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{{Character Data
|title= Bestiality Carter
|photo=
|name= Bestiality Carter
|age=
|race= Human

|occupation= Baker
|appearance=

|residence= Lancre

|death=
|parents=
|relatives=
|children=
|marital status=

|books= {{LL}}
|cameos= {{M!!!}}, {{CJ}}
}}

Bestiality Carter is one of the [[Lancre Morris Men]] mentioned in {{LL}}. As with many Lancrastians, his last name does not fit his profession, as he is a baker. His parents understood that girls should be named after virtues. Thus, his sisters (in order of birth, according to {{LL}}) are:

* [[Hope Carter|Hope]]
* [[Chastity Carter|Chastity]]
* [[Prudence Carter|Prudence]]
* [[Charity Carter|Charity]]

However, they got a bit mixed up, and assumed that boys should be named after vices/deadly sins. Thus, his brothers are:

* Anger Carter
* Jealousy Carter
* Covetousness Carter
* Deviousness Carter (mentioned in {{M!!!}})

The youngest appears to be named as a statement rather than a sin; [[Catastrophe Carter]] (mentioned in {{TT}})

Ironically, all the Carters display traits opposite to their names: Bestiality's sisters have vices that are the opposite of their names, while his brothers have virtues that are the opposite of their names. For instance, Bestiality is kind to animals.

In [[Book:The Folklore of Discworld|The Folklore of Discworld]], we learn that this naming convention goes back through several generations to a patriarch called [[Miscegenation Carter]], whose name would have been considered to be more of a social taboo in earlier times than it might be today, when the practice it describes does not carry the opprobrium it did then.

Bestiality himself helped defeat the [[elves]] during the events of {{LL}} by helping the other Morris Men perform one of the most dangerous of battle Morrises they know, which leaves a trail of mortally wounded elves stricken about the hills of Lancre.

[[Category:Discworld characters|Carter, Bestiality]]
[[Category:Human characters|Carter, Bestiality]]
[[de:Gemeinheit Fuhrmann]]

Bestiality Carter - Revision history

Old Dickens: Relatives

Old Dickens at 21:34, 23 October 2017

User: 1 revision: Discworld import

Rene at 08:28, 15 April 2010