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Published dateApril 1931
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BlackwoodAlgernon Blackwood — historical author mentioned in The Children of the NightMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120MachenArthur Machen — historical author invoked within Howard's fictionMentioned3 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120AryaraAryara — ancestral/reincarnated Sword People identity in The Children of the NightOn Page19 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120Bran Mak MornBran Mak Morn — Pictish king in Kings of the Night; later the Dark Man of Turlogh’s storyMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120CanuteCanute — historical king invoked in Ketrick's genealogyMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120MaturinCharles Robert Maturin — historical author mentioned in The Children of the NightMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120ClemantsClemants — writer/editor in The Children of the NightOn Page7 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120CthulhuCthulhu — the great Cthulhu invoked by the Hooded Lama's false cultMentioned2 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120PoeEdgar Allan Poe — historical author mentioned in The Children of the NightMentioned2 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120Flinders PetrieFlinders Petrie — historical archaeologist mentioned in The Children of the NightMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120BoazFranz Boas — historical anthropologist; Howard's text spells the name 'Boaz'Mentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120BoccaccioGiovanni Boccaccio — historical author mentioned in The Children of the NightMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120Gol-gorothGol-goroth — god/idol of Bal-SagothMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120LovecraftH. P. Lovecraft — historical author mentioned in The Children of the NightMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120WalpoleHorace Walpole — historical author mentioned in The Children of the NightMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120Il-marinenIl-marinen — ancient deity invoked by AryaraMentioned6 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120FleckerJames Elroy Flecker — historical poet mentioned in The Children of the NightMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120ConradJohn Conrad — neighbor assisting the investigationOn Page14 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120John O’DonnelJohn O’Donnel — first-person narrator of The Children of the NightOn Page5 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120HuysmansJoris-Karl Huysmans — historical author mentioned in The Children of the NightMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120KetrickKetrick — Welsh-descended member of the gathering in The Children of the NightOn Page17 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120Professor KirowanKirowan — first-person narrator; source gives surname onlyOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120Marquis of GrosseMarquis of Grosse — historical author attribution as given in Howard's textMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120Professor Hendrik BroolerProfessor Hendrik Brooler — scholar mentioned in The Children of the NightMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120TaverelTaverel — member of Conrad and Kirowan's circle in The Children of the NightOn Page8 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120TsathogguaTsathoggua — supernatural entity named in The Children of the NightMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120Von JunztVon Junzt — fictional author of Nameless Cults in The Children of the NightMentioned7 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120Yog SothothYog-Sothoth — deity named as the focus of a real Mongolian devil-worshipping priesthoodMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Children of the Night, supplied PDF pp. 112–120
Textual witnesses & editorial mediation
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Bran Mak Morn: The Last King (Del Rey 2005 / Wandering Star 2001)Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording
Bran Mak Morn: The Last King, pp. 144–151; Del Rey Books 2005, previously Wandering Star Ltd. 2001; textual notes by Rusty Burke and David Gentzel with assistance from Glenn Lord.
The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard (Del Rey, 2008)Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording
The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard, supplied Del Rey 2008 PDF, pp. 112–120; Notes on the Original Howard Texts, pp. 340–351.