Yog-Sothoth (Character)

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Origin

Yog-Sothoth is an Outer God in the stories of H.P. Lovecraft and other authors. Yog-Sothoth is linked with all of time and space, but is sealed outside of the universe that humans inhabit. In Through the Gates of the Silver Key, Yog-Sothoth is described as an All-in-One and One-in-All of limitless being and self, allied to the essence of existence.

Appearance

According to the stories The Horror in the Museum and The Lurker at the Threshold, Yog-Sothoth appears in this dimension as a congeries of iridescent globes "stupendous in its malign suggestiveness", from which it extrudes tentacles, eyes, mouths or whatever the need of the moment requires. In Lovecraft's 1928 story The Dunwich Horror, its spawn appear as an invisible mass of feelers, legs, eyes, stalked organs, and tentacles, made visible only for a second by the use of a magic powder. Kenneth Grant, an occultist who appears to take all this a lot more seriously than is good for him, says Yog-Sothoth is a manifestation of the darkest part of the psyche. Grant describes it as a gangrenous shade of green. with no upper skull at all, only a bloated mass that is its maggot-festering, naked brain, a madly gazing, giant's "Cyclops" eye ringed by octopoid palpi and shark teeth above a warty tyrannosaurus-like body covered in muck.

Yog-Sothoth's Avatars

Yog-Sothoth has avatars who live to serve the great deity.

Aforgomon:

Aforgomon was worshiped as the God of Time by many cultures due to its power to manipulate time and space. He is usually shrouded in a mysterious, blinding light and only shows himself to those who anger him.

Umr at-Tawil (Most Ancient and Prolonged of Life):

Mentioned in

Through the Gates of the Silver Key

, he looks over the halls beyond the Gate of the Silver Key and the Ancient Ones within. He looks like a man underneath a shimmering veil. Fortunately for humans, he does not drive insane those who look upon him.

Books of Worship

The Necronomicon, Unausprechichen Kulten, Pnakotic Manuscripts, Azathoth and Others, Seven Cryptic Books of Hsan, Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre by H.P. Lovecraft. Liber Al. H.P. Lovecraft and the Hidden God by Kenneth Grant.

Powers and Abilities

The god is omniscient and all-seeing and gaining favor with the entity can give one incredible and vast knowledge. However, the entity is so powerful that merely seeing it or learning too much about its existence would drive one insane and create disaster. In order to please Yog-Sothoth it is said by many that human sacrifice or lifetime commitment to its worship are required. Yog-Sothoth is, however, weaker than Azathoth.

General Information

Super Name	Yog-Sothoth Yog-Sothoth
Real Name	Real Name Real name for this character.
Aliases	the Lurker at the Threshold The Key and the Gate The Beyond One Opener of the Way The All-in-One the One-in-All Sodatha Sogotha the Lurker at the Threshold The Key and the Gate The Beyond One Opener of the Way The All-in-One the One-in-All Sodatha Sogotha
Publisher	In the Public Domain Publisher Publisher for this character.
Creators	H. P. Lovecraft Creators Creators of this character.
Gender	Male Gender Gender of this character.
Character Type	God/Eternal Character Type Character type of this character.
First Appearance	The Savage Sword of Conan #152 - Valley Beyond the Stars
Appears in	29 issues
Birthday	n/a Birthday Birthday for this character.
Died	None Issues Died Issues where this character died.
Powers	Blast Power Cosmic Awareness Dimensional Manipulation Divine Powers Energy Absorption Energy Manipulation Genetic Manipulation Immortal Invulnerability Leadership Magic Matter Absorption Reality Manpulation Soul Absorption Telepathy Time Manipulation Time Travel Character Powers Powers of this character.