Brick Cylinders of Kadatheron
The Brick Cylinders of Kadatheron originally appeared in H.P. Lovecraft's "The Doom That Came to Sarnath (fiction)", but are not described in any detail.
Description
It is written on the brick cylinders of Kadatheron that the beings of Ib were in hue as green as the lake and the mists that rise above it; that they had bulging eyes, pouting, flabby lips, and curious ears, and were without voice. It is also written that they descended one night from the moon in a mist; they and the vast still lake and grey stone city Ib. However this may be, it is certain that they worshipped a sea-green stone idol chiselled in the likeness of Bokrug, the great water-lizard; before which they danced horribly when the moon was gibbous....
— H.P. Lovecraft, "The Doom That Came to Sarnath (fiction)"
Original Version
- Number of known copies (if rare): (unique)
- Last known location of surviving copies (if rare): the Dreamlands
- Spells: Brew Space-Mead (spell)
- Sanity Loss: minimal
- Mythos Knowledge: minimal
- Dream Knowledge: minor
- Study: average of 6 weeks to study and comprehend
A series of seven brick-like cylinders engraved in a Dreamlands tongue, by an unknown scribe of Kadatheron consisting of much of the history of the land of Mnar and the city of Ib, relating part of the introduction to "The Doom that Came to Sarnath (fiction)"; the content is similar to the Papyrus of Ilarnek.
Associated Mythos Elements
- tome: Papyrus of Ilarnek (contains similar content)
- setting: Dreamlands
- location: Mnar, Ib, Sarnath, Thraa, Ilarnek, and Kadatheron on the winding River Ai
- cult: Bokrug, the Water-Lizard; Idol of Bokrug
- race: Being of Ib
Appearances
- fiction: H.P. Lovecraft's "The Doom That Came to Sarnath (fiction)"
