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"These, Gll'-Hthaa-Ynn explained, were what men called the y'm-bhi—organisms which had died, but which had been mechanically reanimated for industrial purposes by means of atomic energy and thought-power...

...Those which most repelled Zamacona were those whose mutilations were greatest; for some were wholly headless, while others had suffered singular and seemingly capricious subtractions, distortions, transpositions, and graftings in various places. The Spaniard could not account for this condition, but Gll'-Hthaa-Ynn made it clear that these were slaves who had been used for the amusement of the people in some of the vast arenas."
- The Mound, by Z. Bishop and H.P. Lovecraft

Something which came to my mind after reading the short story 'the Mound'. At no point are the entertainments enjoyed by the K'n-yanian people described. However, considering the beings they worshipped and their decaying culture, this may have been for the better. This one, in particular, I imagined partaking in a sort of ceremonial or ritual dance, flopping and lumbering around a certain central pitch black idol, to the tune of slow drums and the thin, monotonous piping of flutes. The real ones of course are probably in a more horrible condition than I can, or am willing to, imagine.

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"These, Gll'-Hthaa-Ynn explained, were what men called the y'm-bhi—organisms which had died, but which had been mechanically reanimated for industrial purposes by means of atomic energy and thought-power...

...Those which most repelled Zamacona were those whose mutilations were greatest; for some were wholly headless, while others had suffered singular and seemingly capricious subtractions, distortions, transpositions, and graftings in various places. The Spaniard could not account for this condition, but Gll'-Hthaa-Ynn made it clear that these were slaves who had been used for the amusement of the people in some of the vast arenas."
- The Mound, by Z. Bishop and H.P. Lovecraft

Something which came to my mind after reading the short story 'the Mound'. At no point are the entertainments enjoyed by the K'n-yanian people described. However, considering the beings they worshipped and their decaying culture, this may have been for the better. This one, in particular, I imagined partaking in a sort of ceremonial or ritual dance, flopping and lumbering around a certain central pitch black idol, to the tune of slow drums and the thin, monotonous piping of flutes. The real ones of course are probably in a more horrible condition than I can, or am willing to, imagine.