The Gods of Pegana: Classic Fantasy Stories
by:
Lord Dunsany (author)
Lord Dunsany was an Irish dramatist and storyteller. His fantasy worlds combined imagination with ingenuity to create stories full of wonder. His more than 50 works were full of fairies and gods. His kingdoms could often be macabre. Mana-Yood-Sushai is a fictional deity in The Gods of Pegana, and...
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Lord Dunsany was an Irish dramatist and storyteller. His fantasy worlds combined imagination with ingenuity to create stories full of wonder. His more than 50 works were full of fairies and gods. His kingdoms could often be macabre. Mana-Yood-Sushai is a fictional deity in The Gods of Pegana, and also mentioned in a later work, Time and the Gods. In these books, he is the first god and creator of all the other gods. No one is to pray to him since if he awakens he will destroy the world and recreate new gods. The Gods of Pegana is a series of short stories linked together by the Gods who live in Pegana. Dunsany's work influenced J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, and Ursula LeGuin.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781880448946 (1880448947)
Publish date: March 1st 2010
Publisher: Borgo Press
Pages no: 108
Edition language: English
The Gods of Pegana is an invented pantheon. This slim book by Lord Dunsany has been tremendously influential, having inspired illustrious personages such as H.P.Lovecraft and J.R.R.Tolkien. And the original illustrations by Sidney Sime are classics by themselves.I have been wanting to read this bo...
preface - In the mists before THE BEGINNING, Fate and Chance cast lots todecide whose the Game should be; and he that won strode throughthe mists to MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI and said: "Now make gods for Me, forI have won the cast and the Game is to be Mine." Who it was thatwon the cast, and whether it was F...
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