Serpent People

Overview

Miskatonic seal ME-1926-Z54/2656 binds this packet; duplicate citations must use slug `serpent-people`.

Serpent People is indexed as species or servitor because bullets sometimes delay it; do not mistake delay for mastery.

Prehuman civilization with castes and hypnosis, survivors in Yoth and elsewhere.

Period attestation: lovecraft-1930s.

If the name appears in dreams three nights running, withdraw from the case and request audit.

Description

Howard and Lovecraft cycles merge in 'The Mound' and later encyclopedias.

Sensory reports conflict in detail — scale, colour, limb count — yet agree that the phenomenon offends proportion.

Olfactory notes in depositions: salt, copper, wet stone, and organic sweetness like fruit fermenting in a closed room.

Historical Record

Valusia and Yoth linked through serpent cults and K'n-yan refugees.

Post-1937 pastiche and game supplements multiplied references; the archive tags those layers expanded mythos unless a primary citation is supplied.

Cross-links at dossier foot should be treated as hypotheses, not as family trees carved in stone.

Field Observations

Do not engage alone; do not accept hospitality from hosts who show windows to other eras.

Submit Form Theta-9 if conversation turns to cities remembered only in sleep.

The Library holds primary text; this dossier holds orientation — never the reverse.

Archive Notes

Cite archive slug `serpent-people` in all cross-references. The Library holds primary text; this dossier holds orientation — never the reverse.