The Worm Ouroboros
- by E. R. Eddison
- Novel
- Fantasy
- Adults
- Debatable Time Travel
- English
- The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison (Jonathan Cape, 1922).
For the most part, the story is a high fantasy in which three chiefs of Demonland—Lord Juss, Spitfire, and Brandoch Daha—embark on a heroic quest to rescue the fourth lord from his imprisonment in the mountains of Impland. However, at the end, Queen Sophonisba undertakes a resolution to the final problem that could well involve time travel.
—Michael Main
Lord, it is an Ambassador from Witchland and his train. He craveth present audience."
Tags
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- Time Periods
- Timeline Models
- Time Travel Methods
- Themes
- Long Life: Queen Sophonisba and others have eternal youth.
- Spot Rewinding: Queen Sophonisba appears to rewind time for the heroes, but it’s unclear whether the they and others will remember the first time around.
- Real-World Tags
- Mercury: a fictional variant
- Fictional Tags
- Angels and Demons: Are the lords of Demonland actual demons or just in name?
- Deities: There seem to be gods behind everything.
- Fairies, Goblins, Dwarves, Nymphs, Elves, and Others of the Fae: imps
- Minotaurs, Centaurs, and Other Mash-Ups: Hippogriffs, a manticore
- Witches, Warlocks, Wizards, Magicians, etc.
- Groupings
Variants
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- The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison (Jonathan Cape, 1922).
- alternate title.
The Dragon Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison (Leaves of Gold, June 2013).
Translations
(4)
- Dutch.
De worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison (Contact, 1976). - French.
Le serpent Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison, 2 vols. (Callidor, December 2017 and December 2018). - German.
Der Wurm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison (Heyne, September 1981). - German.
Der Wurm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison (Bastei Lübbe, 1993).