History Literature / TheGodInTheBowl

* GreaterScopeVillain: Thoth-Amon and his mater Set don't appear in the story, but the characters suspect that the former is the one who sent the bowl to the museum. Demetrio finds it odd that the bowl was originally sent to Kalanthes as a gift to the priest of Ibis as the Set worshipper of Stygia hates Ibis and Promero recognizes a newly carved crest as being the sign of Thoth-Amon. The titular MonsterOfTheWeek is implied to be one of Set's progeny.

* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: The story is a BottleEpisode which almost entirely takes place inside Kallian Publico's Temple, [[spoiler:features a MonsterOfTheWeek which goes down in a SingleStrokeBattle]], and wasn't even published during Howard's lifetime, but was retroactively made into one of Conan's most important adventures after pastiche writers L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter made [[BreakoutVillain Thoth-Amon]] into Conan's ArchEnemy. In "The Black Sphinx of Nebthu," Thoth-Amon himself refers to Conan's actions during this story "that first time, when [Conan] meddled in [his] affairs," beginning a feud between the two men that spanned over multiple stories and forty years InUniverse.

* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: The story is a BottleEpisode which almost entirely takes place inside Kallian Publico's Temple, [[spoiler:features a MonsterOfTheWeek which goes down in a SingleStrokeBattle]], and wasn't even published during Howard's lifetime, but was retroactively made into one of Conan's most important adventures after pastiche writers L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter made [[BreakoutVillain Thoth-Amon]] into Conan's ArchEnemy. In "The Black Sphinx of Nebthu," Thoth-Amon himself refers to Conan's actions during this story "that first time, when [Conan] meddled in [his]] affairs," beginning a feud between the two men that spanned over multiple stories and forty years InUniverse.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Thoth-Amon doesn't appear in the story, but the characters suspect that he's the one who sent the bowl to the museum. Demetrio finds it odd that the bowl was originally sent to Kalanthes as a gift to the priest of Iblis as the Set worshipper of Stygia hates Iblis and Promero recognizes a newly carved crest as being the sign of Thoth-Amon.

* DontAskJustRun: When the cast gets a glimpse of the horror that killed Promero, everybody but Conan rushes screaming into the streets. Other civilians watching the building bolt away along with them, needing no explanation.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Demetrio generally comes across as one.

* SnakePeople: One, in a jar.

* OffWithHisHead: Conan decapitates Aztrias Petanius with a single sword stroke, and later does the same to [[spoiler:the titular God]].

* OffWithHisHead: Conan decapitates Aztrias Petanius with a single sword stroke.

* SnakePeople: One, in a jar.
* UnknownRival: As in "The Phoenix On The Sword," Conan's life is endangered as a result of actions Thoth-Amon took to kill someone else entirely.

Creator/MarvelComics would adapt the work for their ongoing ''Conan the Barbarian'' comic, as well as ''The Savage Sword of Conan'' a few years later. Creator/DarkhorseComics would later adapt the story for their own ongoing ''Conan'' book.

"[[https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks15/1501131h.html The God in the Bowl]]" is a Literature/ConanTheBarbarian story written by Creator/RobertEHoward.

JustForFun/{{The one|With}} [[GenreShift that's like a]] [[MysteryFiction whodunit]].

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Gee whiz, Conan, did you just [[spoiler: decapitate a PhysicalGod]]?

* TheScapegoat: Dionus plans this for Conan.
** Kallian Publico fully intended for Arus, the nightwatchman of his temple, to take the blame for the "theft" of the bowl's contents.

* SnakePeople: One, in a jar

* GreaterScopeVillain: Thoth-Amon doesn't appear in the story, but the characters suspect that he's the one who sent the bowl to the museum. Demetrio finds it odd that the bowl was originally sent to Kalanthes as a gift to the priest of Iblis as the Set worshipper of Stygia hates Iblis and Promero recognizes a newly carved crest as being the sign of Thot-Amon.

* DontAskJustRun: When the cast gets a glimpse of the horror that killed Promero, everybody but Conan rushes screaming into the streets, with other civilians watching the building bolting away along with them, needing no explanation.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Conan, did you just [[spoiler: decapitate a PhysicalGod]]?

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Film/Se7en WHAT'S IN THE BOWL!?]]]]

JustForFun/{{The|OneWith}} [[MysteryFiction whodunit]].

"The God in the Bowl" is a Literature/ConanTheBarbarian story written by Creator/RobertEHoward.

* DeathByGreed: Kallian Publico opens the bowl meant for the high priest of Ibis in the hopes of claiming the riches within for himself. Instead, what lurked within strangles him dead.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Posthumo gets trampled by his compatriots as they flee.

* FiveSecondsForeshadowing: One guard mentions having found the murder weapon wrapped around a column near the ceiling, only to find it gone after. A few paragraphs later a scream is heard and the guards run like hell at the sight of the Son of Set that slithered near them.

* EvilIsNotAToy: Do not open the bowl.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Thoth-Amon doesn't appear in the story, but the characters suspect that he's the one who sent the bowl to the museum.

* {{Jerkass}}: Dionus

* NominalHero: Conan could nearly qualify as a VillainProtagonist in this story. He's a thief who cuts down several of the guards without regret, but the murderer is something even worse.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Everyone who isn't dead, or driven mad, or named Conan of Cimmeria hightails it out of the place before the climax.

!!Tropes found in this work

* UnknownRival: Thoth-Amon and Conan

** Posthumo, a towering guardsman, enjoys tormenting suspects and terrorizing them a little too much. He once [[EyeScream tore out the eye]] of a thief's ssweetheart to get her to tell on him. He gets some justice when Conan gouges ''his'' eye out.