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	** ''[[Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010 film)]]''		** ''[[Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010 film)]]''
	** ''[[The Descent (2005 franchise)]]''		** ''[[The Descent (2005 franchise)]]''
			* Sourcebook: ''[[Malleus Monstrorum]]''


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	Worms of the Earth, also known as Dogs of the Dark, Vermin of Hell, Children of the Night.		Worms of the Earth, also known as Dogs of the Dark, Vermin of Hell, Children of the Night.

	Origin: (Robert E. Howard, possibly "Worms of the Earth"; these beings are similar to Machen's "Little People" and may originate with Machen's stories)		Origin: (Robert E. Howard, possibly "Worms of the Earth"; these beings are similar to Machen's "[[Faerie\|Little People]]" and may originate with Machen's stories)

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	** ''[[The Descent (2005 ~~Film~~)]]''		** ''[[The Descent (2005 franchise)]]''


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	:''For the short story by Robert E. Howard, see [[Worms of the Earth]].''		:''For the short story by Robert E. Howard, see [[Worms of the Earth]].''

			[[File:Cheddarshowcavesgoblin.png\|200px\|thumb\|right\|Worm of the Earth photographed in Cheddar Cave and Gorge, Somerset UK]]

	Worms of the Earth, also known as Dogs of the Dark, Vermin of Hell, Children of the Night.		Worms of the Earth, also known as Dogs of the Dark, Vermin of Hell, Children of the Night.

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	<br>— Robert E. Howard, "Worms of the Earth"		<br>— Robert E. Howard, "Worms of the Earth"
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			Humans they were, of a sort, though I did not consider them so. They were short and stocky, with broad heads too large for their scrawny bodies. Their hair was snaky and stringy, their faces broad and square, with flat noses, hideously slanted eyes, a thin gash for a mouth, and pointed ears. They wore the skins of beasts, as did I, but these hides were but crudely dressed. They bore small bows and flint-tipped arrows, flint knives and cudgels. And they conversed in a speech as hideous as themselves, a hissing, reptilian speech that filled me with dread and loathing.
			<br>— Robert E. Howard, "Children of the Night"
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	==References==		==References==

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	** ''[[They (2002 film)]]''		** ''[[They (2002 film)]]''
	** ''[[The Dark (2005 film)]]''		** ''[[The Dark (2005 film)]]''
	** ''[[~~Marebitu~~ (2004 film)]]''		** ''[[Marebito (2004 film)]]''
	** ''[[The Nightmare (2015 film)]]''		** ''[[The Nightmare (2015 film)]]''
	** ''[[Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010 film)]]''		** ''[[Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010 film)]]''

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			** ''[[The Descent (2005 Film)]]''


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	* Sacred Tombs and Vaults under haunted hills often contain cunningly-hidden doorways into the worms' hellish tunnels.		* Sacred Tombs and Vaults under haunted hills often contain cunningly-hidden doorways into the worms' hellish tunnels.
	* Ancient circles of standing stones were believed by the most ancient men to have been raised up by this ancient, fallen race of men in a primordial age.		* Ancient circles of standing stones were believed by the most ancient men to have been raised up by this ancient, fallen race of men in a primordial age.
			* ''[http://www.yog-sothoth.com/wiki/index.php/Occult_Books#The_Witch-Cult_in_Western_Europe The Witch-Cult in Western Europe]'' (a real-life book that proposed the existence and survival of a Machenesque secret ancient faerie "witch-cult" throughout European history as a scientific or pseudo-scientific/occult theory)

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	[[File:Wormsofearth bosch gardenearthlydelights.png\|200px\|thumb\|right\|Detail from "Garden of Earthly Delight", H. Bosch]]		[[File:Wormsofearth bosch gardenearthlydelights.png\|200px\|thumb\|right\|Detail from "Garden of Earthly Delight", H. Bosch]]

	The '''worms of the earth''', also called the '''Children of the Night''', are a race of almost-human beings created by [[Robert E. Howard]]. It is said that they came to the British Isles at a very early time. They were followed by the Picts and later the Celts, who fought the "worms" and drove them out. By the time of [[Bran Mak Morn]] (somewhere between 100 and 300 C.E.), the "worms" were horribly degenerate things that lived underground.		The '''worms of the earth''', also called the '''Children of the Night''', are a race of almost-human beings created by [[Robert E. Howard]]. It is said that they came to the British Isles at a very early time. They were followed by the Picts and later the Celts, who fought the "worms" and drove them out. By the time of [[Bran Mak Morn]] (somewhere between 100 and 300 C.E.), the "worms" were horribly degenerate things that lived underground, and by modern times could be expected to have fallen even further from stock humanity.

	Howard's stories make it clear that the "worms" are descended from humans and had once been human, before degenerating into bestial, sub-human, nocturnal things reminiscent of reptiles or serpents.		Howard's stories make it clear that the "worms" are descended from humans and had once been human, before degenerating into bestial, sub-human, nocturnal things reminiscent of reptiles or serpents.