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It is written on the brick cylinders of Kadatheron that the beings of Ib were in hue as green as the lake and the mists that rise above it; that they had bulging eyes, pouting, flabby lips, and curious ears, and were without voice. It is also written that they descended one night from the moon in a mist; they and the vast still lake and grey stone city Ib. However this may be, it is certain that they worshipped a sea-green stone idol chiselled in the likeness of Bokrug, the great water-lizard; before which they danced horribly when the moon was gibbous....
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<br>— [[H.P. Lovecraft]], "[[The Doom That Came to Sarnath (fiction)]]"
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In a [[Dreamlands]] tongue, by an unknown scribe of [[Kadatheron]]. A series of seven brick-like cylinders carved in the Dreamland of Kadatheron. On the surface of these cylinders is written much of the history of the land of [[Mnar]] and the city of [[Ib]], relating much of the introduction to "[[The Doom that Came to Sarnath (fiction)]]".
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A series of seven brick-like cylinders engraved in a [[Dreamlands]] tongue, by an unknown scribe of [[Kadatheron]] consisting of much of the history of the land of [[Mnar]] and the city of [[Ib]], relating part of the introduction to "[[The Doom that Came to Sarnath (fiction)]]"; the content is similar to the ''[[Papyrus of Ilarnek]]''.
  
  
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* tome: ''[[Papyrus of Ilarnek]]'' (contains similar content)
 
* setting: [[Dreamlands]]
 
* setting: [[Dreamlands]]
 
* location:  [[Mnar]], [[Ib]], [[Sarnath]], [[Thraa]], [[Ilarnek]], and [[Kadatheron]] on the winding [[River Ai]]
 
* location:  [[Mnar]], [[Ib]], [[Sarnath]], [[Thraa]], [[Ilarnek]], and [[Kadatheron]] on the winding [[River Ai]]
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* deity: [[Bokrug]], the Water-Lizard
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* cult: [[Bokrug]], the Water-Lizard; [[Idol of Bokrug]]
 
* race: [[Being of Ib]]
 
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There is in the land of Mnar a vast still lake that is fed by no stream and out of which no stream flows. Ten thousand years ago there stood by its shore the mighty city of Sarnath, but Sarnath stands there no more.  It is told that in the immemorial years when the world was young, before ever the men of Sarnath came to the land of Mnar, another city stood beside the lake; the grey stone city of Ib, which was old as the lake itself, and peopled with beings not pleasing to behold. Very odd and ugly were these beings, as indeed are most beings of a world yet inchoate and rudely fashioned. It is written on the brick cylinders of Kadatheron that the beings of Ib were in hue as green as the lake and the mists that rise above it; that they had bulging eyes, pouting, flabby lips, and curious ears, and were without voice. It is also written that they descended one night from the moon in a mist; they and the vast still lake and grey stone city Ib. However this may be, it is certain that they worshipped a sea-green stone idol chiselled in the likeness of Bokrug, the great water-lizard; before which they danced horribly when the moon was gibbous. And it is written in the papyrus of Ilarnek, that they one day discovered fire, and thereafter kindled flames on many ceremonial occasions. But not much is written of these beings, because they lived in very ancient times, and man is young, and knows little of the very ancient living things.<br><br>
 
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After many aeons men came to the land of Mnar; dark shepherd folk with their fleecy flocks, who built Thraa, Ilarnek, and Kadatheron on the winding river Ai. And certain tribes, more hardy than the rest, pushed on to the border of the lake and built Sarnath at a spot where precious metals were found in the earth.  Not far from the grey city of Ib did the wandering tribes lay the first stones of Sarnath, and at the beings of Ib they marvelled greatly. But with their marvelling was mixed hate, for they thought it not meet that beings of such aspect should walk about the world of men at dusk. Nor did they like the strange sculptures upon the grey monoliths of Ib, for those sculptures were terrible with great antiquity. Why the beings and the sculptures lingered so late in the world, even until the coming of men, none can tell; unless it was because the land of Mnar is very still, and remote from most other lands both of waking and of dream.<br><br>
 
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As the men of Sarnath beheld more of the beings of Ib their hate grew, and it was not less because they found the beings weak, and soft as jelly to the touch of stones and spears and arrows. So one day the young warriors, the slingers and the spearmen and the bowmen, marched against Ib and slew all the inhabitants thereof, pushing the queer bodies into the lake with long spears, because they did not wish to touch them. And because they did not like the grey sculptured monoliths of Ib they cast these also into the lake; wondering from the greatness of the labour how ever the stones were brought from afar, as they must have been, since there is naught like them in all the land of Mnar or in the lands adjacent.<br><br>
 
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Thus of the very ancient city of Ib was nothing spared save the sea-green stone idol chiselled in the likeness of Bokrug, the water-lizard. This the young warriors took back with them to Sarnath as a symbol of conquest over the old gods and beings of Ib, and a sign of leadership in Mnar. But on the night after it was set up in the temple a terrible thing must have happened, for weird lights were seen over the lake, and in the morning the people found the idol gone, and the high-priest Taran-Ish lying dead, as from some fear unspeakable. And before he died, Taran-Ish had scrawled upon the altar of chrysolite with coarse shaky strokes the sign of DOOM.  After Taran-Ish there were many high-priests in Sarnath, but never was the sea-green stone idol found....
 
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<br>— [[H.P. Lovecraft]], "[[The Doom That Came to Sarnath (fiction)]]"
 
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==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==

Latest revision as of 12:40, 31 July 2022

The Brick Cylinders of Kadatheron originally appeared in H.P. Lovecraft's "The Doom That Came to Sarnath (fiction)", but are not described in any detail.

Description

It is written on the brick cylinders of Kadatheron that the beings of Ib were in hue as green as the lake and the mists that rise above it; that they had bulging eyes, pouting, flabby lips, and curious ears, and were without voice. It is also written that they descended one night from the moon in a mist; they and the vast still lake and grey stone city Ib. However this may be, it is certain that they worshipped a sea-green stone idol chiselled in the likeness of Bokrug, the great water-lizard; before which they danced horribly when the moon was gibbous....
— H.P. Lovecraft, "The Doom That Came to Sarnath (fiction)"

Original Version

  • Number of known copies (if rare): (unique)
  • Last known location of surviving copies (if rare): the Dreamlands
  • Spells: Brew Space-Mead (spell)
  • Sanity Loss: minimal
  • Mythos Knowledge: minimal
  • Dream Knowledge: minor
  • Study: average of 6 weeks to study and comprehend

A series of seven brick-like cylinders engraved in a Dreamlands tongue, by an unknown scribe of Kadatheron consisting of much of the history of the land of Mnar and the city of Ib, relating part of the introduction to "The Doom that Came to Sarnath (fiction)"; the content is similar to the Papyrus of Ilarnek.


Associated Mythos Elements


Appearances

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