The God in the Bowl

"The God in the Bowl" is a Conan the Barbarian story written by Robert E. Howard. Written in 1932 or 1933, but not published. A version edited by L Sprague De Camp was first published in September, 1952. The original version was first published in 1975.

Tropes found in this work

 * The Corpse Stops Here: Being found by the body doesn't help Conan
 * Evil Is Not a Toy: Do not open the bowl
 * Faking and Entering: Kallian opens the bowl to look for valuables, since he can claim the burglar took them.
 * Flat Earth Atheist: Dionus
 * Reasonable Authority Figure: Demetrius generally comes across as one.
 * The Scapegoat: Dionus plans this for Conan
 * Snake People: One, in a jar
 * Unknown Rival: Thoth-Amon and Conan