View source for Xuthal of the Dusk

{{work}}
"[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Slithering_Shadow Xuthal of the Dusk]" (a.k.a. "[[The Slithering Shadow (Literature)|The Slithering Shadow]]") is a [[Conan the Barbarian]] story written by [[Robert E Howard]]. First published in September, 1933.

----
=== Tropes featured ===
* [[Bedsheet Ladder]]: Well, tapestries
* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: When Thalis glomps on him before Natala, he's embarrassed
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Natala
* [[Diamonds in The Buff]]: Conan stumbles on such a woman
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Armed only with a normal sword Conan inflicts so much damage on Thog that it retreats back to whereever it is that it lives when not stalking the halls of Xuthal.
** [[Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu]]: On the other hand Conan takes so much damage himself that he probably would have died if Natala hadn't given him a healing potion
* [[The Fatalist]]: In the city.
* [[Healing Potion]]: The golden wine
* [[Hollywood Mirage]]: Conan fears that he sees this and not a refuge
* [[Human Sacrifice]]: Thalis's society, in the [[Backstory]]
* [[It's a Small World After All]]: Conan is dropped on where Natala needs rescue
* [[Just in Time]]:
* [[Living Shadow]]: It slithers
* [[Look Behind You]]: How Thalis escapes
* ((Magitek}}: Xuthal's seems to run on it.
* [[Murder the Hypotenuse]]: Thalis attempts it
* [[Not So Different]]: Is Thog so different from [[Human Sacrifice]]? (As if Conan's or Natala's people practiced it.)
* [[Schmuck Banquet]]: Natala fears it. Conan figures they are dying anyway
* [[Trap Door]]: A woman uses this on Conan
* [[The Underworld]]: Natala thinks they died and went to one
* [[Unwilling Suspension]]: Thalis to Natala
* [[You Can't Fight Fate]]: Thalis's advice
* [[Zerg Rush]]: Conan is nearly overcome

{{reflist}}
[[Category:Conan the Barbarian]]
[[Category:Fantasy Literature]]
[[Category:Adventure Literature]]
[[Category:The Great Depression]]
[[Category:Xuthal Of The Dusk]]
[[Category:Literature]]