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The following tables and lists feature elements of the Cthulhu Mythos, that are often shared between works within that fictional setting. The Cthulhu Mythos was originally created by writer H. P. Lovecraft in his horror short stories, although the term itself was coined later by . Many writers, both during Lovecraft's lifetime and after, have added stories and elements to the Mythos. There is no central co-ordination of these stories nor any oversight of the Cthulhu Mythos in general. Becoming part of the Mythos can be based on personal opinion and inclusion of these elements.

Overview Tables appearing under these entries are organized as follows: • Name. This is the commonly accepted name of the being or mythos element. • Epithet(s), Other name(s). This field lists any epithets or alternate names. These are names sometimes mentioned in books of arcane literature, but may also be the names preferred by cults. • Description. This entry briefly summarizes the being or mythos element. • References. This field lists the sources in which the being or mythos element makes a significant appearance or otherwise receives important mention. A simple two-letter code is used—the key to the codes is found here. If a code appears in bold, this means that the reference introduces the being or mythos element.

Beings

Great Old Ones (includes a table listing all the Great Old Ones in the mythos) The Great Old Ones are powerful, ancient creatures worshipped by deranged human cults. Many of them are made of an unearthly material with properties unlike normal matter. A Great Old One's influence is often limited to the planet where it dwells. If it is based on a planet outside the , it can only extend its influence to Earth when the star of its planetary system is in the night sky. In such cases, the help of cultists performing various rituals may be required.

Outer Gods (includes a table listing all the Outer Gods in the mythos) The Outer Gods have unlimited influence, unlike the Great Old Ones, and function on a cosmic scale.[1] They include a subgroup known as the Lesser Outer Gods, or Other Gods.

Elder Gods (includes a table listing all the Elder Gods in the mythos) The Elder Gods oppose the Outer Gods and the Great Old Ones. Many consider them to be non-Lovecraftian, because they introduce a good versus evil dichotomy into the cosmic indifference of Lovecraft's fiction.[2] However, others argue that these beings have no more concern for human notions of morality than the beings they oppose, and that humanity and the human world are beneath their regard.[3] Elements of the Cthulhu Mythos 2

Great Ones The Great Ones are the so-called "gods" of the Dreamlands, but they are not as powerful as the Great Old Ones and are not even as intelligent as most humans. However, they are protected by the Outer Gods, especially .[4]

Other supernatural beings

Supernatural beings

Name Epithet(s), Description References Other name(s)

Armandra — Daughter of the Great Old One Ithaqua. She resembles beautiful redhead woman SW with webbed feet, whose membranes were cut down by surgeon so now they look human but with square, nail-less toes. She is a powerful sorceress and greatest acolyte of Ithaqua.

Beast of Averoigne — A seemingly supernatural being which is recorded as having descended upon the BA French principality of Averoigne, particularly Vyones and Ximes, from an ominous red comet which appeared in the sky in 1369. It has no true body of its own, but needs to take possession of the body of another to feed, transfiguring and horribly reshaping the host's body. Resulting form is that of a pitch-black semi-humanoid figure, surrounded by a hellish nimbus of changing, fiery light, dimly revealing its shape. The limbs sway and writhe like boneless serpents, and grow sharp, hard claws. The neck similarly extends to a serpentine length and flexibility, whereas the head turns flat and reptilian, earless and noseless.

Bgnghaa-Ythu-Yaddith — A gigantic Dhole worm tortured by the Denizens of Yaddith in the Shrine of Nug S4, ES4 in the Temple of Infra-Red Vapour on the Doomed Nebula Zlykariob (or Zlykrarlor, according to transcriptions).

Broodlings of Eihort Gestalt Servants of the The Broodlings of Eihort are gestalt beings made up of millions of the tiny white BS, rpg God of the Labyrinth spidery brood of the Great Old One Eihort. A broodling looks like a deathly pale, totally hairless human.

Brown Jenkin — A mysterious rat-like creature with a human-like face. The being was said to be DW, PY the familiar of Keziah Mason. Probably a Rat Thing - see below.

Desh (Lesser and — Desh is the name given by Hyperboreans to those creatures living in a near but rpg Greater) alternate dimension. Existing in many different forms, these creatures float through the invisible spaces around us, as unaware of our presence as we are of theirs. Although the varieties of Desh may be unlimited, only two forms are described (Lesser and Greater). Although of solid matter, they are semi-transparent, continually fading in and out of view.

Domaag T’eel Servitor of the Great An alien mass made of pseudopods dwelling in the Moon and able to alter its BM2, ET2 Old Ones orbital motion.

Droom-Avista The Jester True form not described, but likely a great demon to be invoked as a genie JD

The Horror Son of Yog-Sothoth, An invisible egg-shaped monster of a gelatinous consistence, covered in tentacled DH, LC Bugg-Shaggog suckers and "feet like hogsheads", with a mostly human face.

Father and — Both appear as abnormally large Deep Ones. DA, DB, Mother Hydra RD, SI

Fthaggua Lord of Ktynga Appears as a bluish ball of energy. Fthaggua is the lord and leader of the fire FV, HG vampires, and dwells with them and their god Cthugha on or near the star Fomalhaut. Elements of the Cthulhu Mythos 3

Fishers from Outside — The Fishers from Outside are much more avian in appearance than shantaks, FO though having one leg and a glaring Cyclopean eye and hideous, hooked, fang-lined beak. They are the servitors of the obscure Great Old One Groth-Golka, acting as proxies for their sire by accepting human sacrifices and worship by cultists. Fishers brood in caverns on the Moon and are also sometimes connected with worship of the lunar Great Old One Mnomquah. Their sire is the hideous Quumyagga.

Fosterlings of the Old — The Fosterlings of the Old Ones are the mutant offspring of matings with human FC Ones females and Outer Gods or Great Old Ones. Through a special ritual the Outer God or Great Old One sends a dream which reaches into the womb of a pregnant woman, altering the genetic structure of the unborn fetus. Born, the child spends many years as a normal human until one day it transforms into something more closely resembling its alien parent.

The Four Horsemen of — These characters feature in the comics series Fall of Cthulhu as servitors of — [5] Nyarlathotep Nyarlathotep and should thus be regarded as Million Favoured Ones. They are in order: Sysyphyx (The Scourge of ; she is a multi-eyed shape-shifting worm, but she may also appear as a fat, cyanotic red-headed fat woman); Gr'nuk of Volkunast (a ravenous winged demon), The Masked Mute (She appears as a young girl with innumerable masks to display her mood, since her true face has to be of indescribable horror) and Gith (Father of Pestilence,Champion of Damnation; appears as a banded man with blue flames in place of the eyes).

Fungus Vile — A kind of parasitic life form, neither really plant nor animal in nature, able to rpg infect any organism it comes into contact with. It is suspected that this material originated on cold and subsequently spread through the cosmos with the mi-go.

Gnoph-Keh — Appears as huge gnophkeh — possibly an avatar of Rhan-Tegoth or an HM independent entity.

The High Priest Not to — Humanoid wearing a silken mask. CE, DQ Be Described

Knygathin Zhaum — Appears as a hairless, quasi-humanoid Voormi; Final form of no discernible PN, TM species.

K'thun (female) — Abhorrent, malodorous beings whose mating spawned the . HM, MT and Noth-Yidik (male)

The Lurker in the Star — One of the Million Favored Ones of Nyarlathotep, possibly one of the Outer AP Pool God’s offspring. For aeons it has dwelled in the Star Pools, and today is in the servitude of the Floating Horror cult. Highly mobile, the Star Pool Lurker has large membranous wings for flying and webbed appendages for swimming or walking on land. The creature's full appearance is confusing to behold as it appears to be a mass of multiple independent wriggling and squirming monstrosities.

Magnum Great According to H. P. Lovecraft, this being is the spawn of (making it on DR5, rpg [6] Innominandum Not-to-Be-Named, The par with the Magnum Tenebrosum and Cxaxukluth) and is associated with, and [7] Nameless Mist, possibly the progenitor of, Yog-Sothoth. Little is known about this god, but it N'yog-Sothep, Milk of is considered to be extremely dangerous to sorcerers, hence its title "the the Void unnameable" (archaic terminology, meaning not to be summoned or ritually named in an incantation.

Million Favored Ones — Beings said to be Nyarlathotep's spawn. MF, WD

Mlandoth and Mril The Source, Unknown. WY Thorion The One Elements of the Cthulhu Mythos 4

Mr. Shiny — Mr. Shiny (or Albert Shiny) is a lord and an unusually intelligent and rpg purposeful one, capable of controlling his body shape so as to pass for human. Controlling his body in this manner requires continuous mental effort.

N'rath-Gol Spawn of Nyarlathotep One of the countless minions of Nyarlathotep - likely a Million Favoured Ones - NT11 who dwells on the dark planet K'yi-Lih embodying the Chaos.

Our Ladies of Sorrow — Our Ladies of Sorrow-or the Three Mothers-are three powerful entities, and three VC, rpg of Nyarlathotep’s Million Favoured Ones. They are: Mater Lachrymarum ("Our Lady of Tears"), the eldest, followed by Mater Suspiriorum ("Our Lady of Sighs") and finally the youngest Mater Tenebrarum ("Our Lady of Darkness"). They have inspired many legends, including that of the triple goddess, the fates, the gorgons, and Shakespeare’s three weird sister-daughters of darkness (witches).

Pharol the Black — Appears as a black, fanged demon with tentacles instead of arms. AG, HY?

The Shaping Tree — A hideous tree-like horror with branches like rat's tails and weird pustules. It is FS3 able to transform human male victims into jelly amorphous vectors of strange broodlings. The Shaping Tree is located in Australia and is likely related to Shub-Niggurath.

Sho-Gath The God-Box A smoky entity with the travesty of a human face, entrapped into a box. GO

Sss'haa — Leader of the serpent people of Valusia. HG, TH, VY

Ubb Father of Worms Leader of the planarian-like Yuggs. It is a large aquatic, chthonian-like entity, OA, PI, pale gray and slug-like with a large suckermouth full of horn-like teeth and ringed UV, TP with tentacles. Ubb dwells in the cold fastness of the Pacific Ocean with the rest of its race. The yuggs are said to guard their god, the Great Old One Zoth-Ommog, whose tomb, legend tells, lies at the bottom of an abyssal trench near the island of Ponape.

Ugga-Naach Abomination of the The result of an abominable mating between Nyarlathotep (in a tentacled avatar) ID3 Ancients and a “surrogate” human mother. Once born, it manifests as a 1.5 meters tall homunculus, slender and tanned in appearance, with a crimson tentacle in place of head, a glossy tongue and green sharp teeth.

The Five Vaeyen — Quintet of vulture-like statues that both guard and sequester the Great Old One DM Cyäegha

Wilbur Whateley — Mostly-human twin of the aforementioned Dunwich Horror. DH, LC

The Worm That Walks The Putrefied Horror A loathsome being, looking like a human corpse decayed into tones ofgreen, rpg black, and blue, witk dripping pieces offlesh hanging from it. Prodigious claws or talons dangle from this apparition's fingers, and from the undead monster's eye sockets stare lidless, ban, eyeballs.

Wuthoqquan's Bane — A large, shapeless beast lurking in the sewers of Commoriom. WQ

Xathagorra The Chaos Spawn Vile, multiform creature with a vast wingspan. CH

Xexanoth Bane of Aforgomon Unknown. CM

Xiurhn Guardian of the Dark A slothlike, winged thing with a terrible face. XI Jewel

Ythth Ghuggl’ingh Supreme Priest of the A once human priest of Nyarlathotep horribly transmogrified to a vampiric GY Old Ones horror. His face is endowed of stringy appendages, yellow eyes and hideous beaked maws.

Zoth Syra & Yoth Kala Queen of the Green Both appear as shapeless, multi-limbed marine horror, with hypnotic beckon. The GR Abyss latter, Yoth Kala, also bears a -like appendage endowed with a single, spherical eye. Elements of the Cthulhu Mythos 5

Non-human species

Table-a (A–F)

Non-human species A–F

Name Description References

Aartna Metallic alien beings living on planets located in Pleiades Cluster, acolytes of the Great Old One FN Gtuhanai.

Adumbrali Extradimensional beings that appear as orbs of darkness. AB

Aihais Humanoids from Mars. VU

Alskali Hairless, cyclops-like hypnotic beings with dead-gray skin and huge hands and feet. They are servants AL, PR5 of Nyarlathotep.

Amphimultus Insects Partly immaterial insectoid entities dwelling in the dying planetary system of Hr’a-lath. GI

Antehumans Slender, tall, gaunt proto-humans of great intelligence. EB, SG

Antareans Tall, multicolored tripod-beings with a strange crest and three eyes. They are greatly advanced space PC travelers with a strict caste system.

Astral Serpents Souls and minds of advanced representatives of the Serpent People, fled after the destruction of Mu. JN They have two forms: Astral Parasites, tall humanoid snakes, or Astral Hunters, -like reptilian horrors. They are mostly known in Japan as the Hoshi Hebi, but they are also mentioned in ancient Semitic sacred texts.

Azagoths Hideous, formless masses of entrails with four tentacles endowed with sharp claws and a huge, RE5 red-rimmed, cycloptic eye, plus several smaller eyes scattered along the hideous body.

Beings of Xiclotl Horrifying, oddly plant-like, carnivorous giants. IS

Bholes Gigantic, worm-like creatures that inhabit the Earth's Dreamlands. DL, DQ

Blupes Translucent, bluish, oval-shaped creatures that can float through the air. DL

Brothers of Chaugnar Beings that resemble smaller versions of Chaugnar Faugn. HF Faugn

Byakhee Resemble bat-like, hornet-like human corpses. FE, GS, HC, WS

Carden the Bard A free willed undead Celtic servant of the Great Old One Glaaki. XT

Cats from Saturn Cat-like beings from the Dreamlands with abstract, multi-hued bodies. DL, DQ

Cats from Uranus Like those from Saturn, but far more hideous. DL

Chakota A hideous entity composed of dozens of human faces set into a thickly cylindrical, worm-like mass of rpg [8] sickly, purple-veined muscle.

Children of the Sphinx Sub-cult of the Brotherhood of the Black Pharaoh. CD2, rpg, UP

Children of the Wind Foul entities dwelling regions susceptible to high winds. In one account, the creatures haunt a SS3 mysterious placein the desert near Syria, known only as the City of the Seven Winds. They may also be connected with Irem, the City of the Pillars.

Chthonians Gigantic, squid-like worms. BU, CS, YA (The Burrowers Beneath)

Colour out of space Appears as a shapeless, plastic entity glowing with the colors of an unknown spectrum. CO, CT

Crawling Ones Appear as humans made out of tiny worms. FE (The Worms that Walk)

Creature Atop Gables A jet-black gargoyle-like fiend with snake-like eyes and large membranous wings extending from each WT8 of six pairs of arms, beneath and around which dozens of long serpentine tentacle writhe. Elements of the Cthulhu Mythos 6

Cthunund Uleths Shapeshifting interplanetary travellers appearing as shoggoth-like masses of semi-translucent, ET2, FG3 grayish-green ooze. They are thought to be responsible of the Great Old One Vulthoom's arrival on planet Mars.

Dark Young of Appear as ropy, black tentacles on a pair of stumpy, hooved legs. MK, NF Shub-Niggurath

Deep Ones Ocean-dwelling humanoids that appear to be half-frog and half-fish. AW, BU, DO, GS, HC, HG, RD, SA, SI

Devourers Formless human beings after their own psychic energy and physical form are torn asunder and DM7 reassembled by a powerful Mythos entity, such as Abholos.

Devourers from the Sentient alien beings appearing as swirling and boiling field of pure blackness and cold. FG3 Stars

Dholes Gigantic, worm-like creatures. DR, TG, WP

Dimensional Shamblers Dimension-hopping humanoids with rough, leathery bodies and huge claws. HM

Doels Tiny, extradimensional, flesh-eating creatures. HN

Dreamlings of Sparkling, multicoloured orbs of swirling, crackling light, about the size of a cat. They pulse and MT4 tremble constantly shooting out little spears of matters.

Dwellers in the Depths The Dwellers in the Depths are a race of truly horrible amphibious creatures who serve the Great Old RB Ones, particularly those associated with water: Cthulhu, Dagon, Hydra, Ythogtha and Zoth-Ommog. They appear as eyeless, bloated horrors with eight tentacular arms and four legs. In place of eyes there is only one sponge-like organ in the center of the forehead and mouth appear toothless, but endowed of tiny tentacles

Elder Things Appear as five-sided, oval-shaped barrels with starfish-like appendages at each end. AM, IV, PW (Old Ones)

Fires of Tindalos Halfway between a Hound of Tindalos and a Fire Vampire, manifesting as infinitesimally small red AV lights floating through the sky which hunt for specific mental patterns.

Fire vampires 1. (Flame Creatures of Cthugha) Appear as tiny points of light that ignite everything they touch. DD

2. (Fire Vampires of Fthaggua) Appear as bursts of crimson lightning that set fire to sentient beings. FV, HG

Fishers from Outside Enigmatic, prehistoric, flying race associated with Gol-goroth and the shantaks. FO

Flying polyps Appear as floating, semi-visible, polypous horrors capable of controlling great winds. PW, ST, SY, WF

Fog-Spawn Interdimensional creatures native to tide-locked planets orbiting dark stars in nebular clouds. They BS3 have been brought to Earth by the Mi-Go and other space-faring races.

Formless spawn of Appear as gelatinous, shape-shifting, black goo. MO, TZ and Knygathin Zhaum

Table-b (G–M) Elements of the Cthulhu Mythos 7

Non-human species G–M

Name Description References

Ghasts Fearsome, underground-dwelling humanoids with kangaroo-like legs that inhabit the Earth's Dreamlands. DQ

Ghouls Corpse-eating, canine-like humanoids. DQ, IC, PM

Gn'cht'tyaacht A tree-dwelling humanoid some seven feet in height, but thin and lanky with a long pointed head, huge rpg claws and sharp teeth.

Gnophkeh 1. Six-legged, furry, rhinoceros-like creatures with an affinity for cold climes. HM, LT, SM

2. Hairy cannibals that once dwelt in Lomar. PO

Gnorri Resemble mermen with possibly one or two additional arms. SK

Gof'nn hupadgh Transmogrified, once-human cultists of Shub-Niggurath. ML Shub-Niggurath

Great Race of Yith Resemble tall, rugose cones with four appendages: two claws, a trumpet-like limb, and a yellow, globe-like CF, PW, SO, organ. ST, SY

Gugs Horrifying, furry giants of the Dreamlands with a mouth that opens sideways. DQ

Gyaa-Yothn Quasi-human, rhinoceros-like quadrupeds used as beasts of burden by the denizens of K'n-yan. MO

Haemophores Small, vampiric creatures with webbed hands and feet. DL

Hounds of Tindalos Extradimensional horrors that can enter our universe through any three-dimensional corner. EL, HN, MT, TC

Hunters from Extra-dimensional hazy entities appearing as vast, undulating vistas of gray plains of oozing, bubbling filth, NB Beyond and skies of writhing, hellish vapour. They may also have a beast-like anthropoid form and be the source of Hindu legends of Rakshasa, or the African folk tales of Chemosit.

Hunting Horrors Resemble huge, immaterial serpents with bat wings. DQ, LT

Hyperboreans A race of early pre-humans. DS, SG, TZ, UB

Kadariak Kepf A race that serves Nyarlathotep in his Egyptian avatar. These beings used to dwell in sections of ancient DC10, FG3 Egypt and other parts of the Middle East, now they are only encountered in ancient tombs and terribly isolated sections of the deepest desserts. They look like mouthless human corpses with taloned hands and a horrid, circular mouth in the chest where the heart should be.

K'n-yan, Natives of Technologically and psychically advanced humanoids who dwell underground. OE, MO

Kyresh Vicious, wolven creatures of the Dreamlands. YG

Larvae of the Outer Protean beings spawned by the Outer Gods. DQ Gods

Lamp-Efts Resemble small, flying iguanas. DL

Leeches of Parasitic Martian creatures. [citation needed] Yoh-Vombis

L'gy'hx, Natives of Cube-shaped, multi-legged, metallic beings that inhabit the planet L'gy'hx (Uranus). IS

Lloigor Beings that may alternately appear as vortices of energy or -like dinosaurs (Ghatanothoa may be a IU, RL particularly powerful one).

Men of Leng Satyr-like beings that inhabit the Plateau of Leng. DQ

Mi-go Resemble human-sized, winged crustaceans with globular heads covered with cilia. AM, DE, DT, (Fungi from GU, PF, OW, Yuggoth, WD Outer Ones)

Miri Nigri Amphibious humanoids created by Chaugnar Faugn. Ancient Progenitors of the Tcho-tcho people. HF Elements of the Cthulhu Mythos 8

Moon-beasts Plump, toad-like humanoids. DQ, MD

Table-c (N–Z)

Non-human species N–Z

Name Description References

Nagäae Toadish servants of Cyäegha. DM

Nameless City, Alligator-like, seal-like humanoids. NC Denizens of

Narrathoth the A tall, whitish and scaly humanoid taller than a man with a single three-lobed eye. He is one of DC2, NF2 Forgotten Cthulhu's servitor able to grant wishes like a djinn.

New Great Race of Resemble human-sized beetles. ST Yith (Coleopterous Race)

Nightgaunts Faceless, bat-like humanoids. DQ, HE, OK, WI

Nioth-Korghai 1. Extraterrestrial, carnivorous monster held in captivity by King Ossaru in Zothique. TB

2. Extraterrestrial, aquatic creatures that feed on the life-force of human beings. SV2, rpg

Ny'ghan Grii Luminous spherical, cycloptic creatures from another dimension. They move by floating or crawling IN and are accompanied by thick fog and icy cold.

Parasites of Y'golonac Fleshy spider-like horrors with gaping maws which serve Y'golonac. SS21

Pth'thya-L'yt Female , daughter of Mother Hydra who is almost 300,000 years old. For the last 80,000 KQ, SI years, she has lived in the city of Y'ha-nthlei, mating with Dagon, a union which many believe will result in the birth of a new species of Cthulhu's minions.

Rat-Things Tiny, rat-like creatures with human-like faces. DW

Rhygntu A race of burrowing reptilian humanoids which resemble gila monster. They have created a net of deep DR15, TL underground galleries in central United States (mainly Oklahoma) and worship the destructive Outer God Yomagn'Tho.

Sachonians An alien race made of living energy manifesting as green spheres of pulsing light. After the bane of its FG3, WS9 homeplanet, this race serves Nyarlathotep.

Sand-dwellers Appear as sand-encrusted, skeleton-like humanoids with large claws. GW

Serpent Men Serpent-like humanoids. HG, HK, IU, OW, SG,

Servants of Glaaki Undead zombies that serve the being Glaaki. IL

Servitors of the Outer Beings of varied form that dance mindlessly about Azathoth's throne at the center of the universe. AZ Gods

S'glhuo, Denizens of Tall, bluish humanoids with blank eyes and boneless fingers; actually entities made of living sound. PL

The Shan Resemble large insects. IS, QU (Insects from Shaggai)

Shantaks Elephantine, reptilian birds of the Dreamlands. DQ, FO, RY

Shoggoths Resemble gigantic amoebae with numerous floating eyes. AM, GC, NE, PG, SI, TC, TN

The Space-Eaters A monstrous interstellar race, appearing as shimmering columns of twisting shafts of light. PE Elements of the Cthulhu Mythos 9

The Spawn of the The Spawn of the Green Abyss appear as a bluish slime with various and shifting features: GR Green Abyss Shoggoth-like entities, but highly evolved and intelligent. They inhabit the seas and oceans of the Earth, dwell in aquatic societies ruled by queen Zoth Syra.

Spiders of Leng Giant purple spiders that inhabit the Plateau of Leng. DL

Star-spawn of Cthulhu Resemble smaller versions of Cthulhu himself. AM, PW, TC (Cthulhi)

Star vampire Invisible, levitating, vampiric horror with a myriad of suckers and two huge claws. SF (Shambler from the Stars)

Tcho-Tcho people Mutated humanoids descended from the Miri-Nigri. BK, EH, LS, BH

Thuum'ha Green, toad-like humanoids with gelatinous bodies and emerald eyes BM, DC, SM3 (Beings of Ib)

Utoruks An ancient race that once populated a planet orbiting our Sun while Earth was still cooling. This world NT3 is now long gone due to an unholy pact with Nyarlathotep. They appear over 10 feet tall humanoids, with a thick muscular trunk suspended on two pillar-like legs.

Voonith Huge lizards of the Dreamlands. DL

Voormi Yeti-like bipeds that inhabit Mount Voormithadreth in . AF, SG, SM, TM

Xerts An alien race, resembling writhing, green mists lit from within by an unnatural light. In this form, the SS23 Xert have the ability to shift in-between extradimensional regions beyond normal space-time.

Xo Tl'mi-go Pale, eyeless, leech-mouthed, and sterile hominids. CK

Yaddith, Natives of Humanoid inhabitants of the planet Yaddith that resemble a cross between mammals and reptiles. DR, HG, TG, VI

Yekubians Technologically-advanced, centipede-like beings that inhabit the planet Yekub. CF

Y'lagh A race of aquatic swimmers endowed with flippers, tentacles and other vaguely jellyfish-like features. SY2, BS8 [9] They are servitors of Cthulhu mentioned in as spawn of the Sisters of R'lyeh and [10] mainly haunt the Pacific coasts of California.

Y’nathogguans Scaly humanoids with tiger-like faces, with tentacles in place of whiskers. They have been created by TN7 the Great Old One Quyagen to rule over human thralls. They once inhabited Antarctica until the expansion of the ice-sheets and migrated northwards in the Americas and finally in the lost continent of Quy.

Yuggya 1. (Yuggs or Yuggya) Beings that resemble white, planarian-like flatworms. OA, WI

2. (Yuggya) The offspring of a mating between a Yugg and a Deep One hybrid. PI, WF

Zoogs Creatures of the Dreamlands that resemble small, elfin rodents. DQ, HE

Cults Elements of the Cthulhu Mythos 10

Cults

Name References

Black Brotherhood SE

[11] Brotherhood of the Beast n/a

[12] Brotherhood of the Black Pharaoh n/a

Brothers of the Yellow Sign IU, WD (Cult of the Yellow Sign)

Chesuncook Witch Coven DK, TN (Cult of )

Chorazos Cult UT, RN

Church of Starry Wisdom GA, HD, HI, SD, SE, DE

Cult of Cthulhu CC

Cult of Bubastis [citation needed]

Cult of the Bloody Tongue n/a

Esoteric Order of Dagon SI

Arcane literature and other media

Arcane media

Name Ref.*

Book of Azathoth DW

Book of Dzyan S4 (the Stanzas of Dzyan)

Book of Eibon UB (Liber Ivonis, Livre d'Eibon)

The Book of Iod BH

Celaeno Fragments HC

Cthäat Aquadingen YE (possibly Things of the Water)

Cultes des Goules SU (Cults of the Ghouls)

De Vermis Mysteriis SF (Mysteries of the Worm)

Dwellers in the Depths AQ

Eltdown Shards EC

The Ford Translation of the RL (?)

G'harne Fragments CS

The King in Yellow YS Elements of the Cthulhu Mythos 11

Name Ref.

[13] Massa Di Requiem per Shuggay n/a ("Requiem for Shaggai")

The Necronomicon HO ("[ of]Things Concerning the Dead")

Kitab Al-Azif LA (Original title of the Necronomicon)

Pnakotic Manuscripts PO (Pnakotic Fragments)

Ponape Scripture OA

Revelations of Glaaki IL

The R'lyeh Text RH

Saracenic Rituals SF (infamous chapter from )

The Testament of Carnamagos XE

Unaussprechlichen Kulten CN (interpreted as "Unspeakable Cults", also: Black Book, Nameless Cults)

Zanthu Tablets DT

• Reference to first appearance.

Fictional locations Locations

Name What or where Ref.*

Arkham A city in . PH

Brichester A town in England. UH

Carcosa On the shores of Lake Hali, on a planet in the Hyades. IH

Celephaïs A city in the Dreamlands. CE

Commoriom The capital of Hyperborea. TS

The Court of Azathoth At the center of the universe. AZ

Cykranosh The planet Saturn. DS

The Dreamlands In another dimension. CE

The mountain Dunkelhügel Near Freihausgarten, . DM

Dunwich A village in Massachusetts. DH

Elysia The homeland of the Elder Gods. TC

G'harne A primeval city in Africa. CS

Glyu-Uho The star Betelgeuse. S4

Hyperborea A now-vanished kingdom in . TS

Ib A pre-human settlement in Mnar. DC

Innsmouth A coastal town in Massachusetts. SI

Kadath The home of the Great Ones. OG Elements of the Cthulhu Mythos 12

Kingsport A coastal town in Massachusetts. FE

K'n-yan or Xinaián Blue-litten realm beneath Oklahoma. MO

Ktynga A large comet near Arcturus. FV

Kythanil A double planet. TG

The Plateau of Leng A cold, arid plateau. HO

Lomar An ancient region. PO

L'gy'hx The planet Uranus. IS

Miskatonic University In , Massachusetts. WR

Mnar Probably in the Dreamlands. DC

Mu A sunken continent. OE

The Nameless City A buried city. NC

N'kai A lightless cavern beneath Yoth MO (or possibly underneath Mt. Voormithadreth).

Olathoë A city in Lomar. PO

Pnakotus A primeval city in the Great Sandy Desert in Australia. ST

Name What or where Ref.

Vale of Pnath In the Underworld. EM

R'lyeh The sunken island/city where Cthulhu is entombed. CC

Sarnath A destroyed city in Mnar. DC

Shaggai A planet orbiting twin emerald suns. HD

S'glhuo, Gulf of An alternate dimension. PL

The Plateau of Sung Possibly a region of Leng. HF (or "Tsang"?)

Thuggon A planet. IS

Thyoph A planet. IS

Ulthar A cat-laden town in the Dreamlands. CU

Uzuldaroum A city in Hyperborea. TS

Valley of Do-Hna In Xinaián (K'n-yan). MO

Valusia The ancient land of the Serpent people. HK

Mount Voormithadreth Four-coned extinct volcano in Hyperborea; contains the Cavern of Archetypes and the Web of Atlach-Nacha. SG

Xiccarph ? MZ?

Xiclotl The sister planet to Shaggai. IS

Xoth A binary star. PN

Yaanek / Yarak Legendary mountain/volcano at the North Pole. UL

Yaddith A planet. TG

Mount Yaddith-Gho Dwelling place of Ghatanothoa in Mu. OE

Yaksh The planet Neptune. PN

Yekub A planet in a distant galaxy. CF

'Ygiroth In the Dreamlands. YG Elements of the Cthulhu Mythos 13

Y'ha-nthlei An undersea city. SI

Abyss of Yhe In a Muvian province. HC?

Yian-Ho, or Yian A deserted city. TG

Ylidiomph The planet . UA

Yoth Red-litten cavern beneath K'n-yan. MO

Y'quaa A gray-litten cavern, the dwelling place of Abhoth. HG

Yuggoth The planet . FY

Vaults of Zin In N'kai. EM

Zothique A continent in the distant future. EN

• Reference to first appearance.

References • DiTillio, Larry and Lynn Willis. Masks of Nyarlathotep, Oakland, CA: , 1996. ISBN 1-56882-069-0. • Harms, Daniel. The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana (2nd ed.), Chaosium, Inc., 1998. ISBN 1-56882-119-0. • Harms, Daniel. "Part 2: Mythos Lore" [14]. The Official Cthulhu Mythos FAQ. Retrieved August 19, 2005.

Notes [1] Harms, The Official Cthulhu Mythos FAQ, "Part 2: Mythos Lore", section 2.1, "Outer Gods". [2] Harms, "Part 2: Mythos Lore", section 2.1, "Elder Gods". [3] Harms. Harms writes: "Others consider their inclusion proper and fitting within their own interpretation of Lovecraft." Lovecraft views humanity as being insignificant in the universe; thus, the Elder Gods share little concern for humankind's fate. [4] Harms, "Part 2: Mythos Lore", section 2.1, "Great Ones", "Other Gods". [5] These characters feature in the comics series Fall of Cthulhu [6] Pearsall, "Magnum Innominandum", pp. 264 [7] Aniolowski Malleus Monstrorum, p. 173 [8] These beings appear in the role-playing game supplement Masks of Nyarlathotep (DiTillio & Willis). [9] Larson's Spawn of the Y'lagh, p. 56 [10] They likely coincide with the same beings described in and 's "The Black Kiss" (1937). [11] Keith Herber, The (1984). Role-playing game material. [12] This cult appears in Masks of Nyarlathotep (DiTillio & Willis). [13] Scott D. Aniolowski, "Mysterious Manuscripts" in The Unspeakable Oath #3, John Tynes (ed.), Seattle, WA: Pagan Publishing, August 1991. Periodical (role-playing game material).

[14] http:/ / www. necfiles. org/ part2. htm Article Sources and Contributors 14 Article Sources and Contributors

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