Other locales include the Underworld, a subterranean region underneath the Dreamlands inhabited by various monsters the Moon, accessible via a ship and inhabited by toad-like "moon-beasts" allied with Nyarlathotep and Kadath, a huge castle atop a mountain and the domain of the "Great Ones", the gods of Earth's Dreamland.Įvidently all dreamers see the Dreamlands slightly differently, as Atal, High Priest of Ulthar, mentions that everyone has their own dreamland. The North, location of the feared Plateau of Leng, home of man-eating spiders and the satyr-like "Men of Leng".The East, home of Celephaïs, a city dreamt into being by its monarch Kuranes, greatest of all recorded dreamers, and the dangerous Forbidden Lands.The South, home of the isle of Oriab and the areas known as the Fantastic Realms (described in "The White Ship").Here lies the fabled Land of Mnar, whose gray stones are etched with signs and where rise the ruins of the great Sarnath. Other points of interest include the port of Dylath-Leen, one of the Dreamlands' largest cities the town of Ulthar, "where no man may kill a cat" the coastal jungle city of Hlanith and the desert trading capital Illarnek. The West contains the Steps of Deeper Slumber (descended via the "Cavern of Flame") and the Enchanted Woods, by which many enter the Dreamlands.The Dreamlands are divided into four regions: A map of Lovecraft's "Dreamworld" by Jack Gaughan (1967).
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