« There was a giant Hyperborean renegade, taciturn, dangerous, with a broadsword strapped to his great gaunt frame – for men wore steel openly in the Maul. »
Robert E. Howard - The Tower of the Elephant
« They were men of many races and many crimes. There were tall Hyperboreans, gaunt, big-boned, of slow speech and violent natures. »
Robert E. Howard - Black Colossus
« The western part of Vanaheim lies along the shores of the western sea, and east of Asgard is the country of the Hyperboreans, who are civilized and dwell in cities. »
Robert E. Howard - The Phoenix on the Sword (first submitted draft)