The Tale of Satampra Zeiros

"The Tale of Satampra Zeiros" is a short story by the late American author Clark Ashton Smith, first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in November 1931, and part of Smith's Hyperborean Cycle. It is notable for containing the first description of the toad-god Tsathoggua.
==Synopsis==
A pair of down-on-their-luck thieves in ancient Hyperborea decide that the best way to get their finances back on track is to raid the long-abandoned city of Commoriom, said to be cursed, and shunned by all sensible folk.
Upon their arrival, they investigate an ancient temple to Tsathoggua, and invite the wrath of one of the temple's guardians, a Formless Spawn. Although one of the adventurers manages to escape with merely the loss of a hand, the other is not so lucky.
==Characters==
*Satampra Zeiros, an accomplished thief.
*Tirouv Ompallios, Satampra Zeiros's lifelong friend and partner-in-crime.
==Publication History==
Since its first publication, "The Tale of Satampra Zeiros" has been reprinted many times. It has also been translated into Spanish, Dutch, French, Italian, Finnish, German, and Hungarian.
== External Link ==
* "The Tale of Satampra Zeiros" complete text at Eldritch Dark
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