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''The Gods of Pegāna'' is the first book by Anglo-Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, published on a commission basis in 1905. The book was reviewed favourably but as an unusual piece. One of the more influential reviews was by Edward Thomas in the London Daily Chronicle.〔Review included in ''Critical Essays on Lord Dunsany'', edited by S. T. Joshi, Scarecrow Press, August 22, 2013〕 The book is a series of short stories linked by Dunsany's invented pantheon of deities who dwell in Pegāna. It was followed by a further collection ''Time and the Gods'' and by some stories in ''The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories'' and in ''Tales of Three Hemispheres''. In 1919 Dunsany told an American interviewer "In ''The Gods of Pegana'' I tried to account for the ocean and the moon. I don't know whether anyone else has ever tried that before".〔M. K. Wisehart, "Ideals and Fame: A One-Act Conversation With Lord Dunsany," ''New York Sun Book World'', October 19, 1919, p.25〕 The book contains a range of illustrations by Sidney Sime, the originals of all of which can be seen at Dunsany Castle. Aside from its various stand-alone editions, the complete text of the collection is included in the Ballantine Adult Fantasy collection ''Beyond the Fields We Know'' (1972), in ''The Complete Pegāna'' (1998), and in the Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks omnibus ''Time and the Gods'' (2000).〔(ISFDB publication history )〕 ==Contents== : *"Preface" : *"The Gods of Pegāna" : *"Of Skarl the Drummer" : *"Of the Making of the Worlds" : *"Of the Game of the Gods" : *"The Chaunt of the Gods" : *"The Sayings of Kib" : *"Concerning Sish" : *"The Sayings of Slid" : *"The Deeds of Mung" : *"The Chaunt of the Priests" : *"The Sayings of Limpang-Tung" : *"Of Yoharneth-Lahai" : *"Of Roon, the God of Going" : *"The Revolt of the Home Gods" : *"Of Dorozhand" : *"The Eye in the Waste" : *"Of the Thing That Is Neither God Nor Beast" : *"Yonath the Prophet" : *"Yug the Prophet" : *"Alhireth-Hotep the Prophet" : *"Kabok the Prophet" : *"Of the Calamity That Befel Yūn-Ilāra by the Sea, and of the Building of the Tower of the Ending of Days" : *"Of How the Gods Whelmed Sidith" : *"Of How Imbaun Became High Prophet in Aradec of All the Gods Save One" : *"Of How Imbaun Met Zodrak" : *"Pegāna" : *"The Sayings of Imbaun" : *"Of How Imbaun Spake of Death to the King" : *"Of Ood" : *"The River" : *"The Bird of Doom and the End" 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「The Gods of Pegāna」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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