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Book Information: Valley of the Beasts, the

Valley of the Beasts, the (1927) [Short Story]
by Algernon Blackwood Rating: Weighted - 7.5 / Average - 7.5 of 10 (2 votes) (Rate!)
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A hunter pursues a giant moose into the Valley of the Beasts, sacred to the god Ishtot. There he finds a strange change take place within him.

This story combines Indian beliefs about nature with Blackwood's own pantheistic leanings. The god Ishtot is his creation, but the myth of a guardian spirit which protects the animals is a common one. His Valley of the Beasts clearly draws on the Garden of Eden myth.

Published in The Phoenix Tree

Original title: The Valley of the Beasts
Original languages: English

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Genre: FictionFantasySaga, Myth, and Legend

This work is a subwork of the following works :
     Phoenix Tree, the (1980) [Anthology]
      Authors: H. P. Lovecraft , Verner von Heidenstam , Richard Adams , Lord Dunsany , Algernon Blackwood , August Derleth , Jorge Luis Borges , Barry Pain , Frank R. Stockton , Richard Garnett , Kenneth Morris , Galad Elflandsson , Evangeline Walton , Félix Martí-Ibáñez , Eric Linklater , Vera Chapman , Benjamin Disraeli

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