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The Worm Ouroboros: A RomanceEric Rücker Eddison

The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance

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Original author: Eric Rücker Eddison

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"The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance" by Eric Rücker Eddison is a heroic high fantasy novel published in 1922. Set in an imaginary medieval world, it chronicles the epic war between the domineering King Gorice of Witchland and the Lords of Demonland. Written in seventeenth-century English and incorporating Norse saga influences, the story follows quests through treacherous mountains, sorcerous battles, and heroic struggles. The tale culminates in a climactic confrontation—and an unexpected twist that transforms victory into something far more mysterious.

The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, by Eric Rücker Eddison. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #67090.

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34 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter1,575 words
  2. 2.Chapter I: The Castle of Lord Juss5,373 words
  3. 3.Chapter II: The Wrastling for Demonland5,158 words
  4. 4.Chapter III: The Red Foliot5,765 words
  5. 5.Chapter IV: Conjuring in the Iron Tower6,467 words
  6. 6.Chapter V: King Gorice’s Sending2,699 words
  7. 7.Chapter VI: The Claws of Witchland2,653 words
  8. 8.Chapter VII: Guests of the King in Carcë9,916 words
  9. 9.Chapter VIII: The First Expedition to Impland5,747 words
  10. 10.Chapter IX: Salapanta Hills6,309 words
  11. 11.Chapter X: The Marchlands of the Moruna2,773 words
  12. 12.Chapter XI: The Burg of Eshgrar Ogo6,189 words
  13. 13.Chapter XII: Koshtra Pivrarcha10,509 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIII: Koshtra Belorn4,999 words
  15. 15.Chapter XIV: The Lake of Ravary3,284 words
  16. 16.Chapter XV: Queen Prezmyra3,434 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVI: The Lady Sriva’s Embassage4,517 words
  1. 18.Chapter XVII: The King Flies His Haggard4,392 words
  2. 19.Chapter XVIII: The Murther of Gallandus by Corsus4,893 words
  3. 20.Chapter XIX: Thremnir’s Heugh4,374 words
  4. 21.Chapter XX: King Corinius2,063 words
  5. 22.Chapter XXI: The Parley Before Krothering2,094 words
  6. 23.Chapter XXII: Aurwath and Switchwater4,057 words
  7. 24.Chapter XXIII: The Weird Begun of Ishnain Nemartra2,270 words
  8. 25.Chapter XXIV: A King in Krothering4,802 words
  9. 26.Chapter XXV: Lord Gro and the Lady Mevrian4,781 words
  10. 27.Chapter XXVI: The Battle of Krothering Side7,113 words
  11. 28.Chapter XXVII: The Second Expedition to Impland5,725 words
  12. 29.Chapter XXVIII: Zora Rach Nam Psarrion4,641 words
  13. 30.Chapter XXIX: The Fleet at Muelva872 words
  14. 31.Chapter XXX: Tidings of Melikaphkhaz4,310 words
  15. 32.Chapter XXXI: The Demons Before Carcë8,486 words
  16. 33.Chapter XXXII: The Latter End of All the Lords of Witchland6,087 words
  17. 34.Chapter XXXIII: Queen Sophonisba in Galing8,374 words