Image Indian bead.png thumb right An Indian bead in Indiana gravel. Indian bead is a colloquial term for the fossilized stem segments of columnal crinoids , marine Echinoderm echinoderms of the class Crinoidea. The fossils, generally a centimeter or less in diameter, tend to be cylindrical with a small hole either open or filled through the axis and can resemble unstrung beads. The fossils are abundant in certain areas, including parts of the American Midwest where they are present in gravel . References http www.uky.edu KGS fossils fossilid.htm b Kentucky Geological Survey Identifying Unknown Fossils by their shape Category Fossils Category Crinoidea ... more details
Infobox short story See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Nyarlathotep author H. P. Lovecraft country United States language English language English series genre published in The United Amateur publication type Periodical publisher media type Print Magazine pub date November 1920 preceded by followed by Nyarlathotep is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft written in 1920 in literature 1920 , and first published in the November 1920 issue of The United Amateur . It is the first mention in fiction of the Cthulhu Mythos entity Nyarlathotep . Synopsis The story is written in first person narrative first person and begins by describing a strange and inexplicable sense of foreboding experienced by humanity in general, in anticipation of a great unknown evil. The story proceeds to describe the appearance of Nyarlathotep as a man of the race of the Pharaohs , who claims to have been dormant for the past twenty seven centuries, and his subsequent travels from city to city demonstrating his supernatural powers. Wherever Nyarlathotep went, the story relates, the inhabitants sleep would be plagued by vivid nightmare s. The story describes Nyarlathotep s arrival in the narrator s city, and the narrator s attendance at one of Nyarlathotep s demonstrations, in which he defiantly dismisses Nyarlathotep s displays of power as mere tricks. The party of observers is driven away by an infuriated Nyarlathotep, and wanders off into at least three columnal groups One disappears around a corner, from which is then heard a moaning sound another disappears into a subway station with the sound of mad laughter and the third group, which contains the narrator, travels outward from the city toward the country. The story ends by describing horrific, surreal vistas experienced by the party, in which they realize horror and doom have come to the world. External links wikisource Nyarlathotep Category 1920 short stories Category Short stories by H. P. Lovecraft Category Ct ... more details
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on March 13, 2011. ref Crinoid uses Fossilised crinoid columnal s extracted from limestone quarried ... segments of columnal crinoids are sometimes known as Indian bead s. ref cite web title Identifying ... more details
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