Template:InmythosMany of the planets in our Solar System are referenced in H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.
Cykranosh (Saturn)
- 🔀 This is an section about the planet. For the deity, see Saturn (god).
Cykranosh is a gas-giant and a frequent refuge for practitioners of the dark arts.
Background
In ancient times the planet was home to Tsathoggua. It has a twin in the Dreamlands, populated by monstrous cats. (HPL: The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath)
The sorcerer Eibon used a portal to hide here from the Inquisition and is the current home of Hziulquoigmnzhah. (CIRCLE: The Door to Saturn, Clark Ashton Smith)
Yaksh (Neptune)
Yaksh is a gas-giant inhabited by a strange species of fungoid creatures known as Yakshians, of which little is known. Several cosmic entities have made their home there over the aeons.
Background
For a brief period the Great Old One Hziulquoigmnzhah resided upon Yaksh after fleeing Yuggoth and the cannibalistic depredations of its parent Cxaxukluth. There it was worshiped by the Yakshians as a god, though it soon grew tired of these creatures and migrated to the planet Cykranosh.
Later the Great Old Ones Tsathoggua (who was also escaping Cxaxukluth's attentions) and Shathak met, mated and spawned the creature known as Zvilpogghua on Yaksh. However, Tsathoggua moved to Cykranosh on his journey to Earth, and Zvilpogghua left our solar system entirely, making its way to the planet Yrautram in the Perseus constellation. Whether Shathak remains in residence on Yaksh is unknown.
Pluto
Pluto is a dwarf planet.
Background
It is hypothesised to be the planet Yuggoth, the tenth planet of the Solar System, and home of the Mi-go. (HPL: "The Whisperer in Darkness")