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1331:. In the Hyborian age, Khitai is an ancient empire which is always at war with Kambuja to the south. In ancient times, Khitai was subjugated by an empire of conquerors from a mysterious continent in the eastern ocean, perhaps ancient Mu in the days of king Kull. After the cataclysm, this empire made slaves of the Lemurians who fled the destruction. With time, the Lemurian slaves, and perhaps the gentile Khitanians, were able to rise up and overthrow this empire. The remnants of this white-skinned master race fled westwards, conquering the kingdom of the serpent men and founding Stygia. The people of Khitai are yellow-skinned and of medium height. Khitai is ruled by a God-Emperor whose decisions are greatly influenced by the 2326: 493:. Just south of the Pictish Wilderness was the fertile valley known as "Zing". The wandering Hyborian tribe which conquered it found other people already settled there. They included a nameless farming nation related to the people of the Shem and a warlike Pictish tribe who had previously conquered them. They established the kingdom of Zingara and absorbed the defeated elements into their tribe. Hyborians, Picts, and the unnamed kin of the Shemites would merge into a nation calling themselves Zingarans. 116: 32: 73: 2851:: "His gods were simple and understandable; Crom was their chief, and he lived on a great mountain, whence he sent forth dooms and death. It was useless to call on Crom, because he was a gloomy, savage god, and he hated weaklings. But he gave a man courage at birth, and the will and might to kill his enemies, which, in the Cimmerian's mind, was all any god should be expected to do." 425:
and, according to his description, were by then numerous. He believed they were quickly evolving to human status and would pose a threat to the Hyborians in the future. He attempted to recruit a significant military force to campaign against them, but most Hyborians were not convinced by his tales; only a small group of foolhardy youths followed his campaign. None of them returned.
1732:, but since the Mediterranean did not yet exist, it had a very long additional westward bend, following what is now the coast of North Africa, until finally emptying into the Atlantic. The down-throdden multi-ethnical commoners of Stygia may still, in spirit, be the original human slaves or slave races of the serpent men who ruled this kingdom centuries before. 2378:, since at least one tale depicts priests of Mitra recognizing the existence of Set. He is depicted as a "gentle" god. In Khoraja, which is on the border between the Hyborian kingdoms and the Shemite ones, the worship of Mitra was largely forgotten in favor of the Shemite gods – but in hours of great need, Khorajans still call on Mitra and are answered (" 413:
groups, but engaged in wars against each other. Howard describes them as a powerful and warlike race with the average individual being tall, tawny-haired, and gray-eyed. Culturally, they were accomplished artists and poets. Most of the tribes still relied on hunting for their nourishment. Their southern offshoots, however, had been practicing
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victorious general in a historically important battle involving tens of thousands of soldiers. Though Conan's career would know many more ups and downs, this was an important step towards eventually becoming a king. From Mitra's point of view, Conan was evidently the best choice to defeat a sworn enemy of the Hyborian kingdoms.
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forced to defend their new territories from pure-blooded Hyborian tribes which followed the same paths of migration. Often, the new invaders would wipe away the defenders before absorbing them, resulting in a tangled web of Hyborian tribes and nations with varying ancestral elements within their bloodlines.
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They encountered other tribal groups for the first time in millennia. They conquered many smaller clans of various origins. The survivors of the defeated clans merged with their conquerors, passing on their racial traits to new generations of Hyborians. The mixed-blooded Hyborian tribes were in turn
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story "The Curse of the Golden Skull" seems to be a grinning skull. In this story an earlier version of "The Book of Skelos" is mentioned. The god of Rotath is identical with the dark nameless god worshipped by Thuron in "The Altar and the Scorpion". Skelos is one aspect of this great nameless one.
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The Hyperboreans were by then the most advanced of the Hyborian tribes and set out to expand their kingdom by attacking their backwards neighbors. Tribes who defended their territories lost them and were forced to migrate elsewhere. Others fled the path of Hyperborean expansion before ever engaging
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Crom is the chief god of the Cimmerian pantheon, and he lives on a great mountain, from where he sends forth doom or death. It is considered useless to call upon Crom, because he is a gloomy and savage god who hates weaklings. However, Crom gives a man courage, free will, and the strength to fight
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is a range of hills in central India). The name means "rent" or "ragged", i.e. having many passes. This very ancient kingdom, perhaps Kaa-u in the days of king Kull, worships the god Asura. This cult has spread westwards and is present, albeit often persecuted, in the Hyborian lands. In Aquilonia,
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With the population of the Hyborian tribes continuing to increase, the need for new lands also increased. The Hyborians expanded outside their familiar territories, beginning a new age of wanderings and conquests. For 500 years, the Hyborians spread towards the south and the west of their nameless
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The only exception to their long isolation from other cultural groups came due to the actions of a lone adventurer, unnamed in the essay. He had traveled past the Arctic Circle and returned with news that their old adversaries, the apes, were never annihilated. They had instead evolved into apemen
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Vatellen is the name of a volcanic mountain in reality lying where Luxor, capital of Stygia lies in the world of Conan. In "The Hour of the Dragon" Orastes resurrects Xaltotun with an incantation of Skelos, "Ancient when Atlantis sank", i.e. much older than Stygia, let alone Set-worship. The idol
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Mitra appears directly in Howard's "Black Colossus", where he speaks to Princess Yasmela of Khoraja and guides her in an hour of desperate danger. Mitra's involvement has a significant effect on Conan's career. Though he had never commanded more than a "company of cut-throats", Conan emerges as a
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The Stygian followers of Set worship their deity with human sacrifice and actively venerate serpents, and Ishtar's worshippers follow the pleasures of the flesh. In Vendhya, the followers of Asura seek truth beyond the illusions of the physical world, and the Hyborian devotees of Mitra are almost
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A princess named Yelaya, who presumably becomes a consort for the lord of the underworld, plays an important role in this story. Yelalla is the name of a series of rapids and water falls in the Congo, roughly where the story takes place. In the philistine (Pelishtia) city of Ekron, there was an
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By this point, the various related but independent Hyborian tribes had spread throughout the northern regions of their area of the world. Some of them were already migrating south at a "leisurely" pace in search of new areas in which to settle. The Hyborians had yet to encounter other cultural
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tribes. But the conquerors here decided to maintain the kingdom with its old name, merged with the defeated Hyperboreans and adopted elements of Hyborian culture. The continuing wars and migrations would keep the state of the other areas of the continent for another five hundred years.
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Crom is never depicted as directly intervening or otherwise explicitly causing any event in the original Conan stories by Robert E. Howard. There is little consistent evidence in his works that Crom actually exists, in contrast to the demons and highly advanced aliens appearing in
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On the other hand, at the north of the continent, the fair-haired invaders from the Arctic Circle had grown in numbers and power. They continued their expansion south while in turn displacing defeated Hyborians to the south. Even Hyperborea was conquered by one of these
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his enemies, which the Cimmerians believe is all that is needed from him. Crom doesn't care if individuals live or die, and his name is typically only invoked as an oath or curse. He is the only member of the Cimmerian pantheon named with any regularity.
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coast. A lawless region full of brigands and semi-barbaric peoples. Conan once traveled through the border kingdoms on his way to Nemedia. The low countries, baltic, and the borderlands of Scotland and England could be similar examples.
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and forced them back to the western wastelands, which would come to be known as the "Pictish Wilderness". Following the example of their Hyperborean cousins, other Hyborians migrated Southward and created their own kingdoms.
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them in war. Meanwhile, the apemen of the Arctic Circle emerged as a new race of light-haired and tall humans. They started their own migration to the south, displacing the northernmost of the Hyborian tribes.
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is also Italian for "Gypsy woman"; this may mean that Howard mixed up the source names of Zingara and Zamora, with Zingara originally meant to apply to the Roma kingdom, and Zamora to the Spanish kingdom.
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Skelos is mentioned in "The People of the Black Circle", "The Hour of the Dragon" and in the verse prologue to "The Pool of the Black One". He is an evil god of death, and as many such ones,
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placed the Hyborian Age around 10,000 BC. More recently, Dale Rippke proposed that the Hyborian Age should be placed further in the past, around 32,500 BC, prior to the beginning of the
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In his fantasy setting of the Hyborian Age, Howard created imaginary kingdoms to which he gave names inspired by or adapted from a variety of mythological and historical sources.
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for one, he is connected to wisdom and learning. The Bible of maltheists and necromancers in Conan’s days is called "The Book of Skelos", whose author is Vathelos the Blind.
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Crom is exclusively a Cimmerian god, with other civilizations paying him little attention, and Conan swearing with Crom's name immediately identifies him as a Cimmerian.
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who invaded Great Britain, which is the origin of the name, though it is implied the Brythunians of the Hyborian age are a different group that could be related to early
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occupying a large area in the northwest. The probable intended analogues are listed below; notice that the analogues are sometimes very generalized, and are portrayed by
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The southernmost of the early kingdoms was Koth, which was established north of the lands of Shem and soon started extending its cultural influence over the southern
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age – and by carefully choosing names that resembled our history, Howard avoided the problem of historical anachronisms and the need for lengthy exposition.
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Mitra is the chief god of most of the civilized Hyborian kingdoms, including Aquilonia, Ophir, Nemedia, Brythunia, Corinthia, and Zingara. His worshippers are
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For the next thousand years, the warlike Hyborian nations advanced to become the rulers of the western areas of the nameless continent. They encountered the
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One thousand five hundred years later, the descendants of this initial group were called "Hyborians". They were named after their highest ranking god
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operated. Also, Alcmene is the mother of Hercules. After death, she traveled into Hades and married Rhadamanthys, a chief judge of the underworld.
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A larger map of Earth in Robert E. Howard's Hyborian Age. Note that referring to the continent itself as "Hyboria" is a misapplication of the term.
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and a vast region to the west, easily including Ireland, are, too. Meanwhile, the west coast of Africa on his map lies beneath the sea.
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for discussion); or possibly it is based on the word "Roma". There may also be some reference to southern Italy, as Zamorans dance the
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remembered him as their leader during their initial migration to the north, though the antiquity of this man had been exaggerated.
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Shanks, Jeffrey (2012), "Hyborian Age Archeology: Unearthing Historical and Anthropological Foundations", in Prida, Jonas (ed.),
546:", literally "Beyond the North Wind". This was a mythical place far to the north that was not cold and where things did not age. 2817: 4200: 4151: 3312: 2541:", Cimmeria partially sinks during the cataclysm which marks the end of the said Hyborian Age, surrounded by what would be the 2410:. The idol itself has the appearance of an idealized, bearded male figure and is the primary object of worship. However, being 4516: 4500: 4207: 4158: 4059: 4051: 3071: 1595: 582:, plowing through the mountains so as to be able to reach the Straits of Gibraltar. Although his Black Sea is also dry, his 3987: 180: 4691: 2528:
Howard labels the populace of his Argos as "Argosseans", whereas the folk of the historical Argos are known as "Argives".
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After this cataclysm, the surviving humans were reduced to a primitive state and a technological level hardly above the
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Shanks, Jeffrey (2011), "Theosophy and the Thurian Age: Robert E. Howard and the Works of William Scott-Elliot",
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important oracle of Baal-Zevul (Beelzebuul). This may also have inspired the role of Bit-Yakin in the story.
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would, post-cataclysm, divide his fictional Asgard into the modern Norway, Sweden, and Denmark according to
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The first organized Hyborian kingdom to emerge was Hyperborea. The tribe that established it entered their
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On a map Howard drew conceptualizing the Hyborian Age, his vision of the Mediterranean Sea is dry. The
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In changing the name to Darfar, Howard unwittingly changed the Arabic meaning to "the abode of mice".
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While Mitra and his followers are in general presented favorably in the Conan stories, in Howard's
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in Arabic), which has been identified by some with the Amu Darya. Perhaps corresponds to the
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stories) and the destruction of its civilizations, Lemuria and Atlantis, by a geological
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is the Indian version of Persian "Ahura", as in Ahura Mazda (father of the god Mithra).
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were a confederation of Celtic tribes in central and northern Scotland which bordered
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in Greek mythology was strongly connected to Hades, the realm of the dead. In Homer’s
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The River Styx runs northward through Stygia, following the course of the historical
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flows through Stygia into the sea; the map provided makes clear that the Styx is the
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Howard explained the origins and history of the Hyborian civilization in his essay "
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Yamatai is not one of Howard's original Hyborian Age countries, but appeared in a
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Uttara Kuru is not one of Howard's original Hyborian Age countries, it appears in
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on many of his Hyborian-Age Picts (but not the quasi-historical Picts featuring
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Meru is not one of Howard's original Hyborian Age countries, and was created by
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are usually unadorned and feature little or no iconography except for a single
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China. The name is derived from the Khitan Empire (Chinese 遼朝 Liáo cháo or the
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river. Then it turns and runs westward through Shem, following the historical
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stories, designed to fit in with Howard's previous and lesser known tales of
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Conan Meets the Academy: Multidisciplinary Essays on the Enduring Barbarian
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de Camp, L. Sprague; Carter, Lin; Nyberg, Björn (1978), "Hyborian Names",
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Set. Stygia's terrain is a mix of mountains, deserts, and marshes. The
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The word "Hyborian" is derived from the legendary northern land of the
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Mitra is a personification of good, popular amongst people of the era.
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term for "painted one", which could be applicable to a number of the
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essay, the kingdom of the Amazons refers to various legends of Greek
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they intolerantly persecute followers of Asura. Conan, being a "
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in Hebrew). The Pelishti city of Asgalun derives its name from
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The hyborian age part 1. The Kull-story "By this axe I rule".
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is also the origin of the Russian name for China, "Kitai" (
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in honor of their Spider-Gods (variously known as Omm and
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age by learning to erect buildings in stone, largely for
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The Adventures of Conan: A Sword and Sorcery Spectacular
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Pass, which is near the headwaters of the Amu Darya in
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The name comes from the "Kesh", the Egyptian name for
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The Hyborian Age (The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian)
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For Howard's essay describing the Hyborian Age, see
2244: 2232: 1876:story, herself possibly inspired by the historical 1868:Japan. Probably inspired by the historical name of 1384:, corresponding roughly in area with the region of 1100:. It's a mountainous country located east of Koth. 754:and North Africa. The legend may be based upon the 140:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 2183:which has been the traditional borderline between 2015:The name is perhaps derived from a combination of 1487:is the sacred mountain upon which the gods dwell. 2921: 2485:worshipped by the dark priest-mage Rotath in the 1420:, capital of a Neo-Hittite kingdom. Perhaps from 1239:satrapies, and survives in the name of the river 428: 4915: 549:Howard's Hyborian epoch, described in his essay 2145:) in Greece. It may also be a reference to the 665:Kingdom, region, or ethnic group 2953: 2796: 2591:Perhaps Vendhya had something to do with this? 2002:as a whole, with overt influences from Spain. 1803:in the north and central reaches of Pakistan. 1594:, with an overlay of North America during the 935:Geographically located over the modern German 618:civilization, a name derived from the city of 538:. The name "Hyborian" is a contraction of the 3123: 2363:Mitra's worship is dominant, effectively the 2275:is probably derived from the Old Irish deity 2218:with a commitment to compassion and justice. 2167:, the term for administrative regions in the 4453: 3035:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 2999:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 1783:. The city of Khawarizm takes its name from 1108:Howard derived this name from the region of 16:Fictional period created by Robert E. Howard 3084:, vol. 6, no. 1–2, pp. 53–90 2116:, finally emptying into the western ocean. 1982:, a ruined fortified town in south-eastern 333:Howard had an intense love for history and 60:Learn how and when to remove these messages 3130: 3116: 1860:the cult finds a protector in King Conan. 1251:An eastern land corresponding with modern 318:. Most later editors and adaptors such as 2649:Note that the name "Pict" comes from the 2570:), which is related to the English word " 2036:Takes its name from a combination of the 238:primarily based upon a map hand-drawn by 218:Learn how and when to remove this message 200:Learn how and when to remove this message 2604:, India, but the connection is doubtful. 2324: 1116:, in North-Central Africa. Darfur is an 838:being examples. The name comes from the 597: 509: 358:". The essay begins with the end of the 349: 245: 229: 3137: 3043: 3007: 2971: 2785: 2773: 2726: 2537:According to Robert E. Howard's essay " 2068:, but correspond more closely with the 1380:From the ancient Indo-Aryan kingdom of 518:The Hyborian Age was devised by author 4916: 3088: 3079: 3061: 2922:Conan Exiles Wiki (12 February 2017). 2906: 2891: 2877: 2761: 2749: 2737: 2714: 2027: 1215:or Hyrkanian Sea corresponding to the 1152:a province in the Netherlands or from 676:A fallen kingdom corresponding to the 606:is his version of China, lying far to 4949:Fictional elements introduced in 1932 4856: 4751: 4407: 4275: 3149: 3111: 1596:European colonization of the Americas 1311:is a descendant of this royal house. 522:as the post-Atlantean setting of his 476: 388: 314:and before the beginning of recorded 250:Another version of the map, drawn by 4857: 2818:"The Witch Queen of Yamatai (Issue)" 2340:He is probably loosely based on the 2028:Other geographic features 959:, a former parliamentary borough in 344: 138:adding citations to reliable sources 109: 66: 25: 1400:-dwelling raiders analogous to the 13: 3533:Conan, Scourge of the Bloody Coast 3442:Conan and the Gods of the Mountain 3428:Conan and the Death Lord of Thanza 3150: 2655:Indigenous peoples of the Americas 2439:, and by a bronze colossus in the 2023:. Main influence is the Bedouins. 1930:. The name comes from the city of 1299:The name perhaps derives from the 1029:that "the Gaels, ancestors of the 14: 4960: 4630:Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of 3959:The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian 3794:Death-Song of Conan the Cimmerian 3046:The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian 3014:The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian 2978:The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian 2120:, in classical mythology, is the 1427:The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath 983:The continental homelands of the 822:Various seafaring traders of the 798:. It is also an ancient name for 93:and remove advice or instruction. 41:This article has multiple issues. 3966:The Complete Chronicles of Conan 3491:Conan and the Treasure of Python 2333:, the symbol of Mitra, from the 2228: 1775:. King Yezdigerd is named after 1602:. Howard bestows names from the 1073:The name may have been based on 750:is a nation of warrior women in 734:Mentioned in Robert E. Howard's 622:and reminiscent of the imperial 401:of their past who had undergone 114: 71: 30: 4408: 4124:The Further Chronicles of Conan 2946: 2915: 2900: 2885: 2871: 2854: 2836: 2810: 2801: 2685: 2668: 2643: 2607: 2600:There is a town called Koth in 2594: 2585: 2557: 2548: 2531: 2522: 634:. Howard imagines the Hyborian 125:needs additional citations for 49:or discuss these issues on the 4145:The People of the Black Circle 3505:Conan, Lord of the Black River 3264:The People of the Black Circle 3008:Howard, Robert, E. (2002b) , " 2972:Howard, Robert, E. (2002a) , " 2790: 2779: 2767: 2755: 2743: 2731: 2720: 2708: 2674:The name of King Yildiz means 2512: 2214:Christian in their merging of 2124:and this symbolism is used in 848:; or perhaps from the city of 742:, or more specifically to the 688:was one of the four rivers of 429:Beginnings of the Hyborian Age 1: 4103:The Conquering Sword of Conan 2701: 2303:" implies that Set is one of 1918:tribe in northwest Pakistan. 1598:, possibly even colonial-era 955:North America. Possibly from 814:also means "eagle" in Latin. 4509:Conan and the Young Warriors 3519:Conan of the Red Brotherhood 3470:Conan and the Shaman's Curse 2505: 1708:. The name derives from the 1231:. The name is Greek for the 1140:Possibly from Gunderland of 782:. The name is borrowed from 718:. Its name derives from the 505: 7: 4752: 4276: 3463:Conan and the Mists of Doom 3449:Conan and the Grim Grey God 3435:Conan and the Emerald Lotus 2824:. The Savage Sword of Conan 2617:is also meant to allude to 2493: 2426:in Howard's writing, by an 1537:, leader of colonists from 1279:, also known as Kampuchea. 1094:Epistles to the Corinthians 10: 4965: 3222:The Frost-Giant's Daughter 2907:Howard, Robert E. (1932), 2892:Howard, Robert E. (1933), 2878:Howard, Robert E. (2003), 2208: 667: 664: 362:(the setting for Howard's 18: 4869:The Shadow of the Vulture 4863: 4852: 4824: 4808: 4762: 4758: 4747: 4717: 4639: 4577: 4568: 4559:The Savage Sword of Conan 4527: 4492: 4418: 4414: 4403: 4302: 4286: 4282: 4271: 4217: 4201:The Tower of the Elephant 4152:The Pool of the Black One 3945:The Bloody Crown of Conan 3929: 3787:The Curse of the Monolith 3498:Conan at the Demon's Gate 3371: 3341:The Tower of the Elephant 3278:The Pool of the Black One 3176: 3160: 3156: 3145: 2844:The Tower of the Elephant 2455: 2297:The Tower of the Elephant 2064:Take their name from the 1942:, Spain, alluding to the 1874:The Savage Sword of Conan 1722:worship the serpent deity 1362:to the fictional city of 898:. Howard states that the 868:, a city in northeastern 465:to further fortify their 457:made out of the hides of 271:is a fictional period of 4208:The Treasure of Tranicos 4159:Queen of the Black Coast 3850:The People of the Summit 3829:The Lair of the Ice Worm 3484:Conan and the Spider God 3456:Conan and the Manhunters 3362:Wolves Beyond the Border 3313:Shadows in the Moonlight 3285:Queen of the Black Coast 3271:The Phoenix on the Sword 3010:The Phoenix on the Sword 2909:The Phoenix on the Sword 2657:. The historical termed 2420:symbolically represented 2317: 2301:The Phoenix on the Sword 1767:occupied by speakers of 1759:. The name derives from 542:concept of the land of " 530:, which were set in the 4017:The Conan Chronicles II 4010:The Conan Chronicles, 2 3996:The Conan Chronicles, 1 2221: 1533:). The name comes from 826:, with islands such as 774:Influenced by medieval 746:. In classical legend, 574:, which he renamed the 312:the sinking of Atlantis 4003:The Conan Chronicles 2 3920:The Witch of the Mists 3913:The Thing in the Crypt 3878:The Road of the Eagles 3477:Conan and the Sorcerer 3386:Black Sphinx of Nebthu 3348:The Vale of Lost Women 3250:The Hour of the Dragon 3187:Beyond the Black River 3093:, McFarland & Co, 2477:, Odysseus travels to 2388:The Hour of the Dragon 2337: 2161:. The name comes from 2127:The Hour of the Dragon 1978:. The name comes from 1827:Dark Age Scandinavia. 1096:, or by the region of 1070:Conajohara (Aquilonia) 802:and resembles that of 780:Colonial North America 515: 275:'s history within the 264: 243: 4692:Rise of the Godslayer 4655:The Mysteries of Time 4623:Collectible Card Game 4552:Conan (Marvel comics) 3857:Red Moon of Zembabwei 3752:Conan the Unconquered 3675:Conan the Magnificent 3654:Conan the Indomitable 3400:The Blood-Stained God 3355:A Witch Shall be Born 3334:The Snout in the Dark 3327:The Slithering Shadow 3064:The Hyborian Heresies 3062:Rippke, Dale (2004), 2797:de Camp et al. (1978) 2328: 1887:Savage Sword of Conan 1769:Ural–Altaic languages 1592:Pre-Columbian America 1369:The Mask of Fu Manchu 1275:The original name of 1259:+ the Persian suffix 1130:Republic of the Sudan 1120:name meaning "abode ( 971:, connected with the 951:, with an overlay of 919:. 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Sprague de Camp 4254:The Spell of Conan 4233:The Conan Grimoire 4226:The Blade of Conan 4187:The Sword of Conan 4089:Conan the Wanderer 4024:Conan of Aquilonia 3766:Conan the Valorous 3724:Conan the Renegade 3682:Conan the Marauder 3633:Conan the Guardian 3598:Conan the Fearless 3577:Conan the Defender 3570:Conan the Champion 3512:Conan of the Isles 3414:The City of Skulls 3243:The Hand of Nergal 3201:The Black Stranger 3066:, Wild Cat Books, 2911:, USA: Weird Tales 2896:, USA: Weird Tales 2338: 2268:Cimmerian people. 2061:Himelian Mountains 1988:Munhumutapa empire 1976:Munhumutapa empire 1799:From the medieval 1588:Pictish Wilderness 1502:The City of Skulls 1494:L. Sprague de Camp 1448:Probably from the 965:South West England 653:L. Sprague de Camp 614:is his name for a 516: 477:Rulers of the West 389:Hyborian ancestors 320:L. 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