Talk:Picts in fantasy

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In the second paragraph of the Robert E. Howard subsection, this article states that (according to Howard's mythology) an ancient mongoloid race occupied the British Isles prior to the arrival of the Picts; this is accurate. It then states, however, that this mongoloid people was driven underground and later evolved into the Worms of the Earth. I believe this is Incorrect; Atla, half-breed kin of the Worms of the Earth is ascribed many reptillian qualities, notably her eyes, not to mention the "strangely flattened head, pendulous writhing lips that bared curved pointed fangs" and mottled skin of the one member of the Worms of the Earth that Bran actually saw at the end that story. Furthermore, Bran Is a descendant of Brule, Who was a companion of King Kull, who despised the Snakemen and embarked on a campaign to eradicate them. This is what drove the snake people underground, not the mongoloids. This would be clear, I think, if one were to read The Shadow Kingdom and The Worms of the Earth consecutively.

--Reedkeenan (talk) 06:31, 9 December 2007 (UTC)