Under the Mound

"Under the Mound" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by American author Robert M. Price. It forms the first chapter in the multi-author miniseries The Challenge from Below.
== Synopsis ==
A white man searching for the body of his old Native American friend Gray Eagle ventures into tunnels leading beneath an ancient burial mound. There he finds, much to his surprise, that Gray Eagle is in fact alive and well. His friend tells him the story of the destruction of Yoth, and how this fate may befall the entire world if the dark powers which brought about the catastrophe are not stopped. 
As a precaution to ensure that the knowledge of these events does not become lost to the winds of time, the man allows himself to be transported far into the future, into the body of an insectile being, where he may be in a position to help prevent the return of the old gods.
== Characters ==
* The Unnamed Narrator/Zkafka, a human scholar who makes a great sacrifice for his world.
* Gray Eagle, outwardly, a normal person, but in actuality the consciousness of a Yothian - a species of long-dead reptilian creature - inhabiting a human host.
== Publication History ==
"Under the Mound" was first published in Lore #3 in December 1995. it was later included in the collection Blasphemies & Revelations in November 2008, and again in the anthology LORE: A Quaint and Curious Volume of Selected Stories in November 2011. 2021 saw its inclusion in the Ramble House thematic anthology The Yig Cycle.
Category:Robert M. Price works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works