#the mound

[bornulhuu]

Temple alternative for Terraria

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Merlin’s Legendary Tomb

MERLIN’S LEGENDARY TOMB MAY BE OPENED FOR THE FIRST TIME

The Mound in the grounds of Marlborough College in southern England is a massive artificial hill constructed around the same time as Stonehenge and Avebury, approximately 4,500 years ago.

The purpose of the earthwork is an enduring enigma.

Wiltshire Council is currently considering granting permission for an archaeological dig that may finally reveal its secrets.

Legend holds that ancient heroes were buried here over many centuries, including Merlin of Arthurian fame.

If all goes ahead, the first phase of excavation might involve digging behind the mysterious grotto built into the hillside, said to hide the entrance to Merlin’s tomb.

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The Marlborough Mound, also known as Merlin's Mound or Merlin's Mount, is a Neolithic monument in the town of Marlborough in the English county of Wiltshire.

Standing 19 metres (60 ft) tall, it is second only to the nearby Silbury Hill in terms of height for such a monument.

Modern study places the construction date around 2400 BC.

It was first listed as a Scheduled Monument in 1951.

[gebo4482]

The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu

Reveal Trailer

Steam

[scotianostra]

Very spring-like day in Edinburgh.🌞

[pershing100]

Museum on the Mound, Edinburgh

[hplovecraftmuseum]

Below is a poster on display at SPENCERS GIFT, AKA SPENCER LLC. Unfortunately I could not find the artist's name on the poster, but it is a product of the company, TRENDS INTERNATIONAL. I shall certainly give any individual artist credit when I can. Anyway, some thoughts about Lovecraft's own version of Cthulhu might be worth considering: It is generally accepted that human beings are of absolutely zero importance to the cosmic entities known as The Old Ones. Yet, if we read Lovecraft's own tales in which Cthulhu's history figures prominently that assumption brings up problems. In The Call of Cthulhu, the 'squid/ dragon' is actually reliant on human members of his secret cult to revive him and open the doorway to his tomb city. In the 'Call' a ship carrying such degenerate servants sails to release Cthulhu. Unfortunately for them they meet a stalwart group of sailors who just happen to show up in the same area of the Pacific. The two groups do battle and the Cthulhu cultists are killed. By pure accident the 'goodly' sailors land on Cthulhu's slime coated fortress- city and accidentally open the gigantic doorway through which Cthulhu squeezes into the light for the first time after untold eons. Fortunately perhaps for all humanity a storm gathers and somehow Cthulhu and his whole slime coated city sinks to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean once again. The excuse some have cited for this is that 'The Stars weren't right!' Well, members of the Squid/dragon's cult here on earth must have believed the time was right? Cthulhu himself must have thought the time was right too as he was sending out telepathic messages to sensitive humans all over the world. Anyway, if we consider information included in THE MOUND - ghost written by Lovecraft - we are treated to the idea that Cthulhu brought a race of super-humans to earth with him. These humanoids had once co-existed and even interbred with native humans here on earth but are least a million years ahead of us in evolution otherwise. The old ones may consider most human beings as pretty lowly on the cosmic scale of evolution, but there are some exceptions. (Exhibit 453)

[embraphotos]

The Mound, EH2