Cthulhu Mythos

Cthulhu Mythos is the label coined by the writer August Derleth for the shared world based upon the themes, characters, and story elements found in the works of H. P. Lovecraft, as well as his protegÃÂÃÂ©s and later writers influenced by him. Combined, they form a kind of mythos—a system of symbols upon which Lovecraft could craft his dreamy, richly resonant stories.

Central to the mythos are the Great Old Ones, a fearsome assortment of deities led by the dreaded Cthulhu (though there are other beings in the mythos that are even more monstrous), who lies in a state of hibernation in the lost and sunken city of R'lyeh. "When the stars are right," Cthulhu will awaken and wreak havoc upon the earth.

Table of contents

1 Great Old Ones
2 Great Ones
3 Elder Gods
4 Outer Gods
5 Other supernatural beings
6 Fictitious books in the Mythos
7 Non-human species of the Mythos
8 Locations
9 Non-fictional elements in the Mythos
10 Cults
11 External links
12 See also

Great Old Ones

The Great Old Ones are vastly powerful and ancient creatures who are often worshiped as gods by insane human cultists; many of them are made of unearthly substance which is not like normal matter. They have limits to their influence, even if those "limits" include an entire planet. Those Great Old Ones who are based in other solar systems can only extend their influence to Earth when the star of the solar system is in the night sky, along with the help of cultists performing various rituals.

Abhoth, The Unclean One, Source of Uncleanness
Aphoom-Zhah, the Cold Flame, Lord of the Pole
Atlach-Nacha, the Spider God
Baoht Z'uqqa-Mogg, the Bringer of Pestilence
Bokrug, the Great Water Lizard, the Doom of Sarnath
Bugg-Shash, The Drowner
Byatis, The Berkeley Toad, the Serpent-Bearded
Chaugnar Faugn, Horror from the Hills, The Feeder
Cthugha, the Living Flame, the Burning One
Cthulhu, the Sleeping God, Master of R'lyeh, Kthulhut
Cthylla, Secret Seed of Cthulhu
CyÃÂÃÂ¤egha
Cynothoglys, The Mortician God
Dagon
Dweller in the Gulf, Eidolon of the Blind
Eihort, the Pale Beast, God of the Labyrinth
Ghatanothoa, The Usurper, God of the Volcano
Ghizguth
Ghroth,Whom Passeth in Darkness
Glaaki, the Inhabitant of the Lake, Lord of Dead Dreams
Gloon, the Corrupter of Flesh, Master of the Temple
Gol-Goroth, God of the Black Stone
Hastur, the Unspeakable, He Who is Not to be Named
Hydra, Mother
Hzioulquoigmnzhah
Idh-Yaa
Iod, The Shining Hunter
Ithaqua, the Wind Walker, the Wendigo, God of the Cold White Silence
Juk-Shabb, God of Yekub
Lloigor (Great Old One), The Star-Treader
L’rog’g
M’Nagalah, The Great God Cancer
Mnomquah
Mordiggian, The Charnel God
Nug and Yeb, The Twin Blasphemies
Nyogtha, The Thing which Should Not Be, Haunter of the Red Abyss
Oorn
Othuum
Othuyeg, the Doom-Walker
Quachil Uttaus, Treader of the Dust
Rhan-Tegoth, He of the Ivory Throne
Rlim-Shaikorth, The White Worm
Saa’itii, The Hogge
Sfaticlip
Shathak
Shud’de M’ell
Tsathoggua, the Sleeper of N'kai, the Toad-God, Zhothaqqua, Sadagowah
Tulzscha, the Green Flame
The Worm that Gnaws the Night, Doom of Shaggai
Vorvadoss, Troubler of the Sands, Whom Waiteth in the Outer Dark
Vulthoom, Gsarthotegga, the Sleeper of Ravermos
Y'Golonac, The Defiler
Yibb-Tstll, The Patient One, Watcher in the Glade
Yig, Father of Serpents
Ythogtha, the Thing in the Pit
Zhar
Zoth-Ommog
Zushakon, Old Night
Zvilpoggua, Ossadagowah, the Sky-Devil
Zystulzhemgni, Matriarch of Swarms

Great Ones

The so-called "gods" of the Dreamlands, they are not nearly as powerful as the Great Old Ones, and not even as intelligent as humans. However, they are under the protection of the Outer Gods, especially Nyarlathotep.

Hagarg Ryonis, the Lier-in-Wait
Karakal
Lobon
Nath-Horthath
Oukranos
Tamash
Zo-Kalar

Elder Gods

A group of beings who oppose the Outer Gods and Great Old Ones. Many people consider them to be un-Lovecraftian, since they bring a good/evil dichotomy to the cosmic indifference of Lovecraft's fiction. However, these beings are no more concerned with such human notions as "good" and "evil" than the things they oppose, and consider humans to be less than fleas.

Bast, Goddess of cats, Pasht

Hypnos, Lord of sleep

Kthanid (according to some sources, an Outer God)

N'tse-Kaambl (according to some sources, an Outer God), Whose Splendor Hath Shattered Worlds

Nodens, the Hunter, Lord of the Great Abyss
Ulthar
Yad-Thaddag

Outer Gods

These beings have no limits to their influence, unlike the Great Old Ones, and are likely to embody cosmic principles. The Outer Gods are also known as the Other Gods.