Abingion 44
Africa 19
Andromeda, Mirror of 245, 247
angels 21, 31, 69, 78, 79, 82, 150-158
Antarctic 19
anthropologists 34
Antiquilla 49
Ants
Citadel of 157
ants 157
apathy 103
Archangel 27, 28, 29
Ardennes 196
Arizona 213
armor 3, 29, 71, 92, 120, 196, 251, 252, 255-257, 262, 270, 274, 275, 325, 332, 338, 343, 345, 347, 352
Asgard 199
Atalantium 239, 242, 243, 247
Atlantic Ocean 211
Bastogne 203
Beaver Island 228
beef jerky 120
Belize 16
Blake 30
blood 3, 4, 12, 13, 21, 22, 35, 42, 55, 59-64, 67-74, 82, 137, 139, 143, 196, 202, 220, 223, 226, 253, 256-258, 261, 264, 266, 271, 273, 275, 285, 286, 296, 312, 317, 323, 324, 326, 327, 330-333, 335, 338-341, 350
of God 21, 22
roses’ appetite for 61, 64
used as ink 80
Bluebeard 31
blues, the 127
Buddhism 220, 224, 226, 230, 231, 361-363. See also Zen
Bulge, Battle of the 195, 206
burial. See funeral customs
California iv, v, 212, 234
Canopus 244
cathedral. See also Leaper, the
of Halri 123, 125
Cetus 244
changelings 122, 123
Charon 17
chiads
metonymous 28
childhood 11, 29, 113, 122, 125, 219, 236
child stars
former 123
civilization 8, 27, 169, 215
Cleveland 123
cloaks
woolen xii
cocaine 7
Colorado 123
Columbiana 240, 241, 243, 247
comic books 11
Committee, the 125, 128
Connecticut 216
coronets
jeweled xii
Corrinth 41, 54
Cosmopolis, the 169, 171, 173, 187
dark folk 42
death 46, 195
demons 45
Denver 126, 234
destinies
inexplicably great xii
destriers xii
Devil, the 218
sale of soul to 127
diners 11, 123, 124
djinn 239, 246, 295, 336, 337, 338, 339, 341, 343, 351, 352
dolls 74, 165, 261, 273, 274, 324, 326, 340, 350
doubts 29, 78, 82, 140, 164, 182, 262, 297, 328, 334-336, 338, 340, 344, 348, 349
downers 220
dragons 42
Drepung Loseling monastery 361, 362
Earth 122
Earth’s core 19
Empty City, the 325, 343
evil 12, 13, 21
expertise 107
eye, third 63
folklorists 34
folktales 34
food
magical 48, 336
Four Corners 126
funeral customs 8, 83, 84, 91, 105, 199, 326, 328, 334, 352
future
seeing the 12, 63, 218
Galixei, Galixeo 239-241, 243, 245
Georgia 219
gifts 101
God 7, 15, 171, 223, 240, 282, 283
blood of 21, 22
death of 18
departure of 22
house of 152
return of 20
gods 137, 139, 143, 144, 197, 202, 245, 255, 256, 258, 262, 264, 265, 266, 267, 272, 275, 276, 277, 285, 291, 294, 300, 302, 304,
306
vengeful xii
good
vs. evil 128
gossip 201
graves. See funeral customs
gravity 242
Great Flood 31
greaves xii
grief 9
Gryphon War 54
Guadalcanal 228
Habber Lakes 42
hallucinogens 21
Halri 122, 123, 128
Heaven 196
hedgehogs 323, 324, 347, 348, 349
Hel 199
helicopters 14
Hell
anteroom of 15, 16
elevator to 17
Himalayas 18, 19
hippies 220, 229, 230
history 9, 11, 14, 136, 139, 172, 173, 189, 244, 260, 263, 264, 265, 292, 294, 312, 361
Ho-Hos 120
Hollywood 130, 219
Holy Grail, the 9, 14
Ilmak Dale 324
speech patterns of 337, 338
imagination 97
lyric 28
Indes Plains 42
infanticide 74
Inoppin 45
insanity 132
of movie people 123
Interstate Fifteen 126
interstellar travel 30, 164, 169, 172
Japan 231, 234, 236
Johnson, Robert 127
Jotunheim 199
Kansas 120, 122
origins of 121
Key West 217, 220, 221
Knights Templar 16
Korea 211, 212, 214, 217, 218, 220, 223, 232
Krinkelt 202
L.A. See Los Angeles
Las Vegas 129, 132
Leaper, the 80, 81, 83, 85, 88, 91
cathedral of 83, 85, 88, 92
life
elixir of 243
eternal 49. See also youth: everlasting
Li Po 30
Li Po Islets 27
Los Angeles 123, 130, 132, 234
love 56, 99, 100, 112, 113, 135, 136, 140, 141, 142, 143, 145, 146, 177, 233, 252, 281, 284, 330, 340, 341
Magellan, Horn of 244
magic 48, 51, 52, 102, 120, 128, 317, 337, 347, 348
maps vi, 17, 19, 28, 51, 70
accuracy of vi
Memphis 125
Mesopomerica 240
methamphetamines
vast quantities of 10
metonymy 28
Michigan 228
Ming 46
Minnesota 200
Mirabai 30, 32
miracles 103
Montreal 228
moon
key to 16
motels 119
movie people
insanity of 123
Mud, Mountain of 42
narrative
as ammunition 35
as prerequisite for sentience 33
vs. lyric imagination 28
New Scythia 28
New York 216, 222, 226, 228, 232
Normandy 196
Norway 196
obsession
vs. passion 111
Odgett Sea 47
Ohio 121, 123
Omaha Beach 219
Orion 245
otherworld 120
Pacific Ocean 19
parallaxes, metonymous 28
Parameter, the 28, 30, 34, 35
passion 65
vs. obsession 111
pauldrons xii
Phoenix 121, 122
Pittsburgh 234
plague 171, 188
pleasure 41, 55
poetry 29
poison 142
Pontchartrain 245
Praesepe 244
psychoanalysis
and art 102
Puerto Rico 234
Punt, land of 239, 242, 243, 246
quests
intrinsic value of 55
Ragnarok 196, 199, 200
Rainbow Batrachian. See Leaper, the
Rainbow Frog. See Leaper, the
realism 97
Redmill 53
Red Pagoda, the 242
rings
magic xii
Rose, the 135
roses
Altissimo 61, 62
appetite for blood 61, 64
banned 74
beauty of 60
Blood-Burgundy 61, 62, 64
Saigon 229
sandstone 3
satire 127
Secret, the 241
self-abnegation 103
sex 146, 216
as antidote to death 18
honing by practice 9
in prison 221
interrupted 197
interspecies 69, 73
Shangri-stan 242
sheep 29
uses for 29
shepherds 29
and interstellar travel 30
hatred of wolves 27
inner lives of 31
sherpas 16
sight
magical 52
South Pacific 220
speed 10
spiders
baby 44
giant 44
stone
memories of 50
storytelling 198
as defense against wolves 33
Sulle
Poppy King of 42
Switzerland iv, v, vi
Talking Heads 126
tankards
pewter xii
tanzadi 334
tazrash 334
telepathy 30, 120
tenebrae 31, 32
Thane Moon Triage 31
Thromin 46, 54
Tibet 228, 360, 361
time
gyrations through 8
layers of 7
lost 239
time travel 16, 17, 214, 221, 226, 231, 232, 233, 234
Toledo 121
tombstones. See funeral customs
treasure 47, 56, 108
Tree-Ommes 78
Underground Palace, the 242
unicorns 34, 239
uppers 12, 220
Utah 126
Valhalla 196, 199
venom 8
Vietnam 220, 228
walls
moving 51
talking 54
whispering 52, 53
war 3, 16, 19, 31, 37, 120, 123, 128, 129, 196, 197, 198, 203, 204, 205, 215, 218, 220, 229, 231, 232, 234, 292
ending 202
terror of 129
wenches
saucy xii
witches 78, 89, 92, 93
wizards
cryptic xii
wolves 29
breath of 31
craftiness of 30
defense against 33
feeding habits of 32
shepherds’ hatred of 27
war with 28
Wonder, Stevie 127
world
end of 7, 197, 207
wounds 4
Yggdrasil 202
youth
everlasting 14
Yunnangrad 242
Zen 230, 231, 232, 233, 234. See also Buddhism
Zimzarkanthitrugenia-fenstok 336