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Groth-Golka is a fictional creature created by Robert E. Howard for his story "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth", originally depicted as being a giant flightless bird worshipped as a deity. In the expanded Cthulhu Mythos, Lin Carter identified it as a Great Old One and the lord of the Fishers from Outside, although in a case of mistaken identity, the first printing of "The Fishers from Outside" featured Gol-goroth in the place of Groth-Golka.
It has subsequently appeared in the Conan stories of Marvel Comics, and as a monster in the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game. It is sometimes represented as resembling a pterosaur.
Background[]
In its debut story, Groth-Golka was identified as the last member of a species of prehistoric bird, who has lived for centuries and is worshiped as a god by the people of Bal-Sagoth. The creature's mortality, however, is demonstrated by its death at the hands of the protagonists. (CIRCLE: "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth")
In the Marvel Multiverse[]
In the Marvel Universe, the events of "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth" occurred during the Hyborian Age of Conan. Groth-Golka was the last of the Lizard-Gods, and was killed by Fafnir.[1]
