The Moon-beasts are a fictional species in the Cthulhu Mythos. They were originally created by H. P. Lovecraft for his novella The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, and were later incorperated into Chaosium's role-playing game Call of Cthulhu. (EXP: Malleus Monstrorum)
Background[]
The Moon-beasts are pale, squat toad-like creatures living in the Dreamlands' version of Earth's moon, active in the trade of human slaves and gold (in exchange for their rubies) in the port of Dylath-Leen, on Earth's Dreamlands.
They are superhumanly strong and noxious-smelling, having no eyes but instead a mass of pink tentacles at the end of their snout. They are described as sailing Black Galleys between the Moon and the Dreamlands to trade rubies in exchange for slaves and gold in the port of Dylath-Leen, employing Men of Leng disguised in turbans, as to not reveal their true nature. They communicate using flutes, at least to their servants, being otherwise silent even in death. (HPL: The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath)
In Other Media[]
- The Moon-beasts appear in the trading card game Z/X Zillions of enemy X.
- The Moon-beasts appear in the mobile game Card Monsters.
- In the comic book Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Vol 1 41 by Marvel Comics, several unnamed creatures resembling the Moon-beasts were depicted as a cameo in Nightmare's Dream Dimension; however, they are never explicitly referenced.
Gallery[]
- Main article: Moon-beast/Gallery