Talk:The Scarlet Citadel

Tsotha-lantli is a darkmage who definitely has connections to Stygia. He is certainly an initiate of Set-worship. He may well be, and act as, an agent of Stygia. In The queen of the black coast it is said that the hate of the rulers of Stygia for Amra the pirate "became a high tree that would bear blood-red fruits". This might be Tsothas task.In the Scarlet citadel it is revealed that the bard Rinaldo, a co-conspirator of Thoth-Amon in The Phoenix on the sword, had dealings with Tsotha. This was the cause of the "madness" of Rinaldo. It was argualby through Tsotha, and he from Rinaldo, that Ctesphon, priest-king of Stygia, learned were to find his (other) old servant Thoth-Amon(as a slave of Ascalante).¨¨

The Yothga plant, said to be literally rooted in Hell, is arguably identical with the asphodel mentioned in the Kull story "The curse of the golden skull". Darkpriest Rotath call himself "of the Moonstone and the asphodel" The asphodel is anflower that the greek did dedicate to Persephone, queen of Hades(the realm of the dead as well as its ruler.)With time the fields of Hdes were thought to be covered wit asphodel. Also the Yothga plant stem frpm Yag. the home world of Yag Kosha in "The tower of the elephant". "The Moonstone" is arguably identical with "The red heart of the night" = The heart of Ahriman in Conans days. The Moon-goddess riding a tiger looks like Durga, a hindu-goddess often identified with Kali, the mother of Ganesha.