in Hindu cosmology, (i)
mistaken for islands, (i), (ii)
Twoflower, (i), (ii)
Typhon, (i)
Uberwald
Igors in, (i)
legend of Fifth Elephant, (i), (ii)
treacle mines, (i)
Uffington: Dragon Hill, (i); White Horse, (ii), (iii)
Ulysses, see Odysseus
Undead, see vampires, zombies
Underworld, Descent into, (i)
unicorns, (i), (ii)
Unseen University, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi)
ceremonies and customs, (i), (ii)
Library, (i), (ii)
Urglefloggah, (i)
Valhalla, (i), (ii), (iii)
Valkyries, (i), (ii)
vampires, xiii, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
allergies and taboos, (i)
and Igors, (i), (ii)
appearance and dress, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
blood-sucking, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
causes of vampirism, (i)
changes in image of, (i)
in European folklore, (i), (ii), (iii)
integration with modern society, (i)
methods to defeat or kill, (i), (ii)
social status, (i)
Uberwald League of Temperance, (i)
‘Vampyre, The’ (Polidori), (i)
Verence I, King, (i)
Vetinari, Havelock, Lord, (i), (ii)
Vickery, Roy: Plant Lore, (i)
Vimes, Commander Sir Samuel, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
Vishnu, (i)
as tortoise, (i), (ii)
Vlad the Impaler, (i)
Volund, (i)
Völundarkvia (poem), (i)
Völuspá (poem), (i)
von Uberwald family, (i); see also Angua
Vorbis, (i), (ii)
vrykolakas, (i)
Wagner, Richard, (i)
Warner, Susan and Ann: ‘The Christmas Stocking’, (i)
wassailing, (i), (ii)
Wayland, see Volund
Wayland’s Smithy, (i)
weapons
of dwarfs, (i), (ii), (iii)
of thunder-god, (i)
Weatherwax, Alison, (i)
Weatherwax, Esmerelda (Granny), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
and Borrowing, (i)
and Death, (i)
and healing, (i), (ii), (iii)
and phoenix, (i), (ii)
and shape-changing, (i), (ii), (iii)
and unicorn, (i)
attitude to magic, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
on elves, (i)
Weatherwax, Lily, see Lilith
Wee Free Men, see Nac Mac Feegle
werewolves, (i)
in classical tradition, (i)
in European folklore, (i)
monthly cycle of, (i)
on Discworld, (i)
unpopularity of, (i)
yennorks, (i)
See also wolfmen
Wheelbrace, Eric, (i), (ii)
Wicca, (i), (ii)
Wild Hunt, (i)
William of Malmesbury: Gesta Regum Anglorum, (i)
William the gonnagle, (i)
Wintersmith, (i)
wise women, see witches
witches
and familiars, (i), (ii), (iii)
and summoning of demons, (i), (ii)
as healers, (i), (ii), (iii)
Borrowing, (i), (ii), (iii)
covens and sabbats, (i), (ii), (iii)
hostility to, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
in Lancre, (i)
in the Chalk country, (i)
shape-changing by, (i)
swimming of, (i)
training, (i), (ii), (iii)
wicked, (i)
Witch Trials, (i)
See also entries for individuals
wizards, (i), (ii)
and books, (i)
and folklore, (i)
Black School for, (i)
See also Unseen University
wolfmen, (i)
women
restrictions on, (i)
soldiers, (i)
thought to bring bad luck, (i)
wren, hunted at Christmas/Hogswatch, (i)
Xeno, (i)
yennorks, (i)
Yog-Sothoth, (i)
Zeus, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); Lycean
Zeus, (i)
zombies, (i), (ii), (iii)
in Haiti, (i)
on Discworld, (i)
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