Thuria

Thuria
Name	Thuria
Aliases	Thurian Continent, Thurian mainland, Valusian continent
Location Details
Galaxy	Milky Way
Star System	Sol
Planet	Earth
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Robert E. Howard, Roy Thomas, Barry Windsor-Smith
First	Conan the Barbarian #1 (July, 1970)
First	Conan the Barbarian #1 (July, 1970)

Thuria was, during the Pre-Cataclysmic Age, one of the Earth largest land masses although smaller continents such as Atlantis and the Eastern continent Mu existed, as did several island chains. Most of the Earth was unexplored wilderness but contained scattered clans of primitive Humans.

One of the nations to exist at the time was Valusia with its capital the City of Wonders ruled by King Kull.

Thuria later became Hyboria, then later Europe, Asia, and Africa.

History

Great Cataclysm

In 18,000 BC Atlantis sank beneath the ocean during what is known as the Great Cataclysm. This event changed the landscape of the world which would be known as Hyboria.

Points of Interest

Thurian Continent

Map of the continent of Thuria

• Seven Empires
  • Valusia - Kingdom
    • City of Wonders - Capital
    • Hills of Zalgara
      • Kamula - City
    • Ostium - City and port
  • Thule - Kingdom
    • Bay of Thule
  • Verulia - Kingdom
  • Kamelia - Kingdom
  • Grondar - Kingdom
    • Torranna - City
  • Commoria - Kingdom
• Farsun - Kingdom
• Thurania - Kingdom
• Zarfhaana - Kingdom
  • Talunia - Eastern border-city
• Nation of the Zhemri (possibly within Grondar)
• Elder Cimmeria - Barbarian people
• Elder Nations - Nations of the Elder Race
• Forbidden Swamp
  • Temple of the Serpent - Temple of a cult of Serpent-Men
• Southern Jungles, Unexplored South
  • Kingdom of the Bird-Men
  • Pre-Human Civilization/Stygia (Serpent-Men)
    • Luxor - dwelling of Akivasha (presumed setting, set on the River Styx after the Great Cataclysm)
    • Black pyramids
      • Forbidden Temple of Set (near Khemi during the Hyborian Age)
• Far East/Non-Thurian Kingdom
  • Khitai
• World's End / Wilderness / Wild Lands / Edge of the World - easternmost lands of Thuria
• Stagus River - Delineated Grondar from the eastern terra incognita
• Camoonian Deserts - A wasteland separating Valusia and Zarfhaana
• Deserts - Stretches of deserts separating Grondar from the non-Thurian kingdom
• Northern Lands
  • Northern Mountains

Neighboring Landmasses

Isles around Thuria included the following:

Map of Demascar and Rikos (southwards) relative to Thuria

• The Nameless Isle (Siojina-Kisua) was a remnant (or more likely an island possession) of Valusia.
• An undisclosed island, inhabited by the Cult of the Leopard and the setting of the castle of Dom Vinsala.

Minor isles around Thuria included Zahrahn (seemingly off its western or northern coast, see notes on Zahrahn's page). On the mainland or on islands, Grebuhl and Auuroghan were seemingly sea-ports on the Nespian Trade Routes.

Greater landmasses, continents and archipelago included:

• Atlantis to the west
• Pictish Isles to the west
• Mu
  • Lemurian Isles to the northeast
• Nameless Continent to the southeast
• Demascar and Rikos to the south

Notes

• "Thuranian" was used as an adjective form for Thuria, although it may be the result of a confusion between Thuria and Thurania, a Thurian kingdom.
• Thuria is sometimes erroneously stated to later be known as the Americas, rather than Hyboria --> then later Europe, Asia, and Africa.

See Also

• 96 appearance(s) of Thuria
• 1 minor appearance(s) of Thuria
• 9 mention(s) of Thuria
• 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Thuria
• 3 image(s) of Thuria
• 54 article(s) related to Thuria
• 2 citizen(s) of Thuria