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Azathoth is a deity in the Cthulhu Mythos and Dream Cycle stories of writer H. P. Lovecraft and other authors. He is the supreme deity of the Cthulhu Mythos and the ruler of the Outer Gods, [1] and may also be seen as a symbol for primordial chaos, [2] therefore being the most powerful entity in the entirety of the Cthulhu Mythos.
Shoggoths also developed the ability to survive on land, while the Elder Things retreated to the oceans. Shoggoths that remained alive in the abandoned Elder Thing city in Antarctica would later poorly imitate their masters' art and voices, endlessly repeating "Tekeli-li" or "Takkeli", [ 3 ] a cry that their old masters used.
He must meet the Black Man, and go with them all to the throne of Azathoth at the centre of ultimate Chaos. That was what she said. He must sign in his own blood the book of Azathoth and take a new secret name now that his independent delvings had gone so far. —H. P. Lovecraft, "The Dreams in the Witch House"
A Seed of Azathoth: A bluish-brown, slimy monstrosity riddled with holes, and an occasional malformed head. Ghatanothoa: Lord of the Volcano, Thoa [11] Appears as a colossal horror with multifarious appendages, and Gorgon-like powers. Ghisguth: The Sound of Deep Waters: A titanic mass of jelly-like material. Gi-Hoveg The Aether Anemone
Phillip A. Schreffler argues that by carefully scrutinizing Lovecraft's writings, a workable framework emerges that outlines the entire "pantheon"—from the unreachable "Outer Ones" (e.g., Azathoth, who occupies the centre of the universe) and "Great Old Ones" (e.g., Cthulhu, imprisoned on Earth in the sunken city of R'lyeh) to the lesser ...
Nyarlathotep is a fictional character created by H. P. Lovecraft.The character is a malign deity in the Cthulhu Mythos, a shared universe.First appearing in Lovecraft's 1920 prose poem "Nyarlathotep", he was later mentioned in other works by Lovecraft and by other writers, to the point of often being considered the main antagonist of the Cthulhu Mythos as a whole.
A story of a Victorian family going on a seaside holiday to Margate, which gets interrupted by Cthulhu's rising from the sea. [54] Mercyful Fate: Time (1994) "The Mad Arab" Mercyful Fate: Into the Unknown (1996) "Kutulu (The Mad Arab Part Two)" Metallica: Ride the Lightning (1984) "The Call of Ktulu" An instrumental inspired by "The Call of ...
The first description of Tsathoggua occurs in "The Tale of Satampra Zeiros", in which the protagonists encounter one of the entity's idols: He was very squat and pot-bellied, his head was more like a monstrous toad than a deity, and his whole body was covered with an imitation of short fur, giving somehow a vague sensation of both the bat and the sloth.