History
Origins and early years[]
Jhebbal Sag was described as an "ancient god of darkness and fear"[2] a bestial deity,[5] and a "demi-human".[10]
It was said that he was once worshiped by all living things,[3] men and beasts alike, when they spoke the same tongue.[1]
For millennia, he dwelt in a netherworld.[11]
Pre-Cataclysmic Age[]
During the Pre-Cataclysmic Age, Jhebbal Sag was worshiped by the Picts of the Pictish Isles. His worship was seemingly halted among the Borni under Brule the Spear-Slayer's rule as chieftain, but went on as the Borni rekindled altars to Jhebbal Sag after having chosen a wizard as chieftain of their tribe,[8] the shaman Ba-Thek.[7]
Hyborian Age[]
During the Hyborian Age, Jhebbal Sag was worshiped by the Picts, who offered him human sacrifices.[3]
Only some beasts remembered Jhebbal Sag's secret tongue and obeyed it, including baboons, birds of prey, crocodiles, leopards, serpents, and hyenas.[10]
Taken in a mist-enshrouded trance at Abombi, the exile Ajaga learned Jhebbal Sag's secret tongue and used it to form an army of beasts of the jungle and of like-minded exiles, intending to carve a kingdom on the Black Coast.[1] Ajaga presented himself as the heir of Jhebbal Sag.[9] After capturing Conan and Bêlit, he pretended to communicate with Jhebbal Sag (or actually did?) in a trance, and ordered their death.[11]Attributes
Powers
Notes
- Jhebbal Sag was created by Robert E. Howard in "Beyond the Black River" (May, 1935), adapted in Savage Sword of Conan #26 and 27 (January and March, 1978), written by Roy Thomas and penciled by John Buscema.
See Also
Links and References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Conan the Barbarian #94
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Handbook of the Conan Universe #1 ; Gods and Worship
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Handbook of the Conan Universe #1 ; Pictland's profile
- ↑ Conan the Barbarian (Vol. 3) #9 ; The Life & Death of Conan: part nine - The God Below
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Conan the Adventurer #3
- ↑ Conan #8
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Kull the Conqueror (Vol. 3) #10
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Kull the Conqueror (Vol. 3) #8
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Conan the Barbarian #95
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Conan the Barbarian #97
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Conan the Barbarian #96