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23rd Feb '13 12:07:52 AM Xtifr

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A book of short stories by Creator/LordDunsany, published in 1905 and therefore [[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8395 in the public domain]]. Despite its relative obscurity nowadays, it had a great influence on many important fantasy authors, such as Creator/JRRTolkien, UrsulaKLeGuin, and Creator/HPLovecraft.

The book is basically an exercise in WorldBuilding by Dunsany - there's little plot to speak of, but many short vignettes. It chronicles a few isolated parts of the history of an invented universe, starting with its creation at the probably metaphorical hands of [[AC:M&#257;na-Yood-Sush&#257;&#299;]] and ending with the apocalypse.

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!!The Gods of Peg&#257;na contains examples of:
* CreationMyth
* DivineDelegation: Most of the interesting (or at least human-relevant) parts of creation are made by the gods that [[AC:M&#257;na-Yood-Sush&#257;&#299;]] creates before falling asleep.
* EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[AC:The End]], when even the gods shall die.
* GodOfGods: [[AC:M&#257;na-Yood-Sush&#257;&#299;]], who falls asleep early on, after creating the gods. Gods and mortals alike take great care not to wake him up, because when he does, the world and the gods will cease to exist (but, curiously, Skarl the Drummer will survive).
* {{Immortality}}: Yun-Ilara.
* OddJobGods: Lots.
--> "These be the gods of the hearth: Pitsu, who stroketh the cat; Hobit who calms the dog; and Habaniah, the lord of glowing embers; and little Zumbiboo, the lord of dust; and old Gribaun, who sits in the heart of the fire to turn the wood to ash -- all these be home gods, and live not in Pegana and be lesser than Roon."
* {{Mythopoeia}}
* TomesOfProphecyAndFate: Trogool, the thing that is neither god nor beast, has one.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Yun-Ilara spent his youth cursing Mung, the god of death. In retaliation, Mung never takes him, even after everything he knows is dead and he himself [[AndIMustScream is a pile of dust]].
* WorldBuilding
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4th Feb '13 9:24:49 AM Winter

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29th Jan '13 6:25:29 PM dsalo

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26th Oct '12 9:32:22 PM nombretomado

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