“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 gods sat and smiled. Then on the altar of Zungari a priest had set a figure squat, carven in purple agate, saying: ‘Yazun is god.’ Still the gods sat and smiled.”
Alias Zungari |
Real Names/Alt Names Zungari |
Characteristics Gods of Pegana, Deity, Prehuman Epoch |
Creators/Key Contributors Lord Dunsany |
First Appearance Time and the Gods (1906) |
First Publisher William Heinemann |
Appearance List Later editions: Time and the Gods (circa 1918, unauthorized omnibus), Time and the Gods (1922) revised by Dunsany, Time and the Gods (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1922), Beyond the Fields We Know (Ballantine, 1972) ed. Lin Carter. |
Sample Read Time and the Gods [Internet Archive] |
Description “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 gods sat and smiled. Then on the altar of Zungari a priest had set a figure squat, carven in purple agate, saying: ‘Yazun is god.’ Still the gods sat and smiled.” |
Source Time and the Gods – Wikipedia |