Neoldian - Revision history

Ajay at 14:17, 12 July 2023

2023-07-12T14:17:37Z

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	As mentioned in {{TLH}}, every major pantheon has one of these. Gods/Beings of craft in [[Roundworld]] pantheons include {{wp\|Wayland_Smith\|Wayland the Smith}}, {{wp\|Vulcan_(mythology)\|Vulcan}}, {{wp\|Hephaestus\|Hephaestus}} and Dennis. The last of these is according to TP - there is no pantheon on Roundworld which includes a god called Dennis. It's possible that it is just a joke - Dennis is not a particularly mythic name, so putting it in the company of Wayland, Vulcan etc gives a bit of incongruity and bathos. But UK readers may also be familiar with Dennis Specialist Vehicles, a company which built heavy-duty vehicles like fire engines and bin lorries - if you saw a large, serious-looking vehicle going down your street to do something large and serious, it probably had DENNIS written across the radiator.		As mentioned in {{TLH}}, every major pantheon has one of these. Gods/Beings of craft in [[Roundworld]] pantheons include {{wp\|Wayland_Smith\|Wayland the Smith}}, {{wp\|Vulcan_(mythology)\|Vulcan}}, {{wp\|Hephaestus\|Hephaestus}} and Dennis.

			The last of these is according to TP - there is no pantheon on Roundworld which includes a god called Dennis. It's possible that it is just a joke - Dennis is not a particularly mythic name, so putting it in the company of Wayland, Vulcan etc gives a bit of incongruity and bathos. But UK readers may also be familiar with Dennis Specialist Vehicles, a company which built heavy-duty vehicles like fire engines and bin lorries - if you saw a large, serious-looking vehicle going down your street to do something large and serious, it probably had DENNIS written across the radiator.

	There is also the intriguing link to Aulë, the craftsman-demiurge of Middle Earth, who in a spare distracted moment created Dwarfs. Neoldian as an aspect of [[Tak]]?		There is also the intriguing link to Aulë, the craftsman-demiurge of Middle Earth, who in a spare distracted moment created Dwarfs. Neoldian as an aspect of [[Tak]]?

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Ajay: Dennis possibly derived from Dennis Specialist Vehicles in the UK?

2023-07-12T14:17:14Z

Dennis possibly derived from Dennis Specialist Vehicles in the UK?

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	As mentioned in {{TLH}}, every major pantheon has one of these. Gods/Beings of craft in [[Roundworld]] pantheons include {{wp\|Wayland_Smith\|Wayland the Smith}}, {{wp\|Vulcan_(mythology)\|Vulcan}}, {{wp\|Hephaestus\|Hephaestus}} and Dennis. The last of these is according to TP. There is also the intriguing link to Aulë, the craftsman-demiurge of Middle Earth, who in a spare distracted moment created Dwarfs. Neoldian as an aspect of [[Tak]]?		As mentioned in {{TLH}}, every major pantheon has one of these. Gods/Beings of craft in [[Roundworld]] pantheons include {{wp\|Wayland_Smith\|Wayland the Smith}}, {{wp\|Vulcan_(mythology)\|Vulcan}}, {{wp\|Hephaestus\|Hephaestus}} and Dennis. The last of these is according to TP - there is no pantheon on Roundworld which includes a god called Dennis. It's possible that it is just a joke - Dennis is not a particularly mythic name, so putting it in the company of Wayland, Vulcan etc gives a bit of incongruity and bathos. But UK readers may also be familiar with Dennis Specialist Vehicles, a company which built heavy-duty vehicles like fire engines and bin lorries - if you saw a large, serious-looking vehicle going down your street to do something large and serious, it probably had DENNIS written across the radiator.
			There is also the intriguing link to Aulë, the craftsman-demiurge of Middle Earth, who in a spare distracted moment created Dwarfs. Neoldian as an aspect of [[Tak]]?

	[[Category: Supernatural entities]]		[[Category: Supernatural entities]]

AgProv: informed speculation

2015-02-18T10:04:14Z

informed speculation

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	As mentioned in {{TLH}}, every major pantheon has one of these. Gods/Beings of craft in [[Roundworld]] pantheons include {{wp\|Wayland_Smith\|Wayland the Smith}}, {{wp\|Vulcan_(mythology)\|Vulcan}}, {{wp\|Hephaestus\|Hephaestus}} and Dennis. The last of these is according to TP.		As mentioned in {{TLH}}, every major pantheon has one of these. Gods/Beings of craft in [[Roundworld]] pantheons include {{wp\|Wayland_Smith\|Wayland the Smith}}, {{wp\|Vulcan_(mythology)\|Vulcan}}, {{wp\|Hephaestus\|Hephaestus}} and Dennis. The last of these is according to TP. There is also the intriguing link to Aulë, the craftsman-demiurge of Middle Earth, who in a spare distracted moment created Dwarfs. Neoldian as an aspect of [[Tak]]?

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AgProv: expanding

2015-02-18T10:02:20Z

expanding

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	The smith of the [[Gods]].		The smith of the [[Gods]].

	This vacancy always arises in a well-ordered pantheon, as every organisation needs somebody who's clever with their hands to do all the odd-jobs and minor repairs about the place.		This vacancy always arises in a well-ordered pantheon, as every organisation needs somebody who's clever with their hands to do all the odd-jobs and minor repairs about the place. In accordance with the principle of maximising belief by adopting alternate identities, he may also be known as Dennis, Janitor and General Handyman at [[Dunmanifestin]].

	'''Neoldian''' occupies this function for the Discworld gods. In {{TLH}}, he repairs the [[Kite]] to make it airworthy for its final flight back to [[Ankh-Morpork]]. The illustration shows a big burly blacksmith holding the Kite up in a set of pincers, the relative scales making it look like an Airfix model aircraft.		'''Neoldian''' occupies this function for the Discworld gods. In {{TLH}}, he repairs the [[Kite]] to make it airworthy for its final flight back to [[Ankh-Morpork]]. The illustration shows a big burly blacksmith holding the Kite up in a set of pincers, the relative scales making it look like an Airfix model aircraft.

Osiris: 1 revision: Discworld import 2

2012-09-24T00:07:13Z

1 revision: Discworld import 2

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The smith of the [[Gods]].

This vacancy always arises in a well-ordered pantheon, as every organisation needs somebody who's clever with their hands to do all the odd-jobs and minor repairs about the place.

'''Neoldian''' occupies this function for the Discworld gods. In {{TLH}}, he repairs the [[Kite]] to make it airworthy for its final flight back to [[Ankh-Morpork]]. The illustration shows a big burly blacksmith holding the Kite up in a set of pincers, the relative scales making it look like an Airfix model aircraft.

==Annotation==

As mentioned in {{TLH}}, every major pantheon has one of these. Gods/Beings of craft in [[Roundworld]] pantheons include {{wp|Wayland_Smith|Wayland the Smith}}, {{wp|Vulcan_(mythology)|Vulcan}}, {{wp|Hephaestus|Hephaestus}} and Dennis. The last of these is according to TP.

[[Category: Supernatural entities]]