The Gods of Pegāna

Name: The Gods of Pegāna
Rating: 7 (3 reviews)
Author: Lord Dunsany

THE GODS OF PEGANA is a rich tapestry of imaginative fantasy, one of the landmark collections of short stories from the early 20th century, and a tremendous influence on writers ranging from H.P. Lovecraft to Ursula K. LeGuin.

"Dunsany was the second writer (William Morris in the 1880s being the first) fully to exploit the possibilities of... adventurous fantasy laid in imaginary lands, with gods, witches, spirits, and magic, like children's fairy tales but on a sophisticated adult level." – L. Sprague de Camp.

"[Dunsany's] rich language, his cosmic point of view, his remote dream-worlds, and his exquisite sense of the fantastic, all appeal to me more than anything else in modern literature." – H. P. Lovecraft

Contents:

Preface
The Gods of Pegāna
Of Skarl the Drummer
Of the Making of the Worlds
Of the Game of the Gods
The Chaunt of the Gods
The Sayings of Kib
Concerning Sish
The Sayings of Slid
The Deeds of Mung
The Chaunt of the Priests
The Sayings of Limpang-Tung
Of Yoharneth-Lahai
Of Roon, the God of Going
The Revolt of the Home Gods
Of Dorozhand
The Eye in the Waste
Of the Thing That Is Neither God Nor Beast
Yonath the Prophet
Yug the Prophet
Alhireth-Hotep the Prophet
Kabok the Prophet
Of the Calamity That Befel Yūn-Ilāra by the Sea, and of the Building of the Tower of the Ending of Days
Of How the Gods Whelmed Sidith
Of How Imbaun Became High Prophet in Aradec of All the Gods Save One
Of How Imbaun Met Zodrak
Pegāna
The Sayings of Imbaun
Of How Imbaun Spake of Death to the King
Of Ood
The River
The Bird of Doom and the End