The Cthulhu Mythos is grand --and dense -- housing deities, outer gods, and elder gods, all of
which are terrifying in their own right.
But some old more power than the average god, some are so evil that even the mere mention
of their name can cause panic attacks.
So today on Top 5 Scary Videos, we’re going to be counting down our list of the Top 5
Strongest Lovecraftian Monsters.
Lets jump in.
5 Cthulhu Now, you may be surprised to see Cthulhu at
number five, but as we proceed you will see why.
This fictional cosmic entity was first introduced in the short story “The Call of Cthulhu”
first published in Weird Tales in 1928.
He is considered to be a Great Old One within the pantheon of Lovecraftian cosmic entities,
and is depicted as a gigantic entity worshipped by cultists.
His appearance is described as looking like an octopus, a dragon, and a caricature of
human form.
It is an epic power that lies in a death-like slumber beneath the Pacific Ocean in his sunken
city of R’lyeh.
As it stands he remains a dominant presence in the eldritch dealings on our world.
Now, it is unknown how large the throng of those who worship Cthulhu is, but his cult
has many cells around the globe, and are known to chant the disturbing phrase, “In his
house at R’lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming”.
Chills.
Not only that, but Cthulhu has the ability to make people lose their minds by visual
contact with the entity.
4 Yig Yig is a deity in the Cthulhu mythos and one
of the Great Old Ones who first appeared in the story, “The Curse of Yig” which was
originally created by Zealia Bishop before being completely rewritten by Lovecraft.
Now, in Lovecraft’s story, he is described as, I quote, “shapen like a man, except
ye look at him clost”.
According to Lovecraft, Yig’s main characteristic is his devotion to snakes -- his “children”
-- and he punishes those that harm them by turning them into spotted snakes.
He is the father of Ayi’ig and the mate of the outer god Yidhra.
Now, although Yig is easy to anger, Yig is also very easy to please as long as no harm
comes to his children.
He’s a great dad, guys.
3 Nyarlathotep Now, this character not only appears in the
works of Lovecraft, but also many other writers, but is most commonly known in association
with its role as a deity in the Lovecraft Mythos fictional universe, where it is known
as the Crawling Chaos.
It first appeared in Lovecraft’s 1920 prose poem of the same name, and is described as
one of the Outer Gods.
Now, Nyarlathotep differs from the other beings in a number of ways.
With most of them being exiled to stars, like Yog-Sothoth, and Hastur, or sleeping and dreaming
like Cthulhu.
However, the Crawling Chaos is active and walks the Earth in the guise of a human being,
typically tall, slim, and joyous.
Joyous, so unlike us.
He is known to have had a thousand other forms, most of them reputed to be maddeningly horrific.
Now the other Outer Gods and Great Old Ones are often described as mindless or unfathomable,
rather than truly malevolent, however, this is not the case for this dude.
He seems to truly delight in cruelty, is deceptive and manipulative, and even cultivates followers
and uses propaganda to achieve his goals.
Sounds like many politicians I know.
2 Yog Sothoth Yog is a cosmic entity and Outer God, born
of the Nameless Mist.
He is the progenitor of Cthulhu, Hastur the Unspeakable, and the ancestor of the Voormi.
Like many of our previous numbers, Yog has many different appearance throughout the various
stories, by various authors.
However, there seems to be a common agreement that Yog visually manifests as a mass of glowing
orbs, with eyes or tendrils depending on which story you are reading.
Now, though it is not outright stated, it is heavily implied that Yog is omniscient,
and is locked outside the universe -- giving him the ability to see all of space-time at
once, meaning there is no secret hidden from him.
Bad news bears.
Now, this dude first appeared in Lovecraft’s: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, and goes
on to be the driving force of The Dunwich Horror, in which he fathers twin children
with a human.
Dude gets around.
What makes him truly menacing is that when called upon, he will assist mortals in performing
occult deeds or rituals.
With the most notable occuring in the previous mentioned stories.
In The Dunwich Horror he was summoned for the purpose of impregnating a human female,
who then gave birth to two partially-human children.
The summoner was in fact the husband of the woman, who was known to stand on a hill in
a circle of stones with the Necronomicon, while shouting the name of Yog from the summit.
Folks be cray.
1 Azathoth Sometimes called “The Blind Idiot God”,
the “Nuclear Chaos”, the “Daemon Sultan”, “The Deep Dark, and “The Cold One”,
this dude is yet again another Outer God that we have on our list.
Now, there can be no definite description of Azathoth, as everyone envisions him differently,
and he is ever changing.
He is a significant presence in the Necronomicon, as both Albert Wilmarth and Walter Gilman
are horrified at the mere mention of its name.
Now, it is in The Dreams in the Witch House where he is referenced by the Witch who tells
Walter Gilman that, I quote,”He must meet The Black Man, and go with them all to the
throne of Azathoth at the centre of ultimate Chaos, He must sign in his own blood the book
of Azathoth and take a new secret name...what kept him from going with her...to the throne
of Chaos where the thin flutes pipe mindlessly was the fact that he had seen the name Azathoth
in the Necronomicon, and knew it stood for primal horror too horrible for description.
He’s the ruler of the Outer Gods guys.
You don’t f**k with Azathoth.
Well, there we have it Lovecraft fans!
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Were there any monsters that we missed?
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