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Ythogtha is the second son of [[Cthulhu]] and resembles a gigantic, humanoid frog, or Deep One, with only a single, huge eye in the center of his forehead like a cyclops. A dense mane and a beard of writhing tentacles grows from his head. Ythogtha is incredibly large; when the sorcerer-priest Zanthu attempts to free Ythogtha from his prison, he mistakes his god's clawed, slimy fingertips for mountainous heads. The Elder Gods imprisoned Ythogtha in the Abyss of Yhe. He is served by the planarian-like yuggs and their lord, Ubb, The Father of Worms.
 
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|image = Ythogtha.png
[[Category:Cthulhu Mythos]]
 
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|alias = The Thing in the Pit
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|relatives = [[Yog-Sothoth]] (great-grandparent)
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*[[Shub-Niggurath]] (great-grandparent)
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*[[Nug]] (grandparent)
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*[[Cthulhu]] (father)
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*[[Idh-yaa]] (mother)
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*[[Ghatanothoa]] (sibling)
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*[[Zoth-Ommog]] (sibling)
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*[[Cthylla]] (sibling)
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|affiliations = [[Great Old One]]s
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|first = {{EXP}}: "[[Out of the Ages]]" in the [[Xothic Legend Cycle]]
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|created by = [[Lin Carter]]
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'''Ythogtha''' is the second son of [[Cthulhu]] and resembles a gigantic, humanoid frog, or [[Deep One]]s, with only a single, huge eye in the center of his forehead like a cyclops. A dense mane and a beard of writhing tentacles grows from his head. Ythogtha is incredibly large; when the sorcerer-priest [[Zanthu]] attempts to free Ythogtha from his prison, he mistakes his god's clawed, slimy fingertips for mountainous heads. The Elder Gods imprisoned Ythogtha in the Abyss of Yhe. He is served by the planarian-like [[yugg]]s and their lord, [[Ubb]], The Father of Worms.
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Revision as of 09:24, 28 January 2020

This subject contains information from the Expanded Cthulhu Mythos, and not based on H.P. Lovecraft's works directly. Ythogtha is the second son of Cthulhu and resembles a gigantic, humanoid frog, or Deep Ones, with only a single, huge eye in the center of his forehead like a cyclops. A dense mane and a beard of writhing tentacles grows from his head. Ythogtha is incredibly large; when the sorcerer-priest Zanthu attempts to free Ythogtha from his prison, he mistakes his god's clawed, slimy fingertips for mountainous heads. The Elder Gods imprisoned Ythogtha in the Abyss of Yhe. He is served by the planarian-like yuggs and their lord, Ubb, The Father of Worms.