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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. This subject contains information from the Derleth Cthulhu Mythos, and not based on H.P. Lovecraft's works directly. This subject contains information from the Expanded Cthulhu Mythos, and not based on H.P. Lovecraft's works directly. N'gah-Kthun is a name coined by H. P. Lovecraft for his novella The Whisperer in Darkness, in which it is heard as part of a fragmentary conversation between the Mi-Go and their allies.

The name appears with the variant spelling N'gha-Kthun in August Derleth's short story "The Return of Hastur", where it is part of a list of beings, places, and concepts that Paul Tuttle learned about while studying occult grimoires.

In "The Horror in the Gallery", by Lin Carter, N'gha-Kthun is at last identified as one of the Lesser Old Ones, and the leader of all the Mi-Go who serve Hastur.