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** Though the author admits that she was [[Writing by the Seat of Your Pants|writing by the seat of her pants]] during the point where most of these were introduced, so she didn't actually intend to use them when they were first introduced. The ones she ''did'' plan on being [[Chekhov's Gun|Chekhov's Guns]] are straight examples, of course.
* [[Church Militant]]: The Veiled, after a fashion. They're more of a police force than military, and are at the disposal of ''multiple'' deities rather than a single faith.
* [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe]]: The Black Mother was created when street children adapted their own version of a myth. (Especially tragic, [[:Category:Nightmare Fuel|to the point of horrifying,]] when you realize that the whole process that created her is based on an elaborate set of "secret stories" created by [https://web.archive.org/web/20131103080650/http://www.miaminewtimes.com/1997-06-05/news/myths-over-miami/ homeless children in Miami].)
** It is implied that this was not a unique case.
* [[A Crack in the Ice]]: On the quest, {{spoiler|Digger and Murai}} fall into a crevasse in a snowfield {{spoiler|as cryptically prophesied by the slug. Murai breaks her arm, and Grim Eyes and Shadowchild are barely able to save them.}}
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* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Hyena people do not consider other sapient species and races as people. Also, all but one of the human guides from a particular village refused to escort a crew that included non-humans.
** And ''he'' had a {{spoiler|deer's head}}.
* [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]]: The Good Man is fairly clearly based on Jesus, and [[God of Evil|the Black Mother]] on [https://web.archive.org/web/20131103080650/http://www.miaminewtimes.com/1997-06-05/news/myths-over-miami/ a story about a group of street kids who created a derivative mythology.]
* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]: In this universe there are trolls, dead gods, "Jesus", magic, a "Virgin Mary" (who may or may not be an evil witch as well), Ganesh, demons, talking animals, and [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|deer-minotaurs made from herbal pills]].
* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: The hyenas have one. Exiled tribe members have their name "eaten", making them a nonentity in their culture.
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* [[Tiny Guy, Huge Girl]]: [http://www.diggercomic.com/?p=507 Little Skin Painter and Blood Eyes], because of the way hyena biology works.
* [[Troll Bridge]]: Surka the ''professional'' bridge troll. She's actually a shrew, although she has a couple of popular trolls on hand too.
* [[Truth in Television]]: The creation of the Black Mother, in particular the reasoning devised by the refugee children, is based on a [https://web.archive.org/web/20131103080650/http://www.miaminewtimes.com/1997-06-05/news/myths-over-miami/ La Llorona mythos] that emerged among children in Miami shelters. Ditto about the high infant mortality rate of the firstborn cubs of hyenas. And the myth of vampire squash, although in the comic it actually happens. And the [[Made of Iron|extremely rugged backsides of wombats.]]
** Ursula Vernon stories are often large amounts of [[Shown Their Work]] for some of the more ridiculous aspects of biology and mythology.
* [[Tunnel King]]: Digger.
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