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Revision as of 18:30, 16 August 2022
The tome R'lyeh Text is statted out in the Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Rulebook, and originates in Lin Carter's Xothic Legend Cycle (fiction).
Description
Containing information on, amongst others, the Great Old Ones Zoth-Ommog and Cyäegha, the R'lyeh Text was written by author or authors unknown. It was translated into English by a scholar named Jacob Maitland, who was so disturbed by what he learned from it that he destroyed both the original and the translation. It is unknown whether copies remain extant in other scholarly institutions.
- author: Unknown
- language: Chinese
- date: 300 CE
- number of known copies (if rare): (unknown, presumably rare)
- last known location of surviving copies (if rare): A copy is known to have been held by the Sanbourne Institute of Pacific Antiquities.
- study: 54 weeks
- sanity loss: moderate
- mythos lore: moderate
- occult lore: ?
- spells: ?
Physical Description: Unknown
General Content: Unknown
Associated Mythos Elements
Appearances
- fiction: Lin Carter's Xothic Legend Cycle (fiction)
- sourcebook: Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Rulebook
- sourcebook: Masks of Nyarlathotep Companion, China (describes 'The R'lyeh Text Commentary').
