Talk:Moist von Lipwig

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Having been a postman I was fascinated by Going Postal, particularly by the character of Moist von Lipwig. I don't have a great deal to say, but I am amazed that most people do not have appeared to pick up on something. Those of us familiar with the character know that he is a compulsive thief and conman much like Hermes/Mercury, the messenger of the Gods in classical mythology. The novel does not state explicitly that he is an incarnation of the Discworld's messenger of the Gods, but the classical allusion is interesting. It might be impractical to write him as this, since Discworld's patron of thieves is Fingers-Mazda, but Moist might well play up to any such misapprehension since he is quite capable of using religion to his advantage. If I am wrong, then Mr. Paratchett is very welcome to correct me, after all, Moist is his creation.