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| + | Origin: Beings of Ib are from [[H.P. Lovecraft]]'s "[[The Doom that Came to Sarnath (fiction)]]". | ||
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| + | ==Description== | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
| + | <br>— [[H.P. Lovecraft]], "[[The Doom that Came to Sarnath (fiction)]]" | ||
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| + | ==Heresies and Controversies== | ||
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| + | ==Keeper Notes== | ||
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| + | ==Associated Mythos Elements== | ||
| + | * tome: ''[[Papyrus of Ilarnek]]'' | ||
| + | * artifact: [[Idol of Bokrug]] | ||
| + | * deity: [[Bokrug]] | ||
| + | * location: [[Ib]] | ||
| + | * location: [[Sarnath]] | ||
| + | * cult: [[Cult of Bokrug]] | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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| + | * fiction: "[[The Doom that Came to Sarnath (fiction)]]" | ||
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Revision as of 16:46, 18 April 2020
Being of Ib, Ibian
Origin: Beings of Ib are from H.P. Lovecraft's "The Doom that Came to Sarnath (fiction)".
Contents
Description
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.
— H.P. Lovecraft, "The Doom that Came to Sarnath (fiction)"
By_The_Book_Description.
Heresies and Controversies
Keeper Notes
Associated Mythos Elements
- tome: Papyrus of Ilarnek
- artifact: Idol of Bokrug
- deity: Bokrug
- location: Ib
- location: Sarnath
- cult: Cult of Bokrug
References
- fiction: "The Doom that Came to Sarnath (fiction)"
