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'''Jungles of Kled'''

Origin: [[H.P. Lovecraft]], ''[[Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath (fiction)]]''



==In the Mythos==
<blockquote>
Late in the day the galleon reached those bends of the river which traverse the perfumed jungles of Kled. Here Carter wished he might disembark, for in those tropic tangles sleep wondrous palaces of ivory, lone and unbroken, where once dwelt fabulous monarchs of a land whose name is forgotten. Spells of the Elder Ones keep those places unharmed and undecayed, for it is written that there may one day be need of them again; and elephant caravans have glimpsed them from afar by moonlight, though none dares approach them closely because of the guardians to which their wholeness is due. But the ship swept on, and dusk hushed the hum of the day, and the first stars above blinked answers to the early fireflies on the banks as that jungle fell far behind, leaving only its fragrance as a memory that it had been. And all through the night that galleon floated on past mysteries unseen and unsuspected. Once a lookout reported fires on the hills to the east, but the sleepy captain said they had better not be looked at too much, since it was highly uncertain just who or what had lit them.
<br>— [[H.P. Lovecraft]], ''[[Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath (fiction)]]''
</blockquote>

A jungle land along the [[River Oukranos]] beyond [[Thran]], the green and verdant hills and valleys dotted with abandoned and haunted cities and palaces preserved by the Old Ones against the day of their return. Elephant caravans are known to skirt the more dangerous reaches of the jungles.

==Heresies and Controversies==


==Keeper Notes==


==Associated Mythos Elements==

* location: [[Kiran]], a curious pinnacled and terraced temple-city of carved red jasper
* location: [[Thran]], alabaster city of gilded spires
* location: the forboding and haunted [[Jungles of Kled]]
* location: the mysterious [[Cerenerian Sea]]
* location: the trading city of [[Hlanith]] by the Sea
* location: the land of [[Ooth-Nargai]] on the Cerenerian Sea
* location: [[Celaphais]], capital city of Ooth-Nargai
* creature: the shy, lumbering, and fabled [[Buopoth]]s said to emerge sometimes from hiding to drink from the river; few living men have seen one, and none may describe it

==References==
* fiction: Lovecraft's "[[Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath (fiction)]]" and "[[The Silver Key (fiction)]]"

[[Category:Mythos:Locations]][[Category:Mythos:Locations:Dreamlands]]

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 </blockquote>
-A gentle and peaceful river that winds its way down yellow banks and green hills from the mountains through several lands of Dream, through the [[Jungles of Kled]], before emptying into the [[Cerenerian Sea]] in the Land of [[Ooth-Nargai]].  A journey down the river is remarkable for its relative peace and safety, for the hum of bees and the gentle song of exotic birds, and the scent of the many flowers that grow upon the river's banks and in the hills above it; among the strange wildlife that might be found are carnivorous bird-eating fist, and the shy and rare [[Buopoth]]s that lumber out of the forests to drink from the river's waters - it is unlucky to describe the Buopoth, but it is said that those who see one are destined for strange fortune.  The River Oukranos is sacred, and shares its name with the River God Oukranos, to whom a curious temple carved from jasper and forbidden to visitors is dedicated in the idyllic temple-city of [[Kiran]]; travelers may pay their respects to Oukranos for safe passage at a shrine found at the temple's gates, and to bathe in the sacred river or to pollute its waters or banks is considered and affront to Oukranos, and forbidden by the King of [[Ilek-Vad]]].  Downstream of Kiran, the river passes the golden-spired alabaster city of [[Thran]], before passing through the haunted and perfumed [[Jungles of Kled]], until it meets Oooth-Nargai by the sea.
+A gentle and peaceful river that winds its way down yellow banks and green hills from the mountains through several lands of Dream, through the [[Jungles of Kled]], before emptying into the [[Cerenerian Sea]] in the Land of [[Ooth-Nargai]].  A journey down the river is remarkable for its relative peace and safety, for the hum of bees and the gentle song of exotic birds, and the scent of the many flowers that grow upon the river's banks and in the hills above it; among the strange wildlife that might be found are carnivorous bird-eating fist, and the shy and rare [[Buopoth]]s that lumber out of the forests to drink from the river's waters - it is unlucky to describe the Buopoth, but it is said that those who see one are destined for strange fortune.  The River Oukranos is sacred, and shares its name with the River God Oukranos, to whom a curious temple carved from jasper and forbidden to visitors is dedicated in the idyllic temple-city of [[Kiran]]; travelers may pay their respects to Oukranos for safe passage at a shrine found at the temple's gates, and to bathe in the sacred river or to pollute its waters or banks is considered and affront to Oukranos, and forbidden by the King of [[Ilek-Vad]].  Downstream of Kiran, the river passes the golden-spired alabaster city of [[Thran]], before passing through the haunted and perfumed [[Jungles of Kled]], until it meets Oooth-Nargai by the sea.
 ==Heresies and Controversies==

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 ==In the Mythos==
 <blockquote>
-All that afternoon the pilgrim wandered on through perfumed meadows and in the lee of gentle riverward hills bearing peaceful thatched cottages and the shrines of amiable gods carven from jasper or chrysoberyl. Sometimes he walked close to the bank of Oukranos and whistled to the sprightly and iridescent fish of that crystal stream, and at other times he paused amidst the whispering rushes and gazed at the great dark wood on the farther side, whose trees came down clear to the water's edge. In former dreams he had seen quaint lumbering [[Buopoth]]s come shyly out of that wood to drink, but now he could not glimpse any. Once in a while he paused to watch a [[Carnivorous Fish]] catch a fishing bird, which it lured to the water by shewing its tempting scales in the sun, and grasped by the beak with its enormous mouth as the winged hunter sought to dart down upon it.
+All that afternoon the pilgrim wandered on through perfumed meadows and in the lee of gentle riverward hills bearing peaceful thatched cottages and the shrines of amiable gods carven from jasper or chrysoberyl. Sometimes he walked close to the bank of Oukranos and whistled to the sprightly and iridescent fish of that crystal stream, and at other times he paused amidst the whispering rushes and gazed at the great dark wood on the farther side, whose trees came down clear to the water's edge. In former dreams he had seen quaint lumbering [[Buopoth]]s come shyly out of that wood to drink, but now he could not glimpse any. Once in a while he paused to watch a Carnivorous Fish catch a fishing bird, which it lured to the water by shewing its tempting scales in the sun, and grasped by the beak with its enormous mouth as the winged hunter sought to dart down upon it.
 <br>&mdash; [[H.P. Lovecraft]], ''[[Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath (fiction)]]''
 </blockquote>
-A gentle and peaceful river that winds its way down yellow banks and green hills from the mountains through several lands of Dream, through the [[Jungles of Kled]], before emptying into the [[Cerenerian Sea]] in the Land of [[Ooth-Nargai]].  A journey down the river is remarkable for its relative peace and safety, for the hum of bees and the gentle song of exotic birds, and the scent of the many flowers that grow upon the river's banks and in the hills above it; among the strange wildlife that might be found are [[Carnivorous Fish|carnivorous bird-eating fish]], and the shy and rare [[Buopoth]]s that lumber out of the forests to drink from the river's waters - it is unlucky to describe the Buopoth, but it is said that those who see one are destined for strange fortune.  The River Oukranos is sacred, and shares its name with the River God Oukranos, to whom a curious temple carved from jasper and forbidden to visitors is dedicated in the idyllic temple-city of [[Kiran]]; travelers may pay their respects to Oukranos for safe passage at a shrine found at the temple's gates, and to bathe in the sacred river or to pollute its waters or banks is considered and affront to Oukranos, and forbidden by the King of [[Ilek-Vad]].  Downstream of Kiran, the river passes the golden-spired alabaster city of [[Thran]], before passing through the haunted and perfumed [[Jungles of Kled]], until it meets Oooth-Nargai by the sea.
+A gentle and peaceful river that winds its way down yellow banks and green hills from the mountains through several lands of Dream, through the [[Jungles of Kled]], before emptying into the [[Cerenerian Sea]] in the Land of [[Ooth-Nargai]].  A journey down the river is remarkable for its relative peace and safety, for the hum of bees and the gentle song of exotic birds, and the scent of the many flowers that grow upon the river's banks and in the hills above it; among the strange wildlife that might be found are carnivorous bird-eating fish, and the shy and rare [[Buopoth]]s that lumber out of the forests to drink from the river's waters - it is unlucky to describe the Buopoth, but it is said that those who see one are destined for strange fortune.  The River Oukranos is sacred, and shares its name with the River God Oukranos, to whom a curious temple carved from jasper and forbidden to visitors is dedicated in the idyllic temple-city of [[Kiran]]; travelers may pay their respects to Oukranos for safe passage at a shrine found at the temple's gates, and to bathe in the sacred river or to pollute its waters or banks is considered and affront to Oukranos, and forbidden by the King of [[Ilek-Vad]].  Downstream of Kiran, the river passes the golden-spired alabaster city of [[Thran]], before passing through the haunted and perfumed [[Jungles of Kled]], until it meets Oooth-Nargai by the sea.
 ==Heresies and Controversies==