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A worm-like monster dwelling at Northern Polar latitudes, said to be the rival or inimical to Nyarlathotep. Yig: Father of Serpents: A giant snake with human-like arms covered in scales. Son of the Mappo's Dragon, children of his are Ayi'ig and Voltiyig, whereas Rokon is regarded as the brother of Yig. Y'lla Master of the Seas
Azathoth, sometimes referred to as the "Blind Idiot God", is a monster who rules the Outer Gods, created them (along with many other worlds) and thus effectively serves as the supreme deity of the Cthulhu Mythos. His title of blind idiot god is in reference to his detachment from the affairs of humans, and as being incomprehensible to the human ...
Lovecraftian horror, also called cosmic horror [2] or eldritch horror, is a subgenre of horror, fantasy fiction and weird fiction that emphasizes the horror of the unknowable and incomprehensible [3] more than gore or other elements of shock. [4]
Arrangement reminds one of certain monsters of primal myth, especially fabled Elder Things in the Necronomicon. —H. P. Lovecraft, At the Mountains of Madness In the Mythos canon, the Elder Things were the first extraterrestrial species to come to the Earth, colonizing the planet about one billion years ago. [ 13 ]
A sketch of Cthulhu drawn by Lovecraft, May 11, 1934. The Cthulhu Mythos is a mythopoeia and a shared fictional universe, originating in the works of Anglo-American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Gyūki – Bull-headed monster This page was last edited on 24 November 2024, at 10:02 ...
Bahamut – Whale monster whose body supports the earth. Word seems far more ancient than Islam and may be origin of the word Behemoth in modern Judeo-Christian lore. Bake-kujira – Ghost whale; Cetus – a monster with the head of a boar or a greyhound, the body of a whale or dolphin, and a divided, fan-like tail
The following is a list of miscellaneous books—both real and fictitious—appearing in the Cthulhu Mythos. Along with the use of arcane literature, texts which innately possess supernatural powers or effects, there is also a strong tradition of fictional works or fictionalizing real works in the Mythos. The main literary purpose of books in ...