Talk:Stygia

"The hour of the dragon" is One story where it appears that much of what both the stygian people and non - stygians believe about Stygia, not least in religious matters, is part bogus, desinformation on behalf of the ruling, muvian rather than stygian, elite of the land. "The nameless gods" or simply "The nameless ones" is a common label for the dark gods in the world of REH. "The great dark nameless one" mentioned in the Kull - stories should be their leader. There are reasons to identify him with Skelos, appaerently a god of death, as many such(Odin for one)connected to wisdom and learning; needless to say of the darker kind. Historical Luxor is the necropolis, greek for "City of the dead" of ancient Thebes. Luxur inConans world is a stronghold of the cult of "The queen of the dead". Muvian royalities are initiates of her cult. Is the dead nameless holy city, the centre of stygian religion mentioned in "The hour..." Luxur, holy city of the nameless god of death? Luxur being "more ancient" than Khemi should be understood in the light of that in the world of REH great age is as a rule something ominous. This also for Stygia being more ancient than Acheron ; even Xaltotun speaks naturally about "dark Stygia".