The Folklore of Discworld

About this book

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 Terry Pratchett teams up with leading British folklorist Jacqueline Simpson to take an irreverent yet illuminating look at the living myths and folklore that are reflected celebrated and affectionately libelled in the uniquely imaginative universe of Discworld.