
The progenitor god of rock and flame. It dwells deep in the earth, warming the planet, until its followers awaken it and signal the end of all things. A being without souls, without law, without pity, it rules all earth in the twilit grotto beneath its king's temple. This temple, built by Khephren's warriors beneath the waning crescent moon, its pshent blazing with that pallid radiance which sets the face of the mists alight, holds the key to all the mysteries of earth and men." --Robert E. Howard, "The Perilous Mystery" I loved this section because it brought up so much. First, the moon myth honorifics themselves! This led me to match the lenticular hieroglyphs with the proper namings of the god's mountain temple. Second, the specific text of the cryptic psalmage itself, which provided a vital clue regarding the obscure nature of the actual text and passage itself. Finally, the linkage of the various myths I had come to recognize through my study--the founding myths of all the major animistic pantheons I could find, with a sprinkling of the conventional ones too.