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This subject contains information from the "Lovecraft Circle" Myth Cycles, and while guided by HPL are not based on his work alone. Gol-goroth (The Forgotten Old One) is a fictional deity invented by Robert E. Howard for his Cthulhu Mythos stories, and later incorporated into the tales of Lin Carter as a Great Old One. He is first mentioned in Howard's "Children of the Night," where Professor Kirowan refers to "nameless and ghastly gods and entities as Cthulhu, Yog Sothoth, Tsathoggua, Gol-goroth, and the like." Howard explores the idea further in "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth," where Gol-Gororth is preeminent among the titular entities.

Gol-goroth appears as a titanic, black toad-like monstrosity with an impossibly malevolent glare, or a tentacle covered, scaly, bat-winged entity. However, its physical form may alter to fit the worst nightmares of whoever is viewing it (spider-like to an arachnophobic person, etc.).

A dark god of Bal-Sagoth (CIRCLE: "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth" Robert E. Howard) and Hyboria, with some modern cults centering around Britain and named as the god of the Black Stone in Hungary. It may have been worshipped in Atlantis under the name Golgor in connection with other Atlantean deities such as Valka, Hotah, and Honen (CIRCLE: "The Moon of Skulls" Robert E. Howard), and also by the Little People via the Black Stones. Mentioned in the Book of Eibon as dwelling under Mount Antarktos, at the South Pole, it is also detailed in Nameless Cults.

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A mistake by Lin Carter confused Gol-goroth with Groth-golka in the first printing of "The Fishers from Outside", but this has been rectified.

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