was wilful"", as Granny describes it, able to remember her sister's and mother's rows even at that young age; Lily was vain and prideful (""always looking in mirrors... Prideful as a cat, she was. Prefer to look in a mirror than out of a window, she would""
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Granny was involved in a summer-long romance with then-aspiring wizard Mustrum Ridcully, but ultimately they were both committed to their respective paths of witchcraft and wizardry. Granny is estimated to be in her seventies during the events of "Wyrd Sisters", "Witches Abroad", "Lords and Ladies", "Maskerade" & "Carpe Jugulum", the same age as Nanny Ogg (having grown up with her). Yet, by the standards of Mistress Treason, she is still considered a girl ("
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Night Watch (Discworld)


Discworld" in "The Last Hero", "The Pratchett Portfolio" and "Nanny Ogg's Cookbook", establishing "[his] own 'look for the series. Kidby chose to parody Rembrandt's painting "Night Watch", an idea he'd had since first reading "Guards! Guards!", and talked with Pratchett about what characters to include. Kidby pays tribute to the late artist by placing him in the picture, in the position where Rembrandt is said to have painted himself. At the time
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"smoothing out life's humps and bumps"", and ""helping people when life's on the edge"", and they take this obligation seriously. They also never ask for anything in return. There are ways and ways of not asking for anything in return (of course). Nanny Ogg, for instance, insists that part of her job is to take the first pint of every brewing and the first cake of every baking, to prevent occult forces using them against people. Both she and Granny
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such as razors and the Dis-Organiser. In "Moving Pictures" the iconograph is developed into imp and salamander-powered equivalents of the movie camera and projector, but this eventually causes a portal to open into the Dungeon Dimensions, and the technology is abandoned. "Nanny Ogg's Cookbook" depicts an imp-powered egg beater. There are several different "generations" of Dis-Organiser, which were probably based on the imp-powered watches; the watches themselves fell out of fashion once people decided clockwork was
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hidden heir, Tomjon, rejects the throne. [[Nanny Ogg]] then tells everyone that the Fool is Tomjon's older half-brother. It is assumed that this means he is the son of the elder Fool's wife and Verence I, and he is duly crowned Verence II. However, given how well the Queen got on with the elder Fool, there is another interpretation. In "[[Lords and Ladies (novel)|Lords and Ladies]]" Verence and Magrat finally marry. Verence had gone through
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of Überwald). Incidentally, Pratchett uses the plural "dwarfs", not Tolkien's "dwarves", and "dwarfish" instead of "dwarven". Dwarfs are shorter than normal humans, nearly always bearded (with the exception of Count Casanunda and Mad in XXXX), and live to about 300. Despite this, the dividing line between dwarfs and humans seems somewhat blurred, and Pratchett has hinted that humans and dwarfs can interbreed; for example, Nanny Ogg's thick skull is put down to dwarfish ancestry.
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bears some similarity to Sam Vimes and Death. All three are effectively 'good' characters, who exert a rigid control over the darkness inside themselves, which they secretly fear but (crucially to their characters) are able to conquer. According to "The Pratchett Portfolio" her typical saying is: 'I can't be having with that kind of thing'. Unlike most 'typical sayings' in the "Folio", it is actually recorded that Granny says this, or at least Nanny Ogg says something very similar
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door, soaked to the bone and swaying with exhaustion. Nanny Ogg and Magrat use Granny's assault upon the Count as a distraction to escape, leaving Granny, Agnes and Brother Oats with the Vampires. Granny is unable to get through the Count's mental defenses, and the Magpyrs feed on her, with the intention of transforming her into a vampire. There is an Igor who is the servant of the Magpyrs. He is a traditionalist who spends his spare time breeding and distributing spiders for the dark corners of the castle
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glamour easier to resist, is referred to by Nanny Ogg as "iron in the head". Elves are ruled by a King and Queen. They act much the same as the King and Queen in chess, the Queen is the more obvious ruler, organising the raiding parties and maintaining absolute control of her kingdom. The King tends not to get involved if he can avoid it and keeps to himself in a different aspect of Fairyland. The King and Queen may once have ruled together, but it has been implied there
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Guilds of Ankh-Morpork


In Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" series of fantasy novels, there are almost 300 Guilds in the city of Ankh-Morpork. "Nanny Ogg's Cookbook", "The Thieves' Guild Diary" and the "Death's Domain" map all quote Guild publications. Guilds known include the following. The Assassins' Guild follows strict professional guidelines, with members behaving at all times in a gentlemanly manner. The guild is one of the richest in the city, and runs its own school, like the thieves. Unlike
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Ernest Ogg


Ernest Samuel 'Sammy' Ogg (1906-1969) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played in the NSWRFL Premiership for Sydney's University club, whom he also captained. Ogg was born at Camperdown, New South Wales on 30 December 1906. While obtaining his medical degree at Sydney University, he joined the University Rugby League team in 1925 and played a total of nine seasons with them between 1925 and 1933. He played second row in the 1926 Grand Final loss to South
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on the ancient holiday of Samhain. Traditionally associated with pig-killing, to ensure there is enough food for the rest of the winter. Many Hogswatch traditions are parodies of those associated with Christmas, including a decorated oak tree in a pot, strings of paper sausages, and, of course, a visit by the Hogfather. Witches do not leave the house on Hogswatchnight more because of tradition than any practical reasons. The witch Nanny Ogg gets around this by simply inviting everyone to "her" house for the holiday instead
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Terry Pratchett


, which comprises a large, comprehensive map of the Discworld itself with a small booklet that contains short biographies of the Disc's prominent explorers and their discoveries. Two further "mapps" have been released, focusing on particular regions of the Disc: Lancre, and Death's Domain. Between 1997 and 2015, ten Discworld Diaries were published as collaborations with Briggs or the Discworld Emporium. Pratchett and Tina Hannan collaborated on "Nanny Ogg's Cookbook" (1999). The design of this cookbook, illustrated by Paul Kidby,
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move backward rapidly, four Feegles are sure to be responsible. As Nanny Ogg testifies: ""Four; one under each hoof, I seen em do it. You see a cow standin' in a field, mindin' its own business, next minute the grass is rustlin'. Some little bugger shouts "Hup, hup, hup!" and the poor beast goes by, voom!, without its legs movin'; backwards, sometimes. They're stronger than cockroaches. You step on a pictsie,
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with Lancre, where it is distilled by Nanny Ogg (whose particular variant is known as "Suicider"). The consumption of scumble in Lancre has earned the populace of the area a reputation for having "Four brain cells, huddling together for warmth". The word scumble is a pun on the West Country cider known as scrumpy, but scumble is clearly stronger than cider and distilled, therefore it is the Discworld version of applejack. When scumble is mixed with dwarfish beer, it creates a highly intoxicating cocktail known as
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Elephant". Cheery was promoted to Sergeant shortly prior to "Thud!". A dwarf notable for his colossal powdered wig and uncharacteristic sense of romance and libido, mirroring Nanny Ogg's unstereotypical behavior for a witch. Advertises himself as the world's second greatest lover (His claim of "I try harder" refers to ad campaigns by Avis Rent-A-Car) but also as an "outrageous liar", making any of his claimed exploits dubious. First mentioned in a footnote to "Reaper Man",
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have chosen. In Nanny Ogg's Cookbook, it is also revealed that the sight of troll women wearing clothes excites male trolls. She says there is a club in Ankh-Morpork where the troll dancers "end up" wearing seven layers of heavy blankets. Troll society consists of numerous tribes, with frequent fights between them (although to trolls, this would be a spirited argument). They can only be united by a Diamond King. Trolls tend to be named after rocks, minerals and geological features, such as
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Magrat points it at becomes a pumpkin. This leaves several animals around Magrat's cottage now as pumpkins, one of which still thinks it is a stoat. Desiderata had promised Emberella previously that she will not marry the Duke, who's really a prince/frog, and now it is up to Magrat and her companions (Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg) to ensure that Emberella does not marry the Duke, despite the desires of another Witch in Genua called Lily, Desiderata's counterpart. She used the power of her own
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that is). Granny prefers to be respected, and if that is tinged with an element of fear, so be it. And except for those who know her well, such as Nanny Ogg, Magrat Garlick, Agnes Nitt, and Tiffany Aching, people do respect and/or fear her rather than like her. However, very young children seem unintimidated by her because of a reputation that she won't intentionally harm them. People in Lancre know that she will always come when they need her and do her best for them
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mentioned in "Wyrd Sisters". Like his father before him he holds the office of Lancre blacksmith, which brings with it the obligation to shoe anything, and the concomitant ability to shoe anything: he has shod an ant, a unicorn, and (at regular intervals and with specially reserved metal) Death's horse Binky. He also knows the Horseman's Word, a secret to pacifying belligerent stallions he has to shoe (though, as Granny Weatherwax discovered, the "Horseman's Word" involves threats to apply a
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large hammer with great force to certain parts of the stallion's anatomy). Years of working with iron has also given him the ability to detect the presence or influence of elves, although he does not seem to be aware of this. He is also the leader of the Lancre Morris Men, who treat Morris dancing as something between a contact sport and a martial art. At times, because of his large physical presence, he is called in to calm disagreements, many times simply by lifting the combatants into the air
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such things. He refers to these two sides of his character as the Good Oats and the Bad Oats. At times, he isn't sure which is which. In the beginning he appears to be very much the stereotypical Anglican priest, constantly ensuring both sides of the argument are heard, and being painfully tolerant of others' views. He allies himself with Granny Weatherwax, Agnes Nitt, Nanny Ogg and at a time, even the castle falconer Hodgesaargh in confronting an Uberwald vampire invasion of the country of Lancre. He
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. The Magpyrs hate him and his "more gothic than thou" attitude, as Igor tries to keep the old ways alive. Igor's impression of the current Count Magpyr is that he is too modern, whereas Igor prefers "tradithionalitht" methods of Vampirism, (all Igors have a lisp on the Discworld—although some only have it when they remember). Nanny Ogg, Magrat, and Magrat's infant daughter, Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling of Lancre, escape with the help of the rebelling Igor (who appears to
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Henry Ogg Forbes


Dr Henry Ogg Forbes LLD (30 January 1851 – 27 October 1932) was a Scottish explorer, ornithologist, and botanist. He also described a new species of spider, "Thomisus decipiens. Forbes was the son of Rev Alexander Forbes M.A. (1821-1897), and his wife Mary "née" Ogg (1820-1862), and was born at Drumblade, Huntly, Aberdeenshire. Henry was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School, he then studied Medicine at the University of Aberdeen and the University of Edinburgh, An
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The Fringe of the Unknown


" (from "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction", Jun. 1969) 8. "Dinosaurs Today" (original title: "Dinosaurs in Today's World") (from "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction", Mar. 1968)br 9. "Mammoths and Mastodons" (from "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction", May 1965)br 10. "Death Comes to the Megafauna" (from "If Worlds of Science Fiction", Sep. 1971)br 11. "Xerxes' Okapi" (original title
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of that area, also has powers and authority not unlike a Justice of the peace; they are able to perform binding marriage ceremonies, as-well-as judge and deal-out punishment(s) onto the deserving. The main witches in the books are the Lancre Coven: Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, Magrat Garlick and later Agnes Nitt. A sub-series of young adult books introduced a new witch character, Tiffany Aching, who was gradually tied into the main Witch storyline as her series continued. Most fully qualified
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cottage to make it over anew. After having been thwarted during Granny's wake, she next attempts to 'convince' Tiffany that Tiffany needs her as an 'advisor' (viewing Nanny Ogg as unqualified), and is furious when Tiffany turns her away, and over the following weeks and months she fans rumours that Tiffany isn't up to the job (as Tiffany is stretched thin trying to witch two steadings). However, when the threat of the elves rises, she is amongst those called upon to fight them
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guardians. Both Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg have also appeared in her stories. She has appeared in five novels ("The Wee Free Men", "A Hat Full of Sky", "Wintersmith", "I Shall Wear Midnight", and "The Shepherd's Crown"). Major characters in this series include Miss Tick, who discovered Tiffany, Annagramma Hawkin, Petulia Gristle, and Nac Mac Feegle chieftain Rob Anybody. Moist von Lipwig is a professional criminal and con man to whom Havelock Vetinari gives a
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, You!" As a kitten, You was once discovered sleeping on Granny's head, underneath her hat; Granny claimed it kept her head warm. Upon reaching adulthood, You relinquished Granny's hat and was commonly found draped over Granny's shoulders like a recumbent queen, adding an extra bit of power to Granny's already-formidable presence. You is the only known cat (though not the only animal) on the Discworld to have intimidated Nanny Ogg's battle-scarred tom Greebo, who hides in fear whenever
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, Princess of Lancre. It is his nerves that cause him to mistakenly speak the final two words of her name out loud, although this is not (apparently) the first time this has happened at a royal naming (Nanny Ogg cites a past ruler of Lancre, King My-God-He's-Heavy the 1st). He is also, quite literally, in two minds about everything, much like Agnes Nitt, since he combines a strict religious upbringing with a logical mind that tends to think too hard about
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Nanny (short story)


"Nanny" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in 1955 in" Startling Stories" and later in" The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick". It has since been republished several times, including in "Beyond Lies the Wub" in 1988. The story takes place in the future where every family has a mechanical robot as a Nanny. A family of four has an older model Nanny, and every night, when the family goes to sleep, the nanny and the
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