AGZCEAZIGULS: A FICTIONAL LAND

les conquerants didolesAGZCEAZIGULS – Pronounced “Agzceaziguls”, this was a fictional country between Chile and Bolivia.

First Appearance:  Les Conquerants d’idoles (1919) by Charles Derennes.

Lore: Consisting largely of desert terrain in the Andes Mountains, Agzceaziguls is accessible only by crossing a mountain pass called the Gates of Dawn. The sun seems to rise on one end of the pass from the perspective of anyone in the pass at dawn.

At the bottom of a nearby valley is a cleft in the rock that can be negotiated to reach a tunnel in order to enter Agzceaziguls proper. The inhabitants are supposedly descended from the Incas and live in richly appointed homes.

bolivia chile borderLlamas are raised by the citizens. The Holy City of Gunda is considered the nation’s hub and houses the Royal Tombs amid pink-colored, palatial homes. Twenty gold statues with emerald eyes surround Gunda.

Human sacrifice was still being practiced by the people of Agzceaziguls. A prophecy holds that one day two explorers will visit the nation and their sacrifice will cause the llama herds to flourish and springs of water to burst forth in the desert.    

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  1. Muy interesante, conocía de los sacrificios humanos en los pobladores andinos pre colombinos, algunos fueron de una magnitud inquietante. Felicitaciones

  2. Wow that looks even harder to pronounce than some of the ACTUAL places in Central and South America …

  3. I’m still Googling the name to figure out how to pronounce it. BRB…

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