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| − | '''Yog-Sothoth''' (''The Lurker at the Threshold'', ''The Key and the Gate'', ''The Beyond One'', ''Opener of the Way'', ''The All-in-One and the One-in-All'') is a [[cosmic entity]] of the [[Cthulhu Mythos] |
+ | '''Yog-Sothoth''' (''The Lurker at the Threshold'', ''The Key and the Gate'', ''The Beyond One'', ''Opener of the Way'', ''The All-in-One and the One-in-All'') is a [[cosmic entity]] of the <u>[[Cthulhu Mythos]]</u> and the [[Dream cycle]] of [[H. P. Lovecraft]]. Yog-Sothoth's name was first mentioned in his novella '<u>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Case_of_Charles_Dexter_Ward The Case of Charles Dexter Ward]'</u> (written [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927_in_literature <u>1927</u>], first published [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941_in_literature <u>1941</u>]). It goes on to be the driving force of the short story, ''The Dunwich Horror'' in which it fathers twin boys with a human. The being is said to take the form of a conglomeration of glowing bubbles. It is later mentioned in ''At the Mountains of Madness'' as being the thing beyond the mountains that even the Elder Things fear. Its parent was the [[Nameless Mist]]. It is the parent of [[Cthulhu]], [[Hastur the Unspeakable]] and the ancestor of the [[Voormi]]. |
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Revision as of 13:59, 5 October 2012
Yog-Sothoth (The Lurker at the Threshold, The Key and the Gate, The Beyond One, Opener of the Way, The All-in-One and the One-in-All) is a cosmic entity of the Cthulhu Mythos and the Dream cycle of H. P. Lovecraft. Yog-Sothoth's name was first mentioned in his novella 'The Case of Charles Dexter Ward' (written 1927, first published 1941). It goes on to be the driving force of the short story, The Dunwich Horror in which it fathers twin boys with a human. The being is said to take the form of a conglomeration of glowing bubbles. It is later mentioned in At the Mountains of Madness as being the thing beyond the mountains that even the Elder Things fear. Its parent was the Nameless Mist. It is the parent of Cthulhu, Hastur the Unspeakable and the ancestor of the Voormi.