The Gods of Pegāna

About this book

Mana-Yood-Sushai, maker of the gods, sleeps. Beside him Skarl beats a drum, for if the rhythm stops and the sleeper wakes, the worlds themselves may come to an end.

Lord Dunsany invents a pantheon with rivalries, creations and ancient histories, all suspended beneath the sleep of its maker. His sentences have the cadence of sacred legend. S. H. Sime's illustrations give the unfamiliar gods a distinct presence, especially when they stand alone against the strange spaces of Pegāna.