# Pombo — The Book of Wonder character guide

> Pombo in The Book of Wonder by Lord Dunsany.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Pombo the Idolater

**First appearance:** 0007-the-injudicious-prayers-of-pombo-the-idolater

## Snapshot

Pombo the Idolater, an impertinent Londoner whose prayers no respectable god will hear, descends the stairs at World's End to seek the disreputable idol Duth.

## Who they are

Pombo is a self-styled idolater whose etiquette has offended every proper deity, so an arch-idolater sends him past Lonely House and Maharrion to a small, scandalous god who grants what no respectable heaven would. Fearful of the dark yet buoyed by the thought that he 'has the gods,' he takes the long, not entirely honest road to World's End. His journey sets the tale's comic and eerie stakes: how far will a man go when only the disreputable will listen?

## Relationships

### [Ammuz](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/characters/ammuz)

_friendship_

Ammuz and Pombo are playful companions, often seen together in lighthearted escapades.

### [Maharrion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/characters/maharrion)

_friendship_

Maharrion and Pombo share a cheerful friendship, marked by mutual amusement and cooperation.

### [Captain Shard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/characters/captain_shard)

_friendship_

Captain Shard and Pombo are fellow travelers, sharing a sense of adventure and mischief.

## In the story

### [The Book of Wonder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/chapters/the-book-of-wonder)

Mentioned in the context of idolatry and iconoclasm.

### [The Injudicious Prayers of Pombo the Idolater](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/chapters/the-injudicious-prayers-of-pombo-the-idolater)

The idolater who prays to many gods, breaks his idols, and journeys to World's End to seek help from the disreputable god Duth, only to fall from the world.

### [Chu-bu and Sheemish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/chapters/chu-bu-and-sheemish)

Not directly present; the chapter focuses on Chu-bu and Sheemish, not Pombo.

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