Lord Dunsany

Time and the Gods Annotated Lord Dunsany

First of all, their 'swarthy servant' Time, destroyed their worth and joy, the marble town of Sardathrion, while not their knowledge. Then a new god known as softened (the seas) decreased from the sky to colonize their planet associate degreed solely the intervention of Tintaggon, an impenetrable black wall, saved the day. Even when they slept, they weren't safe as three malign spirits called Yozis attempted to take their place in the affections of man. Dunsany's gods, like all gods, hold men in tyranny. The individuals of the Prosperous Isles were happy before sailors brought them knowledge of the gods, whom they presently learnt herded men like cattle. Yahn (wealth) destroys men because 'his soul is a usurer's soul.' The gods who inhabit the mountains above the city of Mildeen destroy it each time their clergymen carve hundred false images.