A celestial archive
Neithlore
An encyclopedia of Neith, the lost moon of Venus, and of the peoples, creatures, sciences, gods, and histories recorded around it — from the first recorded sightings to The Fall of Neith in 1777 AD, a year “now more widely known as 1898 CP”.
A–Z indexChronologyCelestial placesRead the History of Neith
“Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing a moon…”
The collections
- 01The History of NeithSightings of Neith, the astronomers who recorded or denied them, and The Fall of Neith.
- 02On Rumpnillion BastadonsThe Rumps: officers, councils, holy books, economics, and the Rump Factor.
- 03On ChickenkindChicken peoples, their home-planet and diaspora, institutions, and Chicken science.
- 04On ApekindMonkey Mechanics, Ape scholarship, the Nine Realms of Bellakarth, and The Great Doldrum.
- 05On MankindHumans named in the archive.
- 06On The ThreshThe Thresh include all Mouse-like peoples.
- 07On Duckish PeoplesThe Duckish Dynasty of Bellemoth.
- 08On The Common TurkeyTurkeys named in the archive.
- 09On Neithan CreaturesSneeks, Cheeks, Beeks, Neeks, and the indigenous Bookoos and Nakoos.
- 10On The Shvitz GodsDeities, servants, and the sacred order and its places.
From the archive
- Organization / institutionNeith Institute of TechnologyThe institute on Neith where Chickenstein was Distinguished Professor of Chicken Mechanics; it closed with The Fall of Neith in 1777 AD.
- PersonWilliam HerschelThe great astronomer and composer, well-known as the “Purveyor of Neith”, who devoted much of his life to Moon-preservation and refused to publish J. H. Lambert's work in 1777 AD.
- CreatureCheeksOne of the most abundant species in the Local Group; on Neith alone, over 69 trillion documented cheek sub-species.
- Artifact / workThe CheeknomicronAn artifact like a small telescope, crowded with dials and gears; it powered the Chickens' moon laser, was sent to Earth by Chief Kwimpala, and was kept secret by Bentworthe. It is rumored to be on Earth still.
- Scientific concept / termSneek Tidal InterferenceThe novel method Bentworthe used in 1762 to indirectly measure the magnetic field of Neith.
- Organization / institutionChicken-BrigadeAn organization whose members included J. H. Lambert, Shalimar the Denier, and Paul Reikess.
