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Retired master-thief Satampra, Zerios of Uzuldaroum recounts an adventure from days gone by when he and his two companions (Vixeela and the dubious magician/alchemist Veezi Phenquor) endeavored to rob the temple of the moon god Leniqua, and steal away with the Thirty-Nine girdles of virginity by means of stealth, cunning, and a little bit of hyperborean chemistry. Originally published in the Saturn Science Fiction & Fantasy, it is the last of Clark’s Hyperborea cycle.
Welcome to the Sanctum Secorum podcast. Tonight we look at a work by Clark Ashton Smith, The Powder of Hyperborea and match it up with Edgar Johnson’s delightful Street Kids of Ur-Hadad.
Dark Acquisitions
Classes
The Huntsman – R.S. Tilton
Gods of the Eternal Struggle
Leniqua – Bob Brinkman
Tsathoggua – Bob Brinkman
Magic Items
The Powder of Hyperborea – Jen Brinkman
Men and Magicians
Alchemist – Marc Bruner
Monsters
Formless Spawn – Bob Brinkman
NPCs
Marquanos – Bob Brinkman
Veezi Phenquor – Bob Brinkman
Spells
Make Potion (spell expansion) – Marc Bruner
Nightmare Nimbus – Bob Brinkman
The Stacks
Appendix N
The Powder of Hyperborea by Clark Ashton Smith
Saturn Science Fiction and Fantasy, March 1958
Adventures
The Curse of Cragbridge by Paul Wolfe
Elzemon and the Blood Drinking Box by Terry Olson
The Jeweller Who Dealt in Stardust by Harley Stroh
Madhouse Meet by Michael Curtis
Masks of Lankhmar by Michael Curtis
No Small Crimes in Lankhmar by Michael Curtis (forthcoming)
Operation Unfathomable by Jason Sholtis
The Orm Lies Down in Punjar by Terry Olson
Perils of the Sunken City by Jon Marr
Street Kids of Ur-Hadad by Edgar Johnson
Super Number One Food Tower by Matthew Goiffon
Treasure Vaults of Zadabad by Carl Bussler & Eric Hoffman
Campaign Tools
Ancient Hyperborean class by Ari-Matti Piippo (Sanctum Secorum #32)
Drunk’s Luck by Diogo Nogueira (Gongfarmer’s Almanac 2016)
The Heist Tool by Adam Muszkiewicz (Metal Gods of Ur-Hadad #3)
Helmet Law by Rev. Dak (Crawl #2)
Honest Orkoff by Jon Marr (Crawl #2)
House Rule: Adventuring Companion by Diogo Nogueira (Gongfarmer’s Almanac 2016)
Legendary Items by Rev. Dak (Crawl #2)
Lucky Items by Rev. Dak (Crawl #2)
Random Tavern Generator by Keith A. Garrett (Gongfarmer’s Almanac 2016)
Shattered Shields by Rev. Dak (Crawl #2)
Thieving Hand of Glamox by Michael Bolam (Gongfarmer’s Almanac 2016)
Tomb of Khaemhet by Carl Bussler & Eric Hoffman (Sanctum Secorum #20)
Conventions
DCC RPG for BOSS
GAMA
Gamestorm 20
Gen Con
Gary Con
MACE West
Mepacon
Red River RPG Con
Music
Agape (song) by Dead Can Dance
Anastasis (album) by Dead Can Dance
The Bard’s Tale OST (bonus material)
The Best of Zakir Hussain (album) by Zakir Hussain
Chants of India (album) by Ravi Shankar
Come into the Garden Maude (song) by Derek Scott
Endless Vision (album) by Sari Galin
Jai Taal (song) by Zakir Hussain
Kiko (song) by Dead Can Dance
The Kingdom of Heaven OST (album) by Harry Gregson-Williams
Music of India (album) by Ravi Shankar
Opium (song) by Dead Can Dance
The Serpent’s Egg (album) by Dead Can Dance
Sounds of India (album) by Ravi Shankar
Teentaal (song) by Zakir Hussain
Podcasts
Appendix N Book Club
The Cromcast
Road Crew Appearances
* M Nicksic @ Tacoma Games in Tacoma, WA (every Saturday)
* Timothy Drennon @ Geekout in Burlson, TX
* Jeff Bernstein @ Games Plus in Mount Prospect, IL
* Tim Deschene @ Revival Brewing Company in Cranston, RI
* Kevin Searle @ Rogues Gallery Comics & Games in Round Rock, TX
* Joan Troyer @ Better World Books in Goshen, IN
* Joan Troyer @ Secret Door Games in Elkhart, IN
* Brendan LaSalle @ EVERYWHERE
Settings
Crawljammer by Moon Dice Games
DCC Lankhmar by Goodman Games
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Moon gods are just as frequent as goddesses across world mythologies. The Greeks and Romans had lunar goddesses, but the fact that contemporary westerners tend to know Mediterranean pantheons is no meaningful sampling of the typology. Mesopotamian Sin, Norse Mani, Egyptian Thoth, and Japanese Tsukiyomi are all male deities. Norse and Japanese mythology also feature sun goddesses. A populous and long-running pantheon like the Egyptian sees elemental and basically vague attributes like an association with the moon pass from one deity to another as those divinities rise and fall in popularity: Thoth may have originally been a moon god, but his portfolio widened as a patron of knowledge, language, writing, magic, and a judge of the dead; but Osiris, Khonsu, Set, and others have a lunar aspect; Isis may have a lunar aspect only by syncretism with Artemis and other Greek goddesses. In Germanic and Semitic languages, the moon is typically grammatically masculine and the sun feminine; the wikipedia article I’ve linked gives quite a few moon gods from Semitic peoples like Canaanites and the Carthaginians.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lunar_deities
With all the G.G. Joe cards going around, it is hard not to say “And knowing is half the battle…” Thanks for the link and information. Always good to broaden our horizons else why live here in a library?