History Literature / TheGodsOfPegana

* CreationMyth: The book starts with one.

* {{Mythopoeia}}: One of the earliest examples.
* 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."

* GodOfGods: Māna-Yood-Sushāī, 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).

* {{Mythopoeia}}: One of the earliest examples.

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%%* CreationMyth: At the start. Obviously.

%%* {{Mythopoeia}}: One of the first.

%%* WorldBuilding: See UrExample above.

The book is basically an exercise in WorldBuilding by Dunsany, an [[UsefulNotes/{{Atheism}} Atheist]] who lamented the DeathOfTheOldGods and set off to create his own polytheism - there's little plot to speak of, but many short vignettes depicting his resultant deities. It chronicles a few isolated parts of the history of an invented universe, starting with its creation at the probably metaphorical hands of Māna-Yood-Sushāī and ending with the apocalypse.

The book is basically an exercise in WorldBuilding by Dunsany, who lamented the DeathOfTheOldGods and set off to create his own polytheism - 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 Māna-Yood-Sushāī and ending with the apocalypse.

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 Māna-Yood-Sushāī and ending with the apocalypse.

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:Māna-Yood-Sushāī]] and ending with the apocalypse.

* DivineDelegation: Most of the interesting (or at least human-relevant) parts of creation are made by the gods that [[AC:Māna-Yood-Sushāī]] creates before falling asleep.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[AC:The End]], when even the gods shall die.
* GodOfGods: [[AC:Māna-Yood-Sushāī]], 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).

* CreationMyth: At the start. Obviously.

* {{Immortality}}: Yun-Ilara.

* {{Mythopoeia}}: One of the first.
* TomesOfProphecyAndFate: Trogool, the thing that is neither god nor beast, has one. The pages are black on one side for night, and white on the other for day. Each day, Trogool turns a page, and cannot turn it back. He does this until he reaches the end of the book, which simply says ''"Mai Doon Izahn"'', or "The End Forever"-- and that signals the end of the world.

* WorldBuilding: See UrExample above.

* LordOfTheSea: Slid, who rules all waters and whose soul lies in the Sea. His voice calls those who hear it to forsake their homes and go down to the Sea.

* CreationMyth

* WorldBuilding

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, Creator/CSLewis, Creator/HPLovecraft, and UrsulaKLeGuin.

* UrExample: The book is the ur-example for many of the tropes and themes of modern fantasy, especially the creation of an entire detailed cosmology purely for entertainment. Many reviews at the time noted how unusual it was; this can be jarring to modern post-Tolkien readers, for whom it's a foundation of the genre.

* {{Mythopoeia}}

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.

* EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[AC:The End]], when even the gods shall die.

* TomesOfProphecyAndFate: Trogool, the thing that is neither god nor beast, has one. The pages are black on one side and white on the other. Each day, Trogool turns a page, and cannot turn it back. He does this until he reaches the end of the book, which simply says ''"Mai Doon Izahn"'', or "The End Forever".

* TomesOfProphecyAndFate: Trogool, the thing that is neither god nor beast, has one.