Book of Iod

The Book of Iod is a fictional book created by Henry Kuttner, and expanded upon by Lin Carter and Robert M. Price. It first appears in Kuttner's short story "The Bells of Horror" (1939). The book provided the title for a collection of Kuttner's Mythos-related fiction, The Book of Iod: Ten Tales of the Mythos.
H. P. Lovecraft told Kuttner he planned to mention the tome in his writing,Selected Letters 4, H. P. Lovecraft, p. 828. but died before he was able do so.
==Description==
Kuttner describes the tome as an "abhorrent and monstrous volume of ancient esoteric formulae about which curious legends still cling." It was originally "written in the pre-human Ancient Tongue," and only one copy of that original text is said to exist. 
Even the little-known, expurgated English translation, by Johann Negus, is referred to as "forbidden" and "hellish." The Huntington Library in San Marino, California, has a copy of the Negus translation.
The Book of Iod describes an entity called Zushakon, known to the Mutsune Indians as Zu-che-quon. Presumably it also discusses the being called Iod the Hunter.
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