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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]

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Secret tongue: Jhebbal Sag's secret tongue allowed him to speak to some animals (though it formerly allowed it to command men and animals alike.[1]

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