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    WolfInSheepsClothing

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    Default Re: Things You Never Noticed VII: Wait, This Isnt the MitD Thread?

    Quote Originally Posted by deltamire View Post
    Doing a re-read of Utterly Dwarfed, and I noticed on page 983 that Durkon refers to 'Thursday school'. The word Thursday is said to come from an Old English variant of 'Thor's Day' - so a bit of an equivalent of Sunday School, but showing how it's different to the Christian idea. It's a tiny little detail, but I think it's a fun worldbuilding aspect that highlights just how ingrained worship was in Durkon's life.
    And the holy day of Odin worshippers is Wednesday (page 2, panel 2)

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