The Tale of Satampra Zeiros

"The Tale of Satampra Zeiros"
Short story by Clark Ashton Smith
Title page of "The Tale of Satampra Zeiros" as it appeared in Weird Tales, November 1931. Illustration by Joseph Doolin.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Fantasy
Publication
Published inWeird Tales
Publication typePulp magazine
PublisherPopular Fiction Publishing Co.
Media typePrint
Publication dateNovember 1931
SeriesHyperborean cycle

"The Tale of Satampra Zeiros" is a short story written in 1929 by American author Clark Ashton Smith as part of his Hyperborean cycle, and first published in the November 1931 issue of Weird Tales. It is the story in which Smith created the Cthulhu Mythos entity Tsathoggua.