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All gods are tricksters, and war gods worst of any.

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Janet Morris
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: May 25
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Janet Ellen Morris
Janet E. Morris
Tricksters
Ontology
Gods
Worst
War

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