Time and the Gods

"Time and the Gods" by Lord Dunsany is a gathering of mythical stories from the early 1900s where gods and humans populate imagined worlds like Yarnith, Averon, and Zarkandhu, and it examines ideas about how things are made, who has control, and what happens when gods and people meet. Written in a beautiful and expressive style, Dunsany shows us a universe where the gods' decisions greatly affect what happens to humans, especially focusing on the important city of Sardathrion and its tricky relationship with time. The group of stories starts as the gods wake up in Sardathrion, a dream city that appears to be untouched by time, until Time, their servant, arrives, bringing terrible word that it has been destroyed. This event brings up the idea that time passes and things die, as the gods think about their lost city and struggle with their vulnerability in the face of Time's power; setting the stage for a series of vibrant and symbolic stories that dive into what it means to be divine, the purpose of being, and the sadness of remembering that's woven into the core of reality.