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'''''Equal Rites''''' is the third ''[[
The plot begins with a dying wizard who wants to bestow his staff and power upon a suitable baby - an eighth son of an eighth son. However, due to some confusion, he does so to the eighth ''child'' of an eighth son, who happens to be a girl given the name Eskarina. The book centres around Eskarina being brought up and trained by Granny Weatherwax the witch, and muses on the difference between wizard magic and witch magic (broadly speaking, out of the sky and all mythic grandeur vs. out of the earth and to do with people). After failing to raise her as a witch because of the constant interventions of the sentient staff, Granny decides to take her to Unseen University in Ankh-Morpork to see what the wizards make of her. An up-and-coming (if gangly and clumsy) wizard genius named Simon provides added spin to Esk's quest to figure out just what kind of magic she's part of.
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* [[The Call Left a Message]]
* [[Can Not Tell a Lie]]: The Zoons, a river-trading people who are mostly physically incapable of lying, except for their political leaders who are specially trained and known as Liars. It's noted that the first lie they ever achieved was "Actually, my grandfather is quite tall", and the current Liar attained his position with the bold claim that his grandfather was seventeen feet tall.
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: Granny's specific role as The Crone since ''[[Discworld
* [[Continuity Nod]]
** A rag rug made presumably by her mom or dad (maybe the quilt Granny uses) is mentioned in {{spoiler|Granny's will in}} ''[[Discworld
** It was thought for a long time that Eskarina was a victim of [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]] in that she is not mentioned for several dozen books throughout the series, some personalities in the book no longer seem canonical, and a [[Discworld
* [[Cosmic Horror]]: The Things from the Dungeon Dimensions, subverted in that they are actually quite weak when attacked in their own dimension, being cobbled together out of parts from random creatures.
* [[Curse]]
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* [[I Have Brothers]]
* [[Lovely Assistant]]: Referenced, the members of the Guild of Conjurers are accompanied by "sad thin women in spangly tights" (as in The Amazing Bunko and Doris).
* [[The Mind Is a Plaything of
* [[Readings Are Off the Scale]]: When Esk is in the Dungeon Dimensions and the staff (standing upright in the river) empathically feels this, it grows impossibly cold, freezing the river -- but the water immediately around the staff is so cold that it actually ''anti-boils''.
* [[Retcon]]: Blink and you'll miss it, but this is actually the first book to refer to the leader of Unseen University as the Archchancellor -- in ''The Light Fantastic'' Galder Weatherwax was just described as the Chancellor. Later books retconned the Archchancellor title as always being there.
* [[Shapeshifter Showdown]]: The duel between Cutangle and Granny, inspired by those in the Arthurian Mythos (and perhaps best known to modern eyes through Disney's ''[[The Sword in
* [[Shout-Out]]: The other worlds that the Things are trying to break into include a flat world with a [[World Tree]], another flat world with the Midgard Serpent (also referenced in ''[[Discworld
* [[The Talk]]: Averted constantly. Either Esk is dense or really good at faking.
* [[Talking in Your Dreams]]
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