In the novel Small Gods, the author Pratchett, presupposes the great God Om to be a turtle, who is supported on the back of an elephant. Strange as this idea is, it is not so far from our thoughts about today’s religious world. Humans have made deities of many different animals, forms, or ideas. Om, the turtle’s alter ego, in Small Gods, is not exactly happy to be so helpless in his new form and while he is determined to get Brutha to believe in him, it is difficult and even more difficult to acquire more worshipers. It is problematic in today’s world as well. People tend to want to see what their conscious sees as normal. If one is familiar with Christianity, then the familiar form would be the figure Jesus Christ and in India, the cow is the sacred, though not the God in itself. The cow is made up of parts; the back is the God of all according to Hinduism, the creator of the universe, or the Brahmin. Lord Vishnu is her throat. Like Brutha, it is often difficult for us to accept what is not part of our normal.
Religion is such a personal phenomenon. Many join together to share similar ideologies. Many keep their own interpretations private. Some have no belief, but accordingly,” if a man lived properly, not according to what any priests said, but according to what seemed decent and honest inside, then it would, at the end, more or less turn out all right” (Pratchett pg. 100), so in some ways, perhaps even those without the benefit of a God to help or advise, man may still survive, at least according to Pratchett.

Small Gods by Terry