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2015-10-05T18:32:05Z

Trevor Curry:

'''''On Djelibeybi'''''

As well as the more obvious parellel with the much-loved sweetie proffered by Time Lord Dr Who ( a man skilled in manipulating and recycling Time), it is perhaps worth noting that in Egypt and Libya on Roundworld, the long flowing robe of the Arab male is called the ''gelebeia''.

Corgi pb (1990 first edition) p35:- put on the spot by Mericet, who has just subjected Cheesewright to dark sarcasm, and challenged to name the invisible enemies of the Assassin who will dog at his heels, Pteppic lists them as ''"Ill-preparedness, carelessness, lack of concentration, and poor maintainence of tools. Oh, and over-confidence, sir"''

This brings to mind a British Army training mantra, summarised as ''The Rule of P's'':-

'''''Practice, Preparation and Planning Prevent Piss-Poor Performance!'''''

Not, of course, that the Guild would ever phrase it like that...

It has been suggested that the parents of Pteppic are a direct and deliberate parallel of the central characters in Mervyn Peake's ''Ghormenghast'' trilogy. The setting is a several-thousand-year-old state ([[Djelibeybi]]/Ghormenghast) which has fossilised into a tyrannical regime of age-old rituals which nobody dares to question the modern significance or relevance of; the Rituals are ferociously guarded and imposed by a fossilised Loremaster who embodies the tradition of the state in his own being (Barquentine/[[Dios]]). Most of the free income goes into endlessly maintaining old structures or building new ones to the same pattern (Pyramids). The ruling family consists of a rather vague and introspective Count/Pharoah, married to a woman working on instinct who loves cats (the Countess/[[the Great Cow of the Arch of the Sky|Artela]]). Of their children, the son (Titus Groan/[[Pteppic]]) goes out into a world not ruled by tradition and groaning under the weight of the past to see how things are done elsewhere, specifically in a fairly nearby but unspecified Big City. The daughter (Fuchsia/[[Ptraci]])is also intensely dissatisfied with her lot and, if given a chance, would try to change it for the better - in ''Pyramids'', she manages it, in ''Ghormenghast'', she dies in ambiguous circumstances. Pteppic is also an archetype of anti-hero Steerpike, in that he climbs to the highest point in the Kingdom and brings about its dissolution (Steerpike dies trying in ''Ghormenghast'', but at this point, he has mutated into an embittered scarred and burnt villain who, interestingly enough, [[Maskerade|conceals a mutilated face behind a mask]]... another Roundworld fable creeping in here?)
In his final insanity, the Count in ''Ghormenghast'' imagines himself to be an owl; Pteppic's father just before his death is overcome with the essence of the noble seagull, the Divine and Royal Bird.

Another, er, literary association: the final scenes where Ptraci asserts her authority as Pharoah and really puts her foot down. It occurs to me that this has been illustrated, if not written down. Readers familiar with Goscinny and Uderzo's Asterix books will perceive the interpretation of Ptraci as intractable and rather stroppy comes straight out of '''''Asterix and Cleopatra'''''. Read it – there are some lovely illustrations! I'm sure Pterry got his character of Ptraci, at least as ruler, from Cleopatra as she appears in the ''band desinée''.

The heiroglyph for "feather mattress" is a hippo's bottom. Regard the long-running advert on British TV for Silentnight mattresses - using a hippo in bed as its examplar of excellence regardless of the sleeper's dimensions.

Here's another interesting one. We have two separated people (Pteppic and Ptraci) who get together in difficult circumstances - in fact he rescues her from a prison cell and certain death. At this point in the story they have no idea they are siblings. Aid is given by a sentient being whose mind runs on mathematical logic (YouBastard the camel). They travel on a deceptively fast and manoeuverable ship, used for fast smuggling of undeclared goods, for which the navies of two continents are on high alert. The captain is a raffish pirate with an eye for the ladies (Chidder) supported by a huge hulking hairy brute (the first mate with the dubious tattoos).
There is immediate UST between Chidder and Ptraci which plays out as arguments. This ill-assorted crew assists the Hero (Pteppic) in throwing down an oppressive Theocracy/"Empire".

Is this story arc reminiscent of anything at all?

* The Ephebian god turning himself into a "golden shower" parodies Zeus turning himself into a "shower of gold" to impregnate {{wp|Danae|Danae}}. "{{wp|Urolagnia|Golden shower}}", on the other hand, is slang for urinating on someone for mutual sexual pleasure. This is why the expression "raised interesting questions about everyday night life in sophisticated Ephebe" in Teppic's mind.

* "THIS? IT'S A SCYTHE." - Death reaps King Teppicymon's soul with a scythe, even though he normally uses a sword for kings.

A real devious link between {{M}} and {{P}} that never made the apf:

{{M}}, Corgi pb P247: "[the elephant] sniffed the distant dark continent of Klatch on the night breeze and, tail raised, followed the ancient call of home."

{{P}}, Corgi pb P147: "But the stables now held ... an elderly elephant whose presence was a bit of a mystery"

Actually confirmed by [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/alt.fan.pratchett/%22trevor$20curry%22/alt.fan.pratchett/bxoOB7db6Lw/Di7jJ4QrFNsJ Terry]

Corgi pb (1990 first edition) p116: note the typo of a very minor character's name: Prince [[Imtebos]] becomes Imbetos in the same line. Doesn't matter too much, as the prince never appears again... This error may appear only in the first few print runs of the novel (1989-90) as good authority advises me it's been corrected in later editions.

Corgi pb (1990 first edition) p184:- ''There was a monstrous splash out in the river. Tzut, the Snake-Headed God of the Upper Djel, surfaced... Then Fhez, the Crocodile-Headed God of the Lower Djel, erupted beside him and made a spirited attempt at biting his head off. The two submerged in a column of spray and a minor tidal wave which slopped over the balcony...''

This echoes another mythological battle and a serious demarcation dispute between two mythological creatures. In the Welsh mythological cycle, the Mabinogion, the wizard Merlin is called to referee a dispute between two dragons, whose subterranean war persists in throwing down the King's new castle. Merlin witnesses the fight, and explains that the two dragons, each with its teeth locked in the throat of the other in perpetual war, represent the battle for the land of Britain between the red dragon of Wales and the white dragon of the invading Saxon. Nothing of permanent worth, said Merlin, may be built in Britain until the English and the Welsh cease their eternal strife and learn to live as neighbours. The English are now too numerous for the Welsh to throw out and the English must realise they can never completely take Wales. (this was first written about 800 AD).

Corgi PB (1990 first edition) p265:- ''Teppic sank on one knee and, out of desperation, raised the knife in both hands.'' This echoes the position and rationale of the weathercock on the highest point of the [[Assassins' Guild]] building: a silhouetted assassin with knife poised to inhume the very wind. Poised on top of the Great Pyramid, at the highest point of the Kingdom, Pteppic is about to perform the greatest act of assassination ever: an entire Kingdom, seven thousand years of history, ''and'' an entire pantheon of gods. (And also, by default and by their implicit consent, a total of 1,300 monarchs... simultaneously.) The Guild's collective heart must have swelled with pride...

[[Category:Annotations|Pyramids/Annotations]]

Book:Pyramids

2015-10-05T18:16:00Z

Trevor Curry: /* Annotations */

{{Book Data
|title= Pyramids
|cover=
[[File:Cover Pyramids.jpg|thumb|240px|Cover art by Josh Kirby]]
|coauthors=
|illustrator=
|date= June 1989
|publisher= Victor Gollancz
|isbn=0552134619
|pages=288
|rrp=
|series=
|characters=[[Teppic]], [[Dios]], [[Ptraci]]
|annotations=yes
|notes= Book #07
}}

==Blurb==
Being trained by the [[Assassins' Guild]] in [[Ankh-Morpork]] did not fit [[Teppic]] for the task assigned to him by fate. He inherited the throne of the desert kingdom of [[Djelibeybi]] rather earlier than he expected (his father wasn't too happy about it either), but that was only the beginning of his problems ...

==Books==
Divided into four books:

:Book I: The Book of Going Fourth
:Book II: The Book of the Dead
:Book III: The Book of the New Son
:Book IV: The Book of 101 Things A Boy Can Do

== Major Characters ==

* [[Dios]]
* [[Teppic]]
* [[Chidder]]
* [[Ptraci]]

== Minor Characters ==

* [[Mericet]]
* King [[Pteppicymon XXVII]], Teppic's father and king of Djelibeybi
* [[Death]]
* [[Fliemoe]]
* [[Arthur Ludorum]], son of Johan [[Ludorum]]
* [[Cheesewright]]
* [[Dil]], the embalmer (puns on "dill pickle", since "pickle" is slang for "embalm")
* [[Gern]], Dil's apprentice
* [[Ptaclusp]], architect
* [[Ptaclusp IIa]], son of Ptaclusp
* [[Ptaclusp IIb]], son of Ptaclusp
* [[Grinjer]], model maker
* [[You Bastard]], camel, disc's greatest mathematician
* Ephebian philosophers
** [[Xeno]], parodying {{wp|Zeno|Zeno}}
** [[Ibid]], a philosopher, perhaps repetitive
** [[Pthagonal]], parodies {{wp|Pythagoras|Pythagoras}}
** [[Copolymer]], greatest storyteller in the history of the world
** [[Iesope]], greatest fable teller in the world, parodying {{wp|Aesop|Aesop}}
** [[Antiphon]], greatest comic play writer in the world, a parody of {{wp|Aristophanes|Aristophanes}} - "Antiphon" is loosely translatable as "jarring"
** [[Endos]], the Listener

== Cameos and Mentions ==

* [[Blind Io]] (mentioned)
* Uncle [[Vyrt]], Teppic's assassin uncle
* Lady [[Nooni]], Djelibeybi noblewoman
* [[Artela]], Teppic's mother
* Lord [[Fhem-pta-hem]], Djelibeybi nobleman
* [[Khuft]], founder of Djelibeybi
* [[Orm]], a god with only two worshipers
* [[Offler]] (mentioned)
* [[Snoxall]], student assassin
* [[Mother Goddess]] (mentioned)
* Dr [[Cruces]], head tutor of the Assassins' Guild
* [[Jahmet]], servant who discovers King Teppicymon's body
* [[Hoot Koomi]], high priest of [[Khefin]]
* [[Assassins' Guild|Mrs Collar]], Teppic's bedder in sixth form
* [[Glwenda]], garlic farmer's daughter that Gern is pursuing
* [[Mrs Ptaclusp]] (mentioned)

* Former rulers of Djelibeybi
** Queen [[Khaput]]
** King [[Pta-ka-ba]]
** Queen [[Khat-leon-ra-pta]]
** King [[Kheneth XIV]] (note resemblance to English name "Kenneth")
** Queen [[Far-re-ptah]] aka "Grandma Pooney"
** King [[Ashk-ur-men-tep]]
** King [[Psam-nut-kha]] ("some nut case"?)

* Gods of Djelibeybi
** Sun Gods
*** [[Yay]], who has lost his toenails (or perhaps his hot-air paint stripper)
*** [[Nesh]], goddess
*** [[Cephnet]]
*** [[Scrab]], Pusher of the Ball of the Sun, a dung beetle
*** [[Thrrp]], Charioteer of the Sun
*** [[Jeht]], Boatman of the Solar Orb
*** [[Gil]]
** Supreme Gods
*** [[Net]]
*** [[Fon]]
*** [[Hast]]
*** [[Set]]
*** [[Bin]]
*** [[Sot]]
*** [[Ic]]
*** [[Dhek]]
*** [[Ptooie]]
** World of Dead rulers
*** [[Herpetine Triskeles]]
*** [[Syncope]]
*** [[Silur]], the Catfish-Headed God
*** [[Orexis-Nupt]]
** Other gods
*** [[Hat]], the Vulture-Headed God of Unexpected Guests
*** [[Eater of Souls]]
*** [[Bast]], the Cat-Headed God
*** [[Nept]], sky goddess
*** [[Vut]], the Dog-Headed God of the Evening
*** [[Ket]], God of Justice
*** [[Cephut]], God of Cutlery
*** [[Sessifet]], Goddess of the Afternoon
*** [[Sarduk]], Goddess of Caves
*** [[Bunu]], Goat-headed God of Goats
*** [[Tzut]], Snake-Headed God of the Upper Djel
*** [[Fhez]], Crocodile-Headed God of the Lower Djel
*** [[Teg]], the Horse-Headed God of Agriculture
*** [[Juf]], the Cobra-Headed God of Papyrus
*** [[Chefet]], Dog-Headed God of Metalwork
* [[Rhumusphut]] and [[Ktoffle]], disputing farmers
* [[Ptorne]], farmer with dispute against his landlord Prince [[Imtebos]]
* [[Rthur]], fresco painter
* [[Evil-Smelling-Bugger]], greatest camel mathematician of all time (and thus probably no longer alive, since You Bastard now holds the title?) (mentioned)
* [[Bloody Stupid]], camel
* [[You Vicious Brute]], camel who came up with the [[Theory of Transient Integrals]]
* [[Elenor]], from the Tsortean Wars
* [[Melycanus]], confused with [[Lavaelous]]
* [[Seriph of Al-Khali]] (mentioned)
* [[Alfonz]], pirate working for Chidder
* [[Heme Krona]], a used camel salesman, owner of [[Camels-R-Us]]
* [[Autocue]], Ephebian soldier
* [[Patricio]], former despot of [[Quirm]], client of Assassins' Guild
* [[Ice Giants]] (mentioned)
* [[Cleph-ptah-re]], briefly heir apparent to the throne of Djelibeybi

== Things and Concepts ==

* Assassins' Guild classes
** [[Strategy and Poison Theory]], taught by [[Mericet]]
** [[Traps and Deadfalls]], taught by [[Grunworth Nivor]], a fat and jolly assassin, who is also the housemaster
** [[Modern Languages and Music]], taught by [[Kompt de Yoyo]], who is also a keen edificeer. This class emphasizes how the Assassins' Guild offers a good all around education.
** [[Political Expediency]], taught by Lady [[T'malia]]

* [[Cordati]], assassin manual
* [[Tlingas]], assassin weapon

* Poisons and antidotes
** [[wasp agaric]] (poison administered by ear)
** [[Achorion purple]] (poison administered by ear)
** [[Mustick]] (poison administered by ear)
** [[spime]] (antidote to some snake venoms)
** [[bloat]], poison extracted from the [[deep sea blowfish]] (singularis minutia gigantica)

* [[Wallgame]], game played by assassins, involving edificing

* [[Dr Mooner's Travelling Take Your Breath Away Emporium]], a fun house / hall of mirrors

* The [[Shuttered Palace]], a guide to sexual positions (similar to the {{wp|Kama Sutra|Kama Sutra}}

* [[A Wizard's Staff Has A Knob On The End]], song

* [[Year of the Engaging Sloth]], Ankh-Morpork name for a given year

* [[Smugglers' Guild]] (mentioned)

* [[Assassins' Ball]] (mentioned)

* [[Guild of Embalmers and Allied Trades]] (mentioned)

* [[Vanglemesht]] and [[Laotation]], languages Teppic learned

* [[Seedtime]], [[Inundation]], and [[Sog]], seasons observed by river valley cultures

* [[The Book of Staying in The Pit]], which says the sun is the eye of Yay

* [[Guild of Plumbers and Dunnikindivers]] (mentioned)

* [[Little Pieces for Tiny Fingers]], book of dulcimer music

* [[Catharti Death Grip]], assassin technique

* [[Goblins Picnic]], song

* [[.303 bookworm]], fastest insect in the world

* [[Ambiguous Puzuma]], fastest animal in the world

* [[Principles of Ideal Government]], book written by Ibid

* [[Discourse on Historical Inevitability]], book written by Ibid

* [[Tsortean Wars]] (mentioned)

* [[130 Days of Pseudopolis]], a book similar to The Shuttered Palace

* [[Century of the Cobra]], current century in Djelibeybi

* [[Century of the Fruitbat]] (mentioned)

== Locations ==

* [[Circle Sea]]
** [[Ankh-Morpork]]
*** [[Assassins' Guild]]
**** [[Scorpion House]]
**** [[Viper House]]
*** [[Filigree Street]]
*** [[Street of Bookkeepers]]
*** [[Audit Alley]]
*** [[YMPA|Young Men's Reformed-Cultists-of-the-Ichor-God-Bel-Shamharoth Association]] (mentioned)
*** [[Tinlid Alley]]
*** [[Haberdashers' Tower]]
*** [[Brass Bridge]]

* [[Djel]] (river)

* [[Djelibeybi]]
** [[Knot]] (mentioned)
** [[Hort]], town that receives unexpected visit from Scrab

* [[Tsort]]

* [[Ephebe]]

* Nether [[Hell]]s, where [[Orm]] is normally found (because he has too few worshipers to live at [[Dunmanifestin]]?)

* [[Ramtop Mountains]] (mentioned)

* [[Netherworld]], where dead Djelibeybi royalty presumably goes

* [[Rim Ocean]] (mentioned)

* [[Howandaland]] (mentioned)

* [[Khali]] (mentioned)
** [[Rhoxie]] (mentioned)

* [[Elharib]] (mentioned)

* [[Papylos]], island (mentioned)

* [[Crinix]], island (mentioned)

* [[Great Nef]] (mentioned)
** [[Ee]]

==Sentient Species==

*[[You Bastard|Camels]]
*[[Humans]]

==Supernatural Entities==

*[[Death]]
*[[Ghosts]]
*[[The gods|The Gods]]
*[[Sphinx|The Sphinx]]

== [[Roundworld]] mentions ==

* {{wp|Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram|Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram}}, a chart comparing stellar brightness to color

* {{wp|Marie Celeste|Marie Celeste}}

== Annotations ==

The Ephebian god turning himself into a "golden shower" parodies Zeus turning himself into a "shower of gold" to impregnate {{wp|Danae|Danae}}. "{{wp|Urolagnia|Golden shower}}", on the other hand, is slang for urinating on someone for mutual sexual pleasure. This is why the expression "raised interesting questions about everyday night life in sophisticated Ephebe" in Teppic's mind.

"THIS? IT'S A SCYTHE." - Death reaps King Teppicymon's soul with a scythe, even though he normally uses a sword for kings.

Corgi pb p116: note the typo of a very minor character's name: Prince [[Imtebos]] becomes Imbetos in the same line. Doesn't matter too much, as the prince never appears again. This error may appear only in the first few print runs of the novel (1989-90) as good authority advises me it's been corrected in later editions.

A real devious link between {{M}} and {{P}} that never made the APF:

{{M}}, '''Corgi pb P247: "[the elephant] sniffed the distant dark continent of Klatch on the night breeze and, tail raised, followed the ancient call of home."'''

{{P}}, '''Corgi pb P147: "But the stables now held ... an elderly elephant whose presence was a bit of a mystery"'''

Actually confirmed by [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/alt.fan.pratchett/%22trevor$20curry%22/alt.fan.pratchett/bxoOB7db6Lw/Di7jJ4QrFNsJ Terry]

==External links==
[http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/pyramids.html ''Pyramids'' Annotations - The Annotated Pratchett File]

{{series|before=Wyrd Sisters|series=Discworld|after=Guards! Guards!}}

[[Category:Discworld Series|Pyramids]]
[[de:Buch:Pyramiden]]

Book:Pyramids

2015-09-29T19:52:18Z

Trevor Curry: /* Annotations */

{{Book Data
|title= Pyramids
|cover=
[[File:Cover Pyramids.jpg|thumb|240px|Cover art by Josh Kirby]]
|coauthors=
|illustrator=
|date= June 1989
|publisher= Victor Gollancz
|isbn=0552134619
|pages=288
|rrp=
|series=
|characters=[[Teppic]], [[Dios]], [[Ptraci]]
|annotations=yes
|notes= Book #07
}}

==Blurb==
Being trained by the [[Assassins' Guild]] in [[Ankh-Morpork]] did not fit [[Teppic]] for the task assigned to him by fate. He inherited the throne of the desert kingdom of [[Djelibeybi]] rather earlier than he expected (his father wasn't too happy about it either), but that was only the beginning of his problems ...

==Books==
Divided into four books:

:Book I: The Book of Going Fourth
:Book II: The Book of the Dead
:Book III: The Book of the New Son
:Book IV: The Book of 101 Things A Boy Can Do

== Major Characters ==

* [[Dios]]
* [[Teppic]]
* [[Chidder]]
* [[Ptraci]]

== Minor Characters ==

* [[Mericet]]
* King [[Pteppicymon XXVII]], Teppic's father and king of Djelibeybi
* [[Death]]
* [[Fliemoe]]
* [[Arthur Ludorum]], son of Johan [[Ludorum]]
* [[Cheesewright]]
* [[Dil]], the embalmer (puns on "dill pickle", since "pickle" is slang for "embalm")
* [[Gern]], Dil's apprentice
* [[Ptaclusp]], architect
* [[Ptaclusp IIa]], son of Ptaclusp
* [[Ptaclusp IIb]], son of Ptaclusp
* [[Grinjer]], model maker
* [[You Bastard]], camel, disc's greatest mathematician
* Ephebian philosophers
** [[Xeno]], parodying {{wp|Zeno|Zeno}}
** [[Ibid]], a philosopher, perhaps repetitive
** [[Pthagonal]], parodies {{wp|Pythagoras|Pythagoras}}
** [[Copolymer]], greatest storyteller in the history of the world
** [[Iesope]], greatest fable teller in the world, parodying {{wp|Aesop|Aesop}}
** [[Antiphon]], greatest comic play writer in the world, a parody of {{wp|Aristophanes|Aristophanes}} - "Antiphon" is loosely translatable as "jarring"
** [[Endos]], the Listener

== Cameos and Mentions ==

* [[Blind Io]] (mentioned)
* Uncle [[Vyrt]], Teppic's assassin uncle
* Lady [[Nooni]], Djelibeybi noblewoman
* [[Artela]], Teppic's mother
* Lord [[Fhem-pta-hem]], Djelibeybi nobleman
* [[Khuft]], founder of Djelibeybi
* [[Orm]], a god with only two worshipers
* [[Offler]] (mentioned)
* [[Snoxall]], student assassin
* [[Mother Goddess]] (mentioned)
* Dr [[Cruces]], head tutor of the Assassins' Guild
* [[Jahmet]], servant who discovers King Teppicymon's body
* [[Hoot Koomi]], high priest of [[Khefin]]
* [[Assassins' Guild|Mrs Collar]], Teppic's bedder in sixth form
* [[Glwenda]], garlic farmer's daughter that Gern is pursuing
* [[Mrs Ptaclusp]] (mentioned)

* Former rulers of Djelibeybi
** Queen [[Khaput]]
** King [[Pta-ka-ba]]
** Queen [[Khat-leon-ra-pta]]
** King [[Kheneth XIV]] (note resemblance to English name "Kenneth")
** Queen [[Far-re-ptah]] aka "Grandma Pooney"
** King [[Ashk-ur-men-tep]]
** King [[Psam-nut-kha]] ("some nut case"?)

* Gods of Djelibeybi
** Sun Gods
*** [[Yay]], who has lost his toenails (or perhaps his hot-air paint stripper)
*** [[Nesh]], goddess
*** [[Cephnet]]
*** [[Scrab]], Pusher of the Ball of the Sun, a dung beetle
*** [[Thrrp]], Charioteer of the Sun
*** [[Jeht]], Boatman of the Solar Orb
*** [[Gil]]
** Supreme Gods
*** [[Net]]
*** [[Fon]]
*** [[Hast]]
*** [[Set]]
*** [[Bin]]
*** [[Sot]]
*** [[Ic]]
*** [[Dhek]]
*** [[Ptooie]]
** World of Dead rulers
*** [[Herpetine Triskeles]]
*** [[Syncope]]
*** [[Silur]], the Catfish-Headed God
*** [[Orexis-Nupt]]
** Other gods
*** [[Hat]], the Vulture-Headed God of Unexpected Guests
*** [[Eater of Souls]]
*** [[Bast]], the Cat-Headed God
*** [[Nept]], sky goddess
*** [[Vut]], the Dog-Headed God of the Evening
*** [[Ket]], God of Justice
*** [[Cephut]], God of Cutlery
*** [[Sessifet]], Goddess of the Afternoon
*** [[Sarduk]], Goddess of Caves
*** [[Bunu]], Goat-headed God of Goats
*** [[Tzut]], Snake-Headed God of the Upper Djel
*** [[Fhez]], Crocodile-Headed God of the Lower Djel
*** [[Teg]], the Horse-Headed God of Agriculture
*** [[Juf]], the Cobra-Headed God of Papyrus
*** [[Chefet]], Dog-Headed God of Metalwork
* [[Rhumusphut]] and [[Ktoffle]], disputing farmers
* [[Ptorne]], farmer with dispute against his landlord Prince [[Imtebos]]
* [[Rthur]], fresco painter
* [[Evil-Smelling-Bugger]], greatest camel mathematician of all time (and thus probably no longer alive, since You Bastard now holds the title?) (mentioned)
* [[Bloody Stupid]], camel
* [[You Vicious Brute]], camel who came up with the [[Theory of Transient Integrals]]
* [[Elenor]], from the Tsortean Wars
* [[Melycanus]], confused with [[Lavaelous]]
* [[Seriph of Al-Khali]] (mentioned)
* [[Alfonz]], pirate working for Chidder
* [[Heme Krona]], a used camel salesman, owner of [[Camels-R-Us]]
* [[Autocue]], Ephebian soldier
* [[Patricio]], former despot of [[Quirm]], client of Assassins' Guild
* [[Ice Giants]] (mentioned)
* [[Cleph-ptah-re]], briefly heir apparent to the throne of Djelibeybi

== Things and Concepts ==

* Assassins' Guild classes
** [[Strategy and Poison Theory]], taught by [[Mericet]]
** [[Traps and Deadfalls]], taught by [[Grunworth Nivor]], a fat and jolly assassin, who is also the housemaster
** [[Modern Languages and Music]], taught by [[Kompt de Yoyo]], who is also a keen edificeer. This class emphasizes how the Assassins' Guild offers a good all around education.
** [[Political Expediency]], taught by Lady [[T'malia]]

* [[Cordati]], assassin manual
* [[Tlingas]], assassin weapon

* Poisons and antidotes
** [[wasp agaric]] (poison administered by ear)
** [[Achorion purple]] (poison administered by ear)
** [[Mustick]] (poison administered by ear)
** [[spime]] (antidote to some snake venoms)
** [[bloat]], poison extracted from the [[deep sea blowfish]] (singularis minutia gigantica)

* [[Wallgame]], game played by assassins, involving edificing

* [[Dr Mooner's Travelling Take Your Breath Away Emporium]], a fun house / hall of mirrors

* The [[Shuttered Palace]], a guide to sexual positions (similar to the {{wp|Kama Sutra|Kama Sutra}}

* [[A Wizard's Staff Has A Knob On The End]], song

* [[Year of the Engaging Sloth]], Ankh-Morpork name for a given year

* [[Smugglers' Guild]] (mentioned)

* [[Assassins' Ball]] (mentioned)

* [[Guild of Embalmers and Allied Trades]] (mentioned)

* [[Vanglemesht]] and [[Laotation]], languages Teppic learned

* [[Seedtime]], [[Inundation]], and [[Sog]], seasons observed by river valley cultures

* [[The Book of Staying in The Pit]], which says the sun is the eye of Yay

* [[Guild of Plumbers and Dunnikindivers]] (mentioned)

* [[Little Pieces for Tiny Fingers]], book of dulcimer music

* [[Catharti Death Grip]], assassin technique

* [[Goblins Picnic]], song

* [[.303 bookworm]], fastest insect in the world

* [[Ambiguous Puzuma]], fastest animal in the world

* [[Principles of Ideal Government]], book written by Ibid

* [[Discourse on Historical Inevitability]], book written by Ibid

* [[Tsortean Wars]] (mentioned)

* [[130 Days of Pseudopolis]], a book similar to The Shuttered Palace

* [[Century of the Cobra]], current century in Djelibeybi

* [[Century of the Fruitbat]] (mentioned)

== Locations ==

* [[Circle Sea]]
** [[Ankh-Morpork]]
*** [[Assassins' Guild]]
**** [[Scorpion House]]
**** [[Viper House]]
*** [[Filigree Street]]
*** [[Street of Bookkeepers]]
*** [[Audit Alley]]
*** [[YMPA|Young Men's Reformed-Cultists-of-the-Ichor-God-Bel-Shamharoth Association]] (mentioned)
*** [[Tinlid Alley]]
*** [[Haberdashers' Tower]]
*** [[Brass Bridge]]

* [[Djel]] (river)

* [[Djelibeybi]]
** [[Knot]] (mentioned)
** [[Hort]], town that receives unexpected visit from Scrab

* [[Tsort]]

* [[Ephebe]]

* Nether [[Hell]]s, where [[Orm]] is normally found (because he has too few worshipers to live at [[Dunmanifestin]]?)

* [[Ramtop Mountains]] (mentioned)

* [[Netherworld]], where dead Djelibeybi royalty presumably goes

* [[Rim Ocean]] (mentioned)

* [[Howandaland]] (mentioned)

* [[Khali]] (mentioned)
** [[Rhoxie]] (mentioned)

* [[Elharib]] (mentioned)

* [[Papylos]], island (mentioned)

* [[Crinix]], island (mentioned)

* [[Great Nef]] (mentioned)
** [[Ee]]

==Sentient Species==

*[[You Bastard|Camels]]
*[[Humans]]

==Supernatural Entities==

*[[Death]]
*[[Ghosts]]
*[[The gods|The Gods]]
*[[Sphinx|The Sphinx]]

== [[Roundworld]] mentions ==

* {{wp|Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram|Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram}}, a chart comparing stellar brightness to color

* {{wp|Marie Celeste|Marie Celeste}}

== Annotations ==

* The Ephebian god turning himself into a "golden shower" parodies Zeus turning himself into a "shower of gold" to impregnate {{wp|Danae|Danae}}. "{{wp|Urolagnia|Golden shower}}", on the other hand, is slang for urinating on someone for mutual sexual pleasure. This is why the expression "raised interesting questions about everyday night life in sophisticated Ephebe" in Teppic's mind.

* "THIS? IT'S A SCYTHE." - Death reaps King Teppicymon's soul with a scythe, even though he normally uses a sword for kings.

Corgi pb p116: note the typo of a very minor character's name: Prince [[Imtebos]] becomes Imbetos in the same line. Doesn't matter too much, as the prince never appears again... This error may appear only in the first few print runs of the novel (1989-90) as good authority advises me it's been corrected in later editions.

A real devious link between Mort and Pyramids that never made the APF:

Mort, Corgi pb P247: "... [the elephant] sniffed the distant dark continent of Klatch on the night breeze and, tail raised, followed the ancient call of home."

Pyramids, Corgi pb P147: "But the stables now held ... an elderly elephant whose presence was a bit of a mystery"

Actually confirmed by Terry: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/alt.fan.pratchett/%22trevor$20curry%22/alt.fan.pratchett/bxoOB7db6Lw/Di7jJ4QrFNsJ

==External links==
[http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/pyramids.html ''Pyramids'' Annotations - The Annotated Pratchett File]

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