Serannian
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Serannian is a fictional city in H. P. Lovecraft
's Dream Cycle
and appears in such stories as "Celephaïs
" and The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
.
It is a sky-kingdom in Earth's Dreamlands and lies just off the coast of Ooth-Nargai near Celephaïs. Serannian is a "pink marble city of the clouds, which is built on that ethereal coast where the west wind flows into the sky" ("Celephaïs", Lovecraft). Its harbor is easily reached, as ships may sail into the clouds where the sky meets the Cerenerian Sea
.
Like Celephaïs, Serannian is ruled by King Kuranes
, who dwells there for half the year.
H. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft --often credited as H.P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction....
's Dream Cycle
Dream Cycle
The Dream Cycle refers to a series of stories by author H. P. Lovecraft. These stories concern themselves with "The Dreamlands": a vast, alternate dimension that can be entered via dreams.-Geography:The Dreamlands is apparently divided into four regions:...
and appears in such stories as "Celephaïs
Celephaïs
"Celephaïs" is a fantasy story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in early November 1920 and first published in the May 1922 issue of the Rainbow.The title refers to a fictional city that later appears in H. P...
" and The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath is a novella by H. P. Lovecraft. It was completed in 1927 and was unpublished in his lifetime. It is both the longest of the stories that comprise his Dream Cycle and the longest to feature protagonist Randolph Carter, and can thus be considered a culminating...
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It is a sky-kingdom in Earth's Dreamlands and lies just off the coast of Ooth-Nargai near Celephaïs. Serannian is a "pink marble city of the clouds, which is built on that ethereal coast where the west wind flows into the sky" ("Celephaïs", Lovecraft). Its harbor is easily reached, as ships may sail into the clouds where the sky meets the Cerenerian Sea
Cerenerian Sea
The Cerenerian Sea is a fictional place in H. P. Lovecraft's Dream Cycle stories. It is mentioned in Lovecraft's short story "Celephaïs" and his novella The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath.The Cerenerian Sea is a great, sky-blue ocean in the Dreamlands...
.
Like Celephaïs, Serannian is ruled by King Kuranes
Kuranes
Kuranes is a fictional character in H. P. Lovecraft's Dream Cycle. He was introduced in the short story "Celephaïs" and also appeared in The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath ....
, who dwells there for half the year.