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'''Anathema Device''', Practical Occultist and Professional Descendant in {{GO}}. Now living at Jasmine Cottage, Tadfield.

Anathema is a self-sufficient young woman with a Ph.D. degree. She is also a descendant of the ancient witch [[Agnes Nutter]], whose prophecies are very important in this novel, and the closest thing to her ancestor genetic drift allows. During the events of the [[Apocalypse]], she deals with it quite sensibly, if only because she knew it would happen.

To draw ''[[Discworld]]'' parallels, Anathema is self-sufficient like [[Susan Sto Helit]], and good at assembling odd bits of things into magical equipment, like the traditional [[witches magic|witch]]. However, unlike Susan, she has a professed belief in the supernatural from her childhood, and could be said to be her antithesis in many ways.

==Character Annotations==
Anathema: Greek word, from [[wikipedia:Anathema|Anathema]], "banished, exiled, excommunicated" or "denounced, accursed".

The name Device was inspired by a Lancashire witch called Alizon Device. Also in the Discworld book {{LL}} there is reference to a character called [[Amanita DeVice]], who is also a witch (of sorts anyway.)

[[Category:Good Omens characters|Device, Anathema]]

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