Dhol Chants
The Dhôl Chants were created by H.P. Lovecraft for Hazel Heald, and picked up by August Derleth, then Brian Lumley, and eventually expanded by Chaosium for the Call of Cthulhu (RPG).
Description
The Dhôl Chants - a book dealing with Dhôls (or dholes?) and their various ceremonies and spells. It is probably pre- or early human, being attributed to malign and non-human inhabitants of the Plateau of Leng and possibly the Tcho-Tcho People It was translated into Burmese.
Burmese Version
- author: Unknown
- Language: Burmese
- Number of known copies (if rare): Unknown, but rare.
- Last known location of surviving copies (if rare): Unknown, but most are probably in Burma.
Physical Description: (probably takes the form of antique and tattered scrolls?)
General Content: A book dealing with Dhôls (or dholes?) and their various ceremonies and spells, particularly as relating to music. It is probably pre- or early human, being attributed to malign and non-human inhabitants of the Plateau of Leng.
German Version
- Author: Heinrich Zimmerman, the noted German musical academic, translated into German
- Language: German
- Number of Copies (if rare): Unknown
- Last known location of surviving copies (if rare): Unknown
Heinrich Zimmerman, the noted German musical academic, translated the chants into modern musical notation, and they were published with a commentary by Zimmerman.
English Version
- Author: Unknown, from Heinrich Zimmerman's German translation
- Language: English
- Number of Copies (if rare): Unknown
- Last known location of surviving copies (if rare): Unknown
An English version is known to exist running to more than 127 pages.
Associated Mythos Elements
- location: Plateau of Leng
- race: Dholes (probably unrelated, but maybe not?)
- race: Men of Leng
- race: Tcho-Tchos (probably responsible for the Burmese translation?)
Heresies and Controversies
- Possibly related to Dholes, possibly translated into Burmese by Tcho-Tchos, possibly originating on the Plateau of Leng and written by Men from Leng.
- In Gaelic the words at dhol mean "to go," and this may have some relevance to the function of the chants.
