The Tower of the Elephant
"The Tower of the Elephant" is a Conan the Barbarian story by Robert E. Howard. First published in March, 1933.
Tropes used in The Tower of the Elephant include:
- All Just a Dream: Conan wonders this
- Collapsing Lair: The tower
- Eldritch Abomination: Yag-kosha
- Evil Sorcerer: Yara
- Eye of Newt: the rope
- Gem-Encrusted: The tower
- Giant Spider: A pig-sized one, hidden in the ceiling of one room.
- Gold Makes Everything Shiny: Its door
- Immortality Inducer: Yara uses the Heart of the Elephant to prolong his life.
- Mentor Occupational Hazard
- Mineral MacGuffin: The Elephant's Heart
- The Need for Mead: Where Conan hears of the tower
- Petting Zoo People: Actually, it's the head of an elephant
- The Philosopher: Conan finds them unimpressive
- Roar Before Beating: That the lions do not roar is evidence of the uncanniness
- White Magic: Yag-kosha originally taught Yara this, but Yara wasn't satisfied with only being taught this, and eventually turned Yag-kosha's power against him and enslaved him.