Dhole Ant-Lion
The Bhole Ant-Lion (AKA "Dhole Ant-Lion" [sic] first appears in Gary Myers and Marc Laidlaw's "The Summons of Nuguth-Yug (fiction)".
Description
I inadvertently kicked a skull backward into the pit.... And then I heard what could only be its echo rolling back up to the rim. But too loud was the sound, and too irregular the intervals of its repetition.... And then I perceived the terrible truth... the skull had disturbed the ant-lion, and the ant-lion was crawling up!
— Gary Myers and Marc Laidlaw, "The Summons of Nuguth-Yug (fiction)"
These gigantic creatures live in the Vale of Pnath. Here in the vast plain of bones, they make their crater-like pits. Each waits at the bottom of its pit until some creature comes into it. Then, roused by dislodged bones, the ant-lion rises up from its hole, grabs its prey in powerful mandibles, and drags it down to feast upon. Even the great Bholes have been known to fall prey to these behemoths.
Associated Mythos Elements
- Setting: Dreamlands, Underworld, Vale of Pnath
- race: Bhole
References
- fiction: Gary Myers and Marc Laidlaw, "The Summons of Nuguth-Yug (fiction)"
- sourcebook: H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands
