Hyborian Age

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The Hyborian Age is a phrase used by author Robert E. Howard to refer to a specific epoch in a fictional timeline used for many of the Sword & Sorcery tales of his artificial legendry; in particular, the stories of Conan the Barbarian.

The word "Hyborian" is a transliterated contraction by Howard of the Ancient Greek "hyperborean," referring to a "barbaric dweller beyond the boreas (north wind)." Howard stated that the geographical setting of the Hyborian Age is that of our earth, but in a fictional version of a period in the past, circa 14,000 BC to 10,000 BC.

Although Robert created the world, he allowed others to play in it; the Hyborian Age is considered part of the Cthulhu Mythos created by H.P. Lovecraft, and Clark Ashton Smith wrote his own stories set in the Hyborian Age, before Conan.