Levin-Flash
From the Robert E. Howard Lexicon
© 2017 James LaFond
FEB/1/17
“…when like a levin-flash their shot across his mind again…”
-The People of the Black Circle
I initially looked for the biblical definition as Howard uses plenty of Old Testament diction and was thrilled to find the definition below, which fits the mythos surrounding the Conan character like a bloody nimbus.
1. lev•in
[ˈlevən]
NOUN
1. archaic
lightning; thunderbolts.
ORIGIN
Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin.
RELATED FORMS
levin (noun)
logic of steel
the year the world took the z-pill
hate
america the brutal
fate
the combat space
under the god of things
beasts of aryas
by the wine dark sea
menthol rampage
winter of a fighting life
your trojan whorse
cracker-boy
book of nightmares
song of the secret gardener
all-power-fighting
night city
time & cosmos
uncle satan
wife—
dark, distant futures
taboo you
sons of aryas
the greatest lie ever sold
honor among men
the first boxers
z-pill forever
sorcerer!
thriving in bad places
triumph
when you're food
within leviathan’s craw
fiction anthology one
predation
logic of force
blue eyed daughter of zeus
orphan nation
advent america
the greatest boxer
solo boxing
son of a lesser god
fanatic
ranger?
the sunset saga complete
the lesser angels of our nature
masculine axis
broken dance
on the overton railroad
let the world fend for itself
the fighting edge
into leviathan’s maw
songs of aryas
on combat
barbarism versus civilization
the gods of boxing