“ | On a pair of golden crouching lions rested a throne, many steps above the gleaming floor. And it was wrought of one piece of ivory, though no man lives who knows whence so vast a piece could have come | „ | |
~ H. P. Lovecraft , "The Doom That Came to Sarnath" |
The Monstrous Mammal is a creature created by the late American author Howard Phillips Lovecraft for his short story "The Doom That Came to Sarnath". What the creature's real name may be is not mentioned in the text.