The Gods of Pegāna

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