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− | {{Infobox_character|title = Lam|alias = The Grey|first = Call of Cthulhu Malleus Monstrorum|created by = Scott Aniolowski<br> |
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+ | |alias = The Grey |
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− | Sandy Petersen<br> |
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+ | |first = The Magical Revival |
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+ | |created by = [[Kenneth Grant]] |
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+ | |image = Lam.jpg |
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+ | }} |
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+ | {{quote|The Way.
Lam is the Tibetan word for Way or Path, and Lama is He who Goeth,
the specific title of the Gods of Egypt, the Treader of the Path,
in Buddhistic phraseology. Its numerical value is 71, the number of
this book|Aleister Crowley|"Liber LXXI"}} |
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+ | It is an extraterrestrial intelligence which the occultist [[Aleister Crowley]] came into contact with in 1919.<ref name=":0">''The Magickal Revival'', Kenneth Grant</ref> |
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+ | He is the Lama of Lêng.<ref>''Hecate's Fountain'', Kenneth Grant</ref> |
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+ | ==Gallery== |
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+ | 100_Lam.png|Ryuga Boumera's interpretation of Lam. |
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+ | </gallery> |
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+ | ==Behind the Mythos== |
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+ | The RPG Malleus Monstrorum supplement linked this occult entity to the [[Cthulhu Mythos]]. It is debatable wether or not Grant's occult works count as narrative sources. |
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+ | In BBC Radio 4's adaptation of The [[The Whisperer in Darkness|Whisperer in Darkness]], Lam is identified as being an avatar of [[Nyarlathotep]]. <ref>[https://infodump.ghost.io/truth-and-fiction/]</ref> |
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+ | == References == |
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+ | {{Reflist}} |
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[[Category:Great Old Ones]] |
[[Category:Great Old Ones]] |
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Revision as of 19:40, 7 April 2021
“ | The Way. Lam is the Tibetan word for Way or Path, and Lama is He who Goeth, the specific title of the Gods of Egypt, the Treader of the Path, in Buddhistic phraseology. Its numerical value is 71, the number of this book | „ | |
~ Aleister Crowley , "Liber LXXI" |
Lam[1] is an alien entity, similar to Grey aliens, dwelling in the dark side of the planet Mars.[2]
It is an extraterrestrial intelligence which the occultist Aleister Crowley came into contact with in 1919.[1]
He is the Lama of Lêng.[3]
Gallery
Behind the Mythos
The RPG Malleus Monstrorum supplement linked this occult entity to the Cthulhu Mythos. It is debatable wether or not Grant's occult works count as narrative sources.
In BBC Radio 4's adaptation of The Whisperer in Darkness, Lam is identified as being an avatar of Nyarlathotep. [4]