Is Granny Aching some sort of local shepherd goddess?
In Wintersmith it's stated that "the stories floated up and gathered around her, all those stories about her finding lost lambs even though she was dead, all those stories about her, still, watching over people…"
In Small Gods, didn't Om say that his first believer was someone who he'd returned a lamb/ewe/goat too?
If one believer was enough to make Om and set him on the path to godhood, what could the people of the chalk do?













