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{{Infobox_character|title = The Nameless Mist|relatives = |first = "Selected Letters of H.P. Lovecraft II"|created by = H.P. Lovecraft|alias = Nyog'Sothep<ref>''Call of Cthulhu (RPG)'': "Nyog'Sothep ou les Brumes de l'Immonde" published in ''Jeux & Stratégie'' #51 (June/July 1988) [FR]</ref>}}The '''Nameless Mist''' is an [[Outer God]]. It is the progenitor of several other cosmic entities, including the Outer God [[Yog-Sothoth]]. It is older than everything except Azathoth (its creator) and the Unnamed Darkness (its sibling).
 
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|alias = The Nameless Mist<ref name="CoC">''Call of Cthulhu (RPG)'' Malleus Monstrorum</ref><br>
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Nyog'Sothep<ref>''Call of Cthulhu (RPG)'': "Nyog'Sothep ou les Brumes de l'Immonde" published in ''Jeux & Stratégie'' #51 (June/July 1988) [FR]</ref><br>
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N'yog-Sothep<ref>Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game - Seekers of Knowledge Expansion</ref>
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|relatives = [[Azathoth]] <small>(parent)</small><br>
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[[Nyarlathotep]] <small>(sibling)</small><br>
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[[Darkness]] <small>(sibling)</small><br>
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[[Yog-Sothoth]] <small>(offspring)</small><br>
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[[Nug and Yeb]] <small>(grandchildren)</small><br>
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[[Cthulhu]] <small>(great-grandson)</small><br>
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[[Tsathoggua]] <small>(great-grandson)</small><br>
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|first = {{HPL}}: ''[[Selected Letters of H. P. Lovecraft]]'' 2.303 <small>(Magnum Innominandum)</small><br>
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{{HPL}}: ''[[Selected Letters of H. P. Lovecraft]]'' 4.617 <small>(The Nameless Mist)</small>
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The '''Nameless Mist''' is an [[Outer God]]. It is the progenitor of several other cosmic entities, including the Outer God [[Yog-Sothoth]]. It is older than everything except [[Azathoth]] (its creator) and the Unnamed Darkness (its sibling).
   
 
Its powers include possible omnipresence, reality warping, acausality, spacetime manipulation, immortality, and incorporeality.
 
Its powers include possible omnipresence, reality warping, acausality, spacetime manipulation, immortality, and incorporeality.
   
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==Behind the Mythos==
== Family tree<ref>"Selected Letters of H. P. Lovecraft IV", Letter #617, to James F. Morton, (April 27th, 1933)</ref> ==
 
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The Magnum Innominandum idea came to Lovecraft during a Roman dream he recalled in three letters, one of those being incorporeted in {{CIRCLE}}: "[[The Horror from the Hills]]" and one posthumously published as {{HPL}}: "[[The Very Old Folk]]". It was also mentioned in {{HPL}}: "[[the Whisperer in Darkness]]" alongside many mythos concepts such as Hastur, the Yellow Sign or Yog-Sothoth. It also is part of an incarnation from [[De Vermis Mysteriis]] penned by Lovecraft for {{CIRCLE}}: "[[The Shambler from the Stars]]" by Bloch.
   
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Lovecraft also mentionned the "Not-to-be-Named One" in {{HPL}}: "[[The Mound]]" as husband of Shub-Niggurath. He also introduced "Him Who is Not to Be Named" along with other names such as Shub-Niggurath or Nyarlathothep (though Yog-Sothoth is not named in the invocation).
[[Azathoth]]
 
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Lovecraft mentioned the Nameless Mist in a [[family tree of Azathoth]]. ({{HPL}}: ''[[Selected Letters of H. P. Lovecraft]]'' 4.617) The Nameless Mist was given the name "Nyog'Sothep" and "N'yog-Sothep" by later authors.
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[[Nyarlathotep]] '''The Nameless Mist''' [[Darkness]]
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The Magnum Innominandum and The Nameless Mist were unified as the same entity later by other writers, notably by [[Lin Carter]] and by the Call of Cthulhu RPG.
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(The ancient patrician / /
 
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==Gallery==
gens Viburnia of Haec / /
 
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RESPVLICA.ROMANA) [[Yog-Sothoth]]------------+---------[[Shub-Niggurath]]
 
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/ ____________/___________________
 
L. Viburnius Marco / /
 
/ [[Nug]] [[Yeb]]
 
/ / /
 
P. Viburnius Marco / /
 
Legatus of Legio 11., [[Cthulhu]]* [[Tsathoggua]]*
 
station'd at Isca Silurum, / /
 
in Britannia Secunda / /
 
in A.D. 103 [[Shaurash-ho]] [[Yabou]]
 
/ / /
 
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/ [[Yogash the Ghoul]] [[Nush the Eternal]]
 
/ / /
 
/ / /
 
/ [[K'baa the Serpent]] [[Gilles Grenier]],
 
/ / Lord of Averoigne
 
/ ** / /
 
[[Viburnia]]-----------+-----------[[Ghoth the Burrower]] /
 
/ (one of the Little People) [[Hippolyte Le Sorcier]],
 
/ ancestor of
 
[[Llunwy of Wales]] [[Clark Ashton Smith]]
 
ancestor of
 
[[Owen Gwynedd]]
 
and of [[HPL]]
 
 
<nowiki>*</nowiki>First of their respective lines to inhabit this planet
 
<nowiki>**</nowiki>This union was an hellish and nameless tragedy
 
   
 
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Revision as of 10:02, 8 April 2020

The Nameless Mist is an Outer God. It is the progenitor of several other cosmic entities, including the Outer God Yog-Sothoth. It is older than everything except Azathoth (its creator) and the Unnamed Darkness (its sibling).

Its powers include possible omnipresence, reality warping, acausality, spacetime manipulation, immortality, and incorporeality.

Behind the Mythos

The Magnum Innominandum idea came to Lovecraft during a Roman dream he recalled in three letters, one of those being incorporeted in CIRCLE: "The Horror from the Hills" and one posthumously published as HPL: "The Very Old Folk". It was also mentioned in HPL: "the Whisperer in Darkness" alongside many mythos concepts such as Hastur, the Yellow Sign or Yog-Sothoth. It also is part of an incarnation from De Vermis Mysteriis penned by Lovecraft for CIRCLE: "The Shambler from the Stars" by Bloch.

Lovecraft also mentionned the "Not-to-be-Named One" in HPL: "The Mound" as husband of Shub-Niggurath. He also introduced "Him Who is Not to Be Named" along with other names such as Shub-Niggurath or Nyarlathothep (though Yog-Sothoth is not named in the invocation).

Lovecraft mentioned the Nameless Mist in a family tree of Azathoth. (HPL: Selected Letters of H. P. Lovecraft 4.617) The Nameless Mist was given the name "Nyog'Sothep" and "N'yog-Sothep" by later authors.

The Magnum Innominandum and The Nameless Mist were unified as the same entity later by other writers, notably by Lin Carter and by the Call of Cthulhu RPG.

Gallery

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Call of Cthulhu (RPG) Malleus Monstrorum
  2. Call of Cthulhu (RPG): "Nyog'Sothep ou les Brumes de l'Immonde" published in Jeux & Stratégie #51 (June/July 1988) [FR]
  3. Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game - Seekers of Knowledge Expansion