The Folklore of Discworld

by Terry Pratchett

  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)