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Lord Dunsany

Creator Lord Dunsany (1878-1957)
Profession Writer (short story writer, playwright, novelist, poet)
Total Entries 35
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Lord Dunsany – TV Tropes
Lord Dunsany – Wikipedia
Dunsany’s most influential works relating to ancient myths are his “Pegana” stories, within which a complete fictional pantheon and its associated mythology are constructed. The Complete Pegana combines three of Dunsany’s collections: The Gods of Pegana (1905), Time and the Gods (1906), and three later stories grouped as Beyond the Fields We Know. In a word, these tales are magnificent! There have been plenty of authors who have created their own fictional mythos, but I can’t think of any other who so perfectly captures the spirit of ancient myths and bends that spirit to his own purposes… These stories were undeniably an influence on H.P. Lovecraft, J.R.R. Tolkien and, as we note below, Fletcher Pratt… The books are collections of short parables and myths describing the fictional world of Pegana, its rather mean-spirited and neurotic deities, and its prophets and kings. The Gods of Pegana begins with short tales describing each of the gods and the tale of creation, and evolve into tales of the prophets and kings and their interactions with the fickle gods. ~ Lord Dunsany’s Pegana – Skulls in the Stars

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Dorozhand

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Sitting above the lives of the people, and looking, doth Dorozhand see that which is to be. The god of Destiny is Dorozhand. Upon whom have looked the eyes of Dorozhand he goeth forward to […]
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Sitting above the lives of the people, and looking, doth Dorozhand see that which is to be. The god of Destiny is Dorozhand. Upon whom have looked the eyes of Dorozhand he goeth forward to […]
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Eimes, Zanes and Segastrion

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“There be three broad rivers of the plain, born before memory or fable, whose mothers are three grey peaks and whose father was the storm. There names be Eimës, Zänës, and Segástrion. And Eimës is […]
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“There be three broad rivers of the plain, born before memory or fable, whose mothers are three grey peaks and whose father was the storm. There names be Eimës, Zänës, and Segástrion. And Eimës is […]
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Famine

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“Then the men of Yarnith when they knew that the Famine came not from the gods, arose and strove against [Yarni Zai]. They dug deep for wells, and slew goats for food high up on […]
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“Then the men of Yarnith when they knew that the Famine came not from the gods, arose and strove against [Yarni Zai]. They dug deep for wells, and slew goats for food high up on […]
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Gribaun

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These be the gods of the hearth: Pitsu, who stroketh the cat; Hobith who calms the dog; and Habaniah, the lord of glowing embers; and little Zumbiboo, the lord of dust; and old Gribaun, who […]
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These be the gods of the hearth: Pitsu, who stroketh the cat; Hobith who calms the dog; and Habaniah, the lord of glowing embers; and little Zumbiboo, the lord of dust; and old Gribaun, who […]
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Habaniah

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These be the gods of the hearth: Pitsu, who stroketh the cat; Hobith who calms the dog; and Habaniah, the lord of glowing embers; and little Zumbiboo, the lord of dust; and old Gribaun, who […]
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These be the gods of the hearth: Pitsu, who stroketh the cat; Hobith who calms the dog; and Habaniah, the lord of glowing embers; and little Zumbiboo, the lord of dust; and old Gribaun, who […]
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Hish

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“And when it is dark, all in the hour of Triboogie, Hish creepeth from the forest, the Lord of Silence, whose children are the bats, that have broken the command of their father, but in […]
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“And when it is dark, all in the hour of Triboogie, Hish creepeth from the forest, the Lord of Silence, whose children are the bats, that have broken the command of their father, but in […]
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Hobith

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“These be the gods of the hearth: Pitsu, who stroketh the cat; Hobith who calms the dog; and Habaniah, the lord of glowing embers; and little Zumbiboo, the lord of dust; and old Gribaun, who […]
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“These be the gods of the hearth: Pitsu, who stroketh the cat; Hobith who calms the dog; and Habaniah, the lord of glowing embers; and little Zumbiboo, the lord of dust; and old Gribaun, who […]
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Hoodrazai

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“Hoodrazai, who hath found the secret of MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI, and knoweth the wherefore of the making of the gods. They say that Hoodrazai stands all alone in Pegana and speaks to none because he knows what […]
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“Hoodrazai, who hath found the secret of MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI, and knoweth the wherefore of the making of the gods. They say that Hoodrazai stands all alone in Pegana and speaks to none because he knows what […]
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Inzana

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“Inzana was the child of all the gods. And the law before the Beginning and thereafter was that all should obey the gods, yet hither and thither went all Pegana’s gods to obey the Dawnchild […]
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“Inzana was the child of all the gods. And the law before the Beginning and thereafter was that all should obey the gods, yet hither and thither went all Pegana’s gods to obey the Dawnchild […]
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Jabim

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And Jabim is the Lord of broken things, who sitteth behind the house to lament the things that are cast away. And there he sitteth lamenting the broken things until the worlds be ended, or […]
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And Jabim is the Lord of broken things, who sitteth behind the house to lament the things that are cast away. And there he sitteth lamenting the broken things until the worlds be ended, or […]
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Joseph Jorkens

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The Jorkens stories are usually told in the “frame” of a gentlemen’s club in London, to which the narrator is invited in the first story, and of which he becomes a member. In general, Jorkens […]
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The Jorkens stories are usually told in the “frame” of a gentlemen’s club in London, to which the narrator is invited in the first story, and of which he becomes a member. In general, Jorkens […]
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Kai the Sentinel

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[The King said unto Syrahn, the prophet]: “I have a need.” And Syrahn answered: “Thou art a man.” And the King said: “Where lie the days that were and certain hours?” And Syrahn answered: “These […]
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[The King said unto Syrahn, the prophet]: “I have a need.” And Syrahn answered: “Thou art a man.” And the King said: “Where lie the days that were and certain hours?” And Syrahn answered: “These […]
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Kib

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“Then Kib grew weary of the first game of the gods, and raised his hand in Pegana, making the sign of Kib, and Earth became covered with beasts for Kib to play with. And Kib […]
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“Then Kib grew weary of the first game of the gods, and raised his hand in Pegana, making the sign of Kib, and Earth became covered with beasts for Kib to play with. And Kib […]
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Kilooloogung

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“There is also Kilooloogung, the lord of arising smoke, who taketh the smoke from the hearth and sendeth it to the sky, who is pleased if it reacheth Pegana, so that the gods of Pegana, […]
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“There is also Kilooloogung, the lord of arising smoke, who taketh the smoke from the hearth and sendeth it to the sky, who is pleased if it reacheth Pegana, so that the gods of Pegana, […]
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Limpang-Tung

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“And Limpang-Tung said: ‘The ways of the gods are strange.The flower groweth up and the flower fadeth away. This may be very clever of the gods. Man groweth from his infancy, and in a while […]
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“And Limpang-Tung said: ‘The ways of the gods are strange.The flower groweth up and the flower fadeth away. This may be very clever of the gods. Man groweth from his infancy, and in a while […]
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Mana-Yood-Sushai

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“Before there stood gods upon Olympus, or ever Allah was Allah, had wrought and rested MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI. There are in Pegana Mung and Sish and Kib, and the maker of all small gods, who is MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI. […]
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“Before there stood gods upon Olympus, or ever Allah was Allah, had wrought and rested MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI. There are in Pegana Mung and Sish and Kib, and the maker of all small gods, who is MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI. […]
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Mosahn

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“And from the innermost of Pegana’s vales shall the bird of doom, Mosahn, whose voice is like the trumpet, soar upward with boisterous beatings of his wings above Pegana’s mountains and the gods, and there […]
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“And from the innermost of Pegana’s vales shall the bird of doom, Mosahn, whose voice is like the trumpet, soar upward with boisterous beatings of his wings above Pegana’s mountains and the gods, and there […]
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Mung

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“One day as a man trod upon the road that Kib had given him to tread he came suddenly upon Mung. And when Mung said: ‘I am Mung!’ the man cried out: ‘Alas, that I […]
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“One day as a man trod upon the road that Kib had given him to tread he came suddenly upon Mung. And when Mung said: ‘I am Mung!’ the man cried out: ‘Alas, that I […]
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Pattering Leaves

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“Pattering Leaves, the dancer, cried: ‘Not any more, not any more at all shall we drift up the carven hall to dance before the King. He that now watches the magic of his prophets will […]
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“Pattering Leaves, the dancer, cried: ‘Not any more, not any more at all shall we drift up the carven hall to dance before the King. He that now watches the magic of his prophets will […]
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Pitsu

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“These be the gods of the hearth: Pitsu, who stroketh the cat; Hobith who calms the dog; and Habaniah, the lord of glowing embers; and little Zumbiboo, the lord of dust; and old Gribaun, who […]
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“These be the gods of the hearth: Pitsu, who stroketh the cat; Hobith who calms the dog; and Habaniah, the lord of glowing embers; and little Zumbiboo, the lord of dust; and old Gribaun, who […]
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Roon

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“Roon said: ‘There be gods of moving and gods of standing still, but I am the god of Going.’ It is because of Roon that the worlds are never still, for the moons and the […]
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“Roon said: ‘There be gods of moving and gods of standing still, but I am the god of Going.’ It is because of Roon that the worlds are never still, for the moons and the […]
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Shimono Kani

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“Only Shimono Kani, the youngest of the gods, made him a harp out of the heart strings of all the elder gods, and, sitting upon the Path of Stars all in the Midst of Things, […]
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“Only Shimono Kani, the youngest of the gods, made him a harp out of the heart strings of all the elder gods, and, sitting upon the Path of Stars all in the Midst of Things, […]
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Sirami

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“But where the River flows through Pegana’s gates, between the great twin constellations Yum and Gothum, where Yum stands sentinel upon the left and Gothum upon the right, there sits Sirami, the lord of All […]
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“But where the River flows through Pegana’s gates, between the great twin constellations Yum and Gothum, where Yum stands sentinel upon the left and Gothum upon the right, there sits Sirami, the lord of All […]
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Sish

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“Time is the hound of Sish. At Sish’s bidding do the hours run before him as he goeth upon his way. Never hath Sish stepped backward nor ever hath he tarried; never hath he relented […]
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“Time is the hound of Sish. At Sish’s bidding do the hours run before him as he goeth upon his way. Never hath Sish stepped backward nor ever hath he tarried; never hath he relented […]
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Skarl the Drummer

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“After Mana-Yood-Sushai ‘made the gods and Skarl’ Skarl made a drum and beat on it in order to lull his creator to sleep; he keeps drumming eternally, for ‘if he cease for an instant then […]
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“After Mana-Yood-Sushai ‘made the gods and Skarl’ Skarl made a drum and beat on it in order to lull his creator to sleep; he keeps drumming eternally, for ‘if he cease for an instant then […]
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Slid

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“And Slid said: “I am the Lord of gliding waters and of foaming waters and of still. I am the Lord of all the waters in the world and all that long streams garner in […]
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“And Slid said: “I am the Lord of gliding waters and of foaming waters and of still. I am the Lord of all the waters in the world and all that long streams garner in […]
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Three Islands’ Gods

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“And they that sought the gods followed for thirty nights the lightnings in the sky over five mountains, and as they came to the summit of the last, they saw a valley beneath them, and […]
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“And they that sought the gods followed for thirty nights the lightnings in the sky over five mountains, and as they came to the summit of the last, they saw a valley beneath them, and […]
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Triboogie

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“There is also Triboogie, the Lord of Dusk, whose children are the shadows, who sitteth in a corner far off from Habaniah and speaketh to none. But after Habaniah hath gone to sleep and old […]
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“There is also Triboogie, the Lord of Dusk, whose children are the shadows, who sitteth in a corner far off from Habaniah and speaketh to none. But after Habaniah hath gone to sleep and old […]
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Trogool

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“Trogool is the Thing that is neither god nor beast, who neither howls nor breathes, only It turns over the leaves of a great book, black and white, black and white for ever until THE […]
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“Trogool is the Thing that is neither god nor beast, who neither howls nor breathes, only It turns over the leaves of a great book, black and white, black and white for ever until THE […]
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Umbool

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“Then Mung went down into a waste of Afrik, and came upon the drought Umbool as he sat in the desert upon iron rocks, clawing with miserly grasp at the bones of men and breathing […]
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“Then Mung went down into a waste of Afrik, and came upon the drought Umbool as he sat in the desert upon iron rocks, clawing with miserly grasp at the bones of men and breathing […]
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Wohoon

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“But away in the forest whence Hish hath come Wohoon, the Lord of Noises in the Night, awaketh in his lair and creepeth round the forest to see whether it be true that Hish hath […]
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“But away in the forest whence Hish hath come Wohoon, the Lord of Noises in the Night, awaketh in his lair and creepeth round the forest to see whether it be true that Hish hath […]
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Yahn

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“The men of Zonu hold that Yahn is God, who sits as a usurer behind a heap of little lustrous gems and ever clutches at them with both his arms. Scarce larger than a drop […]
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“The men of Zonu hold that Yahn is God, who sits as a usurer behind a heap of little lustrous gems and ever clutches at them with both his arms. Scarce larger than a drop […]
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Yoharneth-Lahai

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“Then on the River I saw the dream-built ship of the god Yoharneth-Lahai, whose great prow lifted grey into the air above the River of Silence… Yaoharneth-Lahai is the god of little dreams and fancies. […]
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“Then on the River I saw the dream-built ship of the god Yoharneth-Lahai, whose great prow lifted grey into the air above the River of Silence… Yaoharneth-Lahai is the god of little dreams and fancies. […]
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Zumbiboo

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“These be the gods of the hearth: Pitsu, who stroketh the cat; Hobith who calms the dog; and Habaniah, the lord of glowing embers; and little Zumbiboo, the lord of dust; and old Gribaun, who […]
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“These be the gods of the hearth: Pitsu, who stroketh the cat; Hobith who calms the dog; and Habaniah, the lord of glowing embers; and little Zumbiboo, the lord of dust; and old Gribaun, who […]
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Zungari

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“The people of Mlideen had said: ‘Yoma is god.’ And the gods sat and smiled. And after the forgetting of Yoma and the passing of years the people had said: ‘Zungari is god.’ And the […]
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“The people of Mlideen had said: ‘Yoma is god.’ And the gods sat and smiled. And after the forgetting of Yoma and the passing of years the people had said: ‘Zungari is god.’ And the […]