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| − | The Ptetholites are a fictional people created by [[Brian Lumley]]. They appear in his short story ''The Caller of the Black''.
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| − | ==Description==
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| − | The Ptetholites were a primitive race of proto-humans who lived in the early Hyperborean period (estimated some 900,000 to one million years ago). Little is known about their culture or traditions save that they practised basic magic and warred with the fledgeling [[Hyperborea|Hyperborean]] civilisation.
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| − | ==Civilisation==
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| − | The Ptetholite civilisation was most likely formed into primitive tribal systems and alliances. They were rumoured to have worshipped [[Iquatha]] and [[Arwassa]], though whether this was true worship or merely propitiation is unknown. During wars with rival tribes the Ptetholite shamens often called upon the powers of the Black; the blood of [[Yibb-Tstll]], to kill their enemies. This incantation (later known as [[the Sixth Sathlattae]]) is the Ptetholites most enduring legacy.
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| − | Despite being one of the very first humanoid races to feature in the histories of the world they were remarkable in that they possessed a written language system.
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| − | ==Downfall and remains==
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| − | In the end it was the constant wars with the neighbouring Hyperborean peoples that brought the already waning civilisation to its end. The sorcerer Edril Ghambiz turned the power of the Black against them, destroying most of their population. The few survivors fled far to the south. There they erected a great series of Columns baring inscriptions that told of the former powers of their people and the doom which befell them.
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| − | It is from these Columns that we learn much of the Ptetholites histories. An artefact known as the Phitmar Stone which supposedly bears an inscription in [[Ptetholite]] was discovered in the Seventies.
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| − | An unnamed Old Dynasty Egyptian magical text (possibly a translation of [[the Book of Eibon]]) mentions the Nyahites of Ptathlia and their worship of certain underground deities.
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Revision as of 19:26, 6 August 2018
