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'''Esme “Granny” Weatherwax''' is the first and foremost witch character in Terry Pratchett’s [[Discworld Books and Stories#Novels|Discworld novels]]. As mentioned in the blurb for {{WS}}, witches don’t have leaders, but Granny is the “most highly-regarded of the leaders they don’t have” | '''Esme “Granny” Weatherwax''' is the first and foremost witch character in Terry Pratchett’s [[Discworld Books and Stories#Novels|Discworld novels]]. As mentioned in the blurb for {{WS}}, witches don’t have leaders, but Granny is the “most highly-regarded of the leaders they don’t have”.<ref>The “hag o’ hags”, as the [[Nac Mac Feegle]] put it.</ref> She is an “edge witch”, a guardian of the edges - between life and death, the Discworld and other worlds, and all sorts of other things. Her steading - the area she cares for - is in Bad Ass in the Ramtops, in the kingdom of Lancre. She is lifelong friends with Gytha “Nanny” Ogg (though you wouldn’t always know it), and sometimes forms a coven with her and a third which, primarily [[Magrat Garlick]] or [[Agnes Nitt]]. She later becomes mentor to [[Tiffany Aching]], who she eventually names her successor. | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:57, 19 December 2023
Esme “Granny” Weatherwax is the first and foremost witch character in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels. As mentioned in the blurb for Wyrd Sisters, witches don’t have leaders, but Granny is the “most highly-regarded of the leaders they don’t have”.[1] She is an “edge witch”, a guardian of the edges - between life and death, the Discworld and other worlds, and all sorts of other things. Her steading - the area she cares for - is in Bad Ass in the Ramtops, in the kingdom of Lancre. She is lifelong friends with Gytha “Nanny” Ogg (though you wouldn’t always know it), and sometimes forms a coven with her and a third which, primarily Magrat Garlick or Agnes Nitt. She later becomes mentor to Tiffany Aching, who she eventually names her successor.
Books and Stories
Granny appears in:
- Equal Rites
- Wyrd Sisters
- Witches Abroad
- Lords and Ladies
- “The Sea and Little Fishes”
- Carpe Jugulum
- The Science of Discworld II: The Globe (cameo)
- The Wee Free Men (cameo)
- A Hat Full of Sky
- Wintersmith
- I Shall Wear Midnight (cameo)
- The Shepherd's Crown (cameo)
- Tiffany Aching’s Guide to Being a Witch
External links
- Granny Weatherwax at the L-Space wiki
- Granny Weatherwax on Wikipedia
Footnotes
- ↑ The “hag o’ hags”, as the Nac Mac Feegle put it.