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History Monks

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History Monks (also known as The Order of Wen the Eternally Surprised, The Fighting Order of Wen, Men In Saffron and No Such Monastery) is a fictional secretive religious organisation in the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett, based in the Monastery of Oi-Dong. [1]

30 relations: Ankh-Morpork, Anthropomorphism, Buddhism, Cherry, Discworld, Discworld (world), Discworld Diary, Discworld gods, Going Postal, Guards! Guards!, Guilds of Ankh-Morpork, History Monks, Laozi, Night Watch (Discworld), Ninja in popular culture, Prayer wheel, Raising Steam, Religions of the Discworld, Small Gods, Susan Sto Helit, Tao Te Ching, Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant, Thief of Time, Tibet, Time, Time travel, Unseen Academicals, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, Wyrd Sisters.

Ankh-Morpork

Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which features prominently in Terry Pratchett's Discworld fantasy novels.

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Anthropomorphism

Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities.

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Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

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Cherry

A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit).

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Discworld

Discworld is a comic fantasy book series written by the English author Terry Pratchett (1948–2015), set on the fictional Discworld, a flat disc balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle, Great A'Tuin.

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Discworld (world)

The Discworld is the fictional setting for all of Terry Pratchett's Discworld fantasy novels.

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Discworld Diary

The Discworld Diaries are a series of themed diaries based on the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett.

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Discworld gods

The Discworld gods are the fictional deities from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of fantasy novels.

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Going Postal

Going Postal is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the 33rd book in his Discworld series, released in the United Kingdom on 25 September 2004.

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Guards! Guards!

Guards! Guards! is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the eighth in the Discworld series, first published in 1989.

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Guilds of Ankh-Morpork

In Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of fantasy novels, there are almost 300 Guilds in the city of Ankh-Morpork.

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History Monks

History Monks (also known as The Order of Wen the Eternally Surprised, The Fighting Order of Wen, Men In Saffron and No Such Monastery) is a fictional secretive religious organisation in the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett, based in the Monastery of Oi-Dong.

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Laozi

Laozi (. Collins English Dictionary.; also Lao-Tzu,. Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.. American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2016. or Lao-Tze;, literally "Old Master") was an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer.

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Night Watch (Discworld)

Night Watch is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the 29th book in his Discworld series, published in 2002.

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Ninja in popular culture

Ninjas are stock characters in Japanese and world popular culture.

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Prayer wheel

A prayer wheel is a cylindrical wheel on a spindle made from metal, wood, stone, leather or coarse cotton.

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Raising Steam

Raising Steam is the 40th Discworld novel, written by Terry Pratchett.

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Religions of the Discworld

The world depicted in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of novels has a lively and complex religious life.

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Small Gods

Small Gods is the thirteenth of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, published in 1992.

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Susan Sto Helit

Susan Sto Helit (also spelled Sto-Helit), once referred to as Susan Death, is a fictional character in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of fantasy novels.

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Tao Te Ching

The Tao Te Ching, also known by its pinyin romanization Daodejing or Dao De Jing, is a Chinese classic text traditionally credited to the 6th-century BC sage Laozi.

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Terry Pratchett

Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author of fantasy novels, especially comical works.

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The Fifth Elephant

The Fifth Elephant is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the 24th book in the Discworld series.

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Thief of Time

Thief of Time is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the 26th book in his Discworld series.

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Tibet

Tibet is a historical region covering much of the Tibetan Plateau in Central Asia.

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Time

Time is the indefinite continued progress of existence and events that occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future.

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Time travel

Time travel is the concept of movement between certain points in time, analogous to movement between different points in space by an object or a person, typically using a hypothetical device known as a time machine.

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Unseen Academicals

Unseen Academicals is the 37th novel in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.

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Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner

Wile E. Coyote (also known simply as "The Coyote") and the Road Runner are a duo of characters from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons.

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Wyrd Sisters

Wyrd Sisters is Terry Pratchett's sixth Discworld novel, published in 1988, and re-introduces Granny Weatherwax of Equal Rites.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_Monks

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