The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance
THE WORM OUROBOROS
GORICE XII. IN CARCË.
A ROMANCE BY E. R. EDDISON, ILLUSTRATED BY KEITH HENDERSON
JONATHAN CAPE LTD. ELEVEN GOWER STREET LONDON
FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1922 NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION 1924
TRUE Thomas lay on Huntlie bank,
A ferlie he spied wi his ee;
And there he saw a Lady bright
Come riding down by the Eildon Tree.
Her skirt was o the grass-green silk,
Her mantle o the velvet fyne,
At ilka tett of her horse’s mane
Eric Rücker Eddison
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CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE INDUCTION
I: THE CASTLE OF LORD JUSS
II: THE WRASTLING FOR DEMONLAND
III: THE RED FOLIOT
IV: CONJURING IN THE IRON TOWER
V: KING GORICE’S SENDING
VI: THE CLAWS OF WITCHLAND
VII: GUESTS OF THE KING IN CARCË
VIII: THE FIRST EXPEDITION TO IMPLAND
IX: SALAPANTA HILLS
X: THE MARCHLANDS OF THE MORUNA
XI: THE BURG OF ESHGRAR OGO
XII: KOSHTRA PIVRARCHA
XIII: KOSHTRA BELORN
XIV: THE LAKE OF RAVARY
XV: QUEEN PREZMYRA
XVI: THE LADY SRIVA’S EMBASSAGE
XVII: THE KING FLIES HIS HAGGARD
XVIII: THE MURTHER OF GALLANDUS BY CORSUS
XIX: THREMNIR’S HEUGH
XX: KING CORINIUS
XXI: THE PARLEY BEFORE KROTHERING
XXII: AURWATH AND SWITCHWATER
XXIII: THE WEIRD BEGUN OF ISHNAIN NEMARTRA
XXIV: A KING IN KROTHERING
XXV: LORD GRO AND THE LADY MEVRIAN
XXVI: THE BATTLE OF KROTHERING SIDE
XXVII: THE SECOND EXPEDITION TO IMPLAND
XXVIII: ZORA RACH NAM PSARRION
XXIX: THE FLEET AT MUELVA
XXX: TIDINGS OF MELIKAPHKHAZ
XXXI: THE DEMONS BEFORE CARCË
XXXII: THE LATTER END OF ALL THE LORDS OF WITCHLAND
XXXIII: QUEEN SOPHONISBA IN GALING
ARGUMENT: WITH DATES
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ON THE VERSES
