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Moon-Beasts

Origin: The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H.P. Lovecraft (1943).

Description

For they were not men at all, or even approximately men, but great greyish-white slippery things which could expand and contract at will, and whose principal shape—though it often changed—was that of a sort of toad without any eyes, but with a curiously vibrating mass of short pink tentacles on the end of its blunt, vague snout.
— H.P. Lovecraft, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath

Inhabitants of the far side of the Moon in the Dreamlands, the Moon-Beasts live in windowless cities of stone. They sail black galleys between the moon and the Dreamlands, trading rubies for both slaves and gold, at the port of Dylath-Leen. When there, they employ the Men of Leng, disguised in turbans, as their go-betweens and stay hidden below deck, lest the merchants of Dylath-Leen learn the terrible secret of with whom they are dealing.

Associated Mythos Elements

References

fiction: H.P. Lovecraft, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath

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+'''Moon-Beasts'''
-'''Moon-Beasts''' are creatures in [[H. P. Lovecraft]]'s Dream Cycle. They are “great greyish-white slippery things which could expand and contract at will, and whose principal shape &mdash; though it often changed &mdash; was that of a sort of toad without any eyes, but with a curious vibrating mass of short pink tentacles on the end of its blunt, vague snout” (''[[The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath]]'', Lovecraft). They live on the dark side of the [[Dreamlands]]' moon which, unlike the moon of the waking world, has great forests and oily seas.
+Origin:  ''The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath'' by H.P. Lovecraft (1943).
-The moon-beasts sail black galleys between the moon and the Dreamlands, trading rubies for both slaves and gold, at the port of Dylath-Leen. When there, they employ the [[Men of Leng]], disguised in turbans, as their go-betweens and stay hidden below deck, lest the merchants of Dylath-Leen learn the terrible secret of with whom they are dealing.
+==Description==
+<blockquote>
+For they were not men at all, or even approximately men, but great greyish-white slippery things which could expand and contract at will, and whose principal shape—though it often changed—was that of a sort of toad without any eyes, but with a curiously vibrating mass of short pink tentacles on the end of its blunt, vague snout.
+<br>— H.P. Lovecraft, ''The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath''
+</blockquote>
+Inhabitants of the far side of the Moon in the [[Dreamlands]], the Moon-Beasts live in windowless cities of stone. They sail black galleys between the moon and the Dreamlands, trading rubies for both slaves and gold, at the port of Dylath-Leen. When there, they employ the [[Men of Leng]], disguised in turbans, as their go-betweens and stay hidden below deck, lest the merchants of Dylath-Leen learn the terrible secret of with whom they are dealing.
+==Associated Mythos Elements==
+* deity: [[Nyarlathotep]]
+* race: [[Men of Leng]]
+* location:  [[Dreamlands]], [[Leng, Plateau of]]
+==References==
+* fiction: H.P. Lovecraft, [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath]
 [[Category:Races]]