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Carcosa is a fictional city in the Ambrose Bierce short story ''An Inhabitant of Carcosa'' (1891). In Bierce's story, the ancient and mysterious city is barely described, and is viewed only in hindsight (after its destruction) by a character who once lived there. Its name may be derived from the medieval city of Carcassonne in southern France, whose Latin name was "Carcaso". ==The King in Yellow== The city was later used more extensively in Robert W. Chambers' book of horror short stories published in 1895 entitled ''The King in Yellow''. Chambers had read Bierce's work and had also borrowed a few other names (including Hali and Hastur) from Bierce's work. In Chambers' stories, and within the apocryphal play (also titled ''The King in Yellow'') which is mentioned several times within them, the city is a mysterious, ancient, and possibly cursed place. The most precise description of its location given is that it said to be located on the shores of Lake Hali in the Hyades. The descriptions given of it seem to make it clear that it must be located on another planet, or possibly even in another universe. For instance: :Along the shore the cloud waves break, :The twin suns sink behind the lake, :The shadows lengthen ::In Carcosa. : :Strange is the night where black stars rise, :And strange moons circle through the skies, :But stranger still is ::Lost Carcosa. : :Songs that the Hyades shall sing, :Where flap the tatters of the King, :Must die unheard in ::Dim Carcosa. : :Song of my soul, my voice is dead, :Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed :Shall dry and die in ::Lost Carcosa. : :—"Cassilda's Song" in ''The King in Yellow'' Act 1, Scene 2 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carcosa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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