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{{Infobox character
|name = B'Moth
 
 
|image = Mythos_adjacent_Seal.jpg
 
|image = Mythos_adjacent_Seal.jpg
|alias = Beh'Moth the Devourer, The Master, Bhemaut
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|alias = * Beh'Moth the Devourer
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* The Master
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* Bhemaut
 
|first = "[[The Scourge of B'Moth]]"
 
|first = "[[The Scourge of B'Moth]]"
 
|created by = [[Bertram Russell]]}}
 
|created by = [[Bertram Russell]]}}
'''B'Moth''' (''The Master'') is a god of the seas with a world-wide, but little known following. Probably an abbreviation of Beh'-Moth (known as ''Beh'-Moth the Devourer'' in the book ''Monstres & Their Kynde''), thence Behemoth, the giant sea monster mention in ''The Bible''. B'Moth wishes to send a horde of fierce animals to crush civilization and blot it out.
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'''B'Moth''', ''The Master'', is a god of the seas with a world-wide but little-known following. Probably an abbreviation of Beh'-Moth (known as ''Beh'-Moth the Devourer'' in the book ''Monstres & Their Kynde''), thence Behemoth, the giant sea monster mention in ''The Bible''. B'Moth wishes to send a horde of fierce animals to crush civilization and blot it out.
   
Probably another name for Cthulhu or one of his spawn like [[Leviathan]].
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Probably another name for [[Cthulhu]] or one of his spawn like [[Leviathan]].
   
 
==Behind the Mythos==
 
==Behind the Mythos==
B'Moth was created by Bertram Russell during Lovecraft's lifetime, in "The Scourge of B'Moth" - it has been remarked that the story is practically a re-write of "The Call of Cthulhu"; Henry Hasse listed the creature among Mythos entries in a book quote in "The Guardian of the Book".
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B'Moth was created by [[Bertram Russell]] during [[H. P. Lovecraft|Lovecraft]]'s lifetime, in "The Scourge of B'Moth" - it has been remarked that the story is practically a re-write of "[[The Call of Cthulhu]]"; Henry Hasse listed the creature among Mythos entries in a book quote in "The Guardian of the Book".
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Revision as of 20:26, 15 October 2019

This subject contains information from the Mythos Adjacent Works, and while share similar themes and features of the Mythos are not based on his work, or generally considered a part of the Mythos proper.

B'Moth, The Master, is a god of the seas with a world-wide but little-known following. Probably an abbreviation of Beh'-Moth (known as Beh'-Moth the Devourer in the book Monstres & Their Kynde), thence Behemoth, the giant sea monster mention in The Bible. B'Moth wishes to send a horde of fierce animals to crush civilization and blot it out.

Probably another name for Cthulhu or one of his spawn like Leviathan.

Behind the Mythos

B'Moth was created by Bertram Russell during Lovecraft's lifetime, in "The Scourge of B'Moth" - it has been remarked that the story is practically a re-write of "The Call of Cthulhu"; Henry Hasse listed the creature among Mythos entries in a book quote in "The Guardian of the Book".