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Shub-Niggurath is a deity created by H. P. Lovecraft.She is often associated with the phrase "The Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young". The only other name by which Lovecraft referred to her was "Lord of the Wood" in his story The Whisperer in Darkness.
Lord Soth originally appeared as a character in Dragonlance. After Soth died in World of Krynn (1988), the character "then made the jump to Ravenloft: Realm of Terror, and was quickly lined up as the star of the second Ravenloft novel. The original writer for the novel fell through.
The new module was announced in June 2017 during the Stream of Annihilation livestreamed event on the Wizards of the Coast's Twitch site. [6] Tomb of Annihilation was released on September 8, 2017 as a 256-page hardcover book.
The Cold Flame, Lord of the Pole: Appears much like Cthugha, but grey and cold. Apocolothoth The Moon God: Lunar entity that dwells in the Dimension of Enno-Lunn. Arwassa The Silent Shouter on the Hill: A humanoid-torso with tentacles instead of limbs, and a short neck ending in a toothless, featureless mouth. Atlach-Nacha
Other undead monsters from that set include the ghoul, described as being able to paralyze anyone they touch, [4] the mummy, described as having a touch that causes a rotting disease. [4] the wight, described as being able to drain away energy levels on a touch, [6] and the wraith, described as high-class wights with more mobility. [4]
Like Sauron, he has a host of other titles: Lord of the Dark, the Dark Power of the North, the Black Hand, and Great Enemy. The Edain, the Men of Númenor, call him the Dark King and the Dark Power; the Númenóreans corrupted by Sauron call him the Lord of All and the Giver of Freedom. He is called "Master of Lies" by one of the Edain, Amlach.
The Universal horror films The Mummy (1932), The Mummy's Hand (1940), and the latter's sequels, contain references to a curse foretelling death to those who enter the tombs. Pharaoh's Curse (1957 film) The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964 film) The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980 film)
The mummy genre has its origins in the 19th century when Egypt was being colonized by France and, subsequently, by Victorian Britain.The first living mummies in fiction were mostly female, and they were presented in a romantic and sexual light, often as love interests for the protagonist; this metaphorically represented the sexualized Orientalism and the colonial romanticization of the East.