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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 from Leng]]
* race: [[Tcho-Tcho]]s (probably responsible for the Burmese translation?)

==Heresies and Controversies==

* Possibly related to [[Dhole]]s, possibly translated into Burmese by [[Tcho-Tcho]]s, 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.



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-* Possibly related to [[Dhole]]s, possibly translated into Burmese by [[Tcho-Tcho]]s, possibly originating on the [[Plateau of Leng]] and written by [[Men from Leng]].
+* Possibly related to [[Dhole]]s, possibly translated into Burmese by [[Tcho-Tcho]]s, possibly originating on the [[Plateau of Leng]] and written by [[Man of Leng|Men from Leng]].
 * In Gaelic the words at dhol mean "to go," and this may have some relevance to the function of the chants.

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 * location:  [[Plateau of Leng]]
 * race:  [[Dholes]] (probably unrelated, but maybe not?)
-* race:  [[Men from Leng]]
+* race:  [[Man of Leng|Men of Leng]]
 * race:  [[Tcho-Tcho]]s (probably responsible for the Burmese translation?)