Its setting is prehistoric Europe and North Africa (with occasional references to Asia and other continents). [1] Howard described the Hyborian Age taking place sometime after the sinking of Atlantis and before the beginning of recorded ancient history. The Ottoman Empire (?) Just south of the Pictish Wilderness was the fertile valley known as "Zing". Most of the tribes still relied on hunting for their nourishment. In Vendhya, the followers of Asura seek truth beyond the illusions of the physical world, and the Hyborian devotees of Mitra are almost Christian in their merging of asceticism with a commitment to compassion and justice. Others fled the path of Hyperborean expansion before ever engaging them in war. Howard labels the populace of his Argos as "Argosseans", whereas the folk of the historical Argos are known as "Argives". It's been my go-to map for my Hyborian Age RPG game. Several such tribes migrated to the northern areas of what was left of the Thurian continent to escape destruction. By 13,000 BC the Hybori had conquered Acheron. The City of Shumballa: By Vincent N. Darlage. [12] In Khoraja, which is on the border between the Hyborian kingdoms and the Semite ones, the worship of Mitra was largely forgotten in favor of the Semite gods – but in hours of great need, Khorajans still call on Mitra and are answered ("Black Colossus"). The Kira-Khitai were a prominent tribe amongst Mongol steppe tribes. Vanaheim is the home of the Vanir in Norse mythology (Njörd - god of the sea; Freyja - goddess of fertility, love, beauty, and war). Though Conan's career would know many more ups and downs, this was an important step towards eventually becoming a king. From the kingdom of Kush and Nubia in North Africa. The name derives from Turan, the areas of Eurasia occupied by speakers of Ural-Altaic languages. The Mitran cult never practice sacrifice and values aesthetic simplicity. Tribes who defended their territories lost them and were forced to migrate elsewhere. Even Hyperborea was conquered by one of these barbarian tribes. According to Howard himself (in "The Phoenix on the Sword"): "...between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Sons of Aryas...". Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hyborian_Age&oldid=988277294, Wikipedia articles with style issues from May 2020, Articles needing additional references from May 2020, All articles needing additional references, Articles with multiple maintenance issues, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Geographically located over the modern German, Howard derived this name from the region of, An eastern land corresponding with modern, The name comes from the "Kesh", the Egyptian name for, China. Its territory covered Aquilonia, Nemedia, and Argos. He imagines the Picts to occupy a large area to the northwest. [7] The essay begins with the end of the Thurian Age (the setting for Howard's King Kull stories) and the destruction of its civilizations, Lemuria and Atlantis, by a geological cataclysm. Maps. In the philistine (Pelishtia) city of Ekron, there was an important oracle of Baal-Zevul (Beelzebuul). Hyborian Age [edit | edit source] 500 years later, the kingdoms of the Hyborian Age were clearly established in the lands that used to make up the empire of Acheron. The Carolingian Empire, medieval France, with occasional hints of England. He is depicted as a "gentle" god. Dominating the western world were the Hyborian kingdoms, consisting of Aquilonia, Brythunia, Nemedia, Koth, Argos, Hyperborea, Corinthia, Ophir, and the Border Kingdom. Probably inspired by the historical name of, The name is perhaps derived from a combination of, The River Styx runs northward through Stygia, following the course of the historical, This page was last edited on 12 November 2020, at 05:31. This was a mythical place far to the north that was not cold and where things did not age. A fallen kingdom corresponding to the Roman Empire. By conceiving a timeless setting – a vanished age – and by carefully choosing names that resembled our history, Howard avoided the problem of historical anachronisms and the need for lengthy exposition.[6]. They included a nameless farming nation related to the people of the Shem and a warlike Pictish tribe who had previously conquered them. Crom is never depicted as directly intervening or otherwise explicitly causing any event to occur in the original Conan stories by Robert E. Howard. However, Koth is situated in southern Europe including the ancient lands of Illyria, Thrace, the Adriatic sea, and the central Italic peoples. Fictional period created by Robert E. Howard, For Howard's essay describing the Hyborian Age, see, An princess named Yelaya, who presumably becomes a consort for the lord of the underworld, plays a important role in this story. Toward the north, the savage Picts and the descendants of the Atlanteans, t… Meanwhile, the west coast of Africa on his map lies beneath the sea. Includes the Lower Levels, Middle Levels, and Upper Levels. Howard's Hyborian Age, described in detail in his essay "The Hyborian Age", is a mythical time before any civilization known to anthropologists. 3. They encountered the Picts and forced them to limit themselves to the western wastelands, which would come to be known as the "Pictish Wilderness". Crom /ˈkrɒm/ is a deity in Robert E. Howard's fantasy tales of the Hyborian Age. [13] He is also symbolically represented by a phoenix in Howard's writing,[14] by an Ankh in the Age of Conan MMORPG, and by a bronze colossus in the survival video game Conan Exiles.[15]. With the population of the Hyborian tribes continuing to increase, the need for new lands also increased. He attempted to recruit a significant military force to campaign against them, but most Hyborians were not convinced by his tales; only a small group of foolhardy youths followed his campaign.