Eidolon (ahy-DOH-luhn) is a phantom; apparition; an ideal.
The word comes from the more common word, idol, which originally referred to pagan religious idols.
"It was the ghoulish shade of decay, antiquity, and desolation; the putrid, dripping eidolon of unwholesome revelation, the awful baring of that which the merciful earth should always hide." (H.P. Lovecraft, The Outsider)
The word comes from the more common word, idol, which originally referred to pagan religious idols.
"It was the ghoulish shade of decay, antiquity, and desolation; the putrid, dripping eidolon of unwholesome revelation, the awful baring of that which the merciful earth should always hide." (H.P. Lovecraft, The Outsider)
No comments:
Post a Comment