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[11]: 46, 54 Lovecraft himself humorously referred to his Mythos as "Yog Sothothery" (Dirk W. Mosig coincidentally suggested the term Yog-Sothoth Cycle of Myth be substituted for Cthulhu Mythos). [12] [13] At times, Lovecraft even had to remind his readers that his Mythos creations were entirely fictional. [9]: 33–34
A mysterious entity related to Yog-Sothoth, Shub-Niggurath, and possibly Azathoth as well which manifests either as a faun-like humanoid with color-changing hair, or as a glowing halo of unknown color. Nssu-Ghahnb [28] The Heart of the Ages, Leech of the Aeons: A sort of gigantic pulsating heart secluded in a parallel dimensions. It is ...
The cosmic entity Yog-Sothoth was first mentioned in The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (written 1927, first published 1941). The being is said to take the form of a conglomeration of glowing spheres . It is an all-knowing deity, which means it knows the past, present, and future, and its nature is different from any other class of Cthulhu Mythos ...
All ten stories in Cthulhu’s Dark Cults are linked by Cthulhu Mythos cults and characters that first appeared in Call of Cthulhu gaming supplements such as Masks of Nyarlathotep, Horror on the Orient Express, Shadows of Yog-Sothoth, The Fungi from Yuggoth, Secrets of Kenya, Secrets of New York and others. [2]
Here, the term appears to be synonymous with Great Old One—for example, H. P. Lovecraft's creation Yog-Sothoth is called a lloigor. The term Lloigor is again equated with Great Old Ones in Alan Moore 's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen , in the final chapter of " Allan and the Sundered Veil ;" here, both terms are used to describe Ithaqqa ...
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward contains the first mention of the Cthulhu Mythos entity Yog-Sothoth, who appears repeatedly as an element in an incantation. Joseph Curwen is the owner of a copy of the Necronomicon and there are hints of cult activities in a fishing village that refer obliquely to the events narrated in " The Festival ".
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"Through the Gates of the Silver Key," written in collaboration with Lovecraft admirer E. Hoffman Price, details Carter's adventures in another dimension where he encounters a more primordial version of himself (implied to be Yog-Sothoth) who explains that Carter—and indeed all beings—are ultimately nothing more than manifestations of a ...