Nuth

Precisely when the Nuth priests said they would, the rains came.

Joust Lackey, Mercedes 2003

Chapter Seven IT was the business of the priests and priestesses of the goddess Nuth-or, more accurately, the Seers among those priests and priestesses'to predict the start of the season of winter rains.

Joust Lackey, Mercedes 2003

Trynihid, even if she might follow in truth the new faith as preached by Nuth-a gentle, middle-aged man who tried to heal bodies as well as lighten minds with his teaching-was still of the kin clan and nodded her own head when Myrddin spoke of the importance of keeping the child safe.

Merlin's Mirror Norton, Andre 1975

Nuth warned young Tonker against greed, and explained that the emeralds were worth less than cheese until they were safe away from the dreadful wood.

The Book of Wonder Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany 1917

Tonker had asked for a pistol, but Nuth replied that the sound of a shot "would bring everything down on us," and no more was said about it.

The Book of Wonder Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany 1917

This is bad taste: but those whose culture is more elegant invariably send Nuth a night or two after their visit.

The Book of Wonder Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany 1917

Nuth had foreseen, to that lean, high house where the gnoles so secretly dwelt.

The Book of Wonder Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany 1917

His skill may be counted upon; I have seen a shadow on a windy night move more noisily than Nuth, for Nuth is a burglar by trade.

The Book of Wonder Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany 1917

And often when I see some huge, new house full of old furniture and portraits from other ages, I say to myself, "These mouldering chairs, these full-length ancestors and carved mahogany are the produce of the incomparable Nuth."

The Book of Wonder Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany 1917

Tonker flickered up, but to Nuth's experienced sense it seemed too silent; and all the while there was that look in the sky that was worse than a spoken doom, so that Nuth, as is often the case when men are in doubt, had leisure to fear the worst.

The Book of Wonder Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany 1917