It is a powerful god indeed but it is what the students of ancient gods called a shape-shifter, and sometimes a trickster. (Robertson Davies)

It is a powerful god indeed but it is what the students of ancient gods called a shape-shifter, and sometimes a trickster.

Robertson Davies

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