Hello and welcome back to Life’s Biggest Questions, I’m Ron McKenzie-Lefurgey.
Today it’s time for the next stop on our seemingly endless journey into the disturbing
mythos of Lovecraft.
We’ve talked about Nyogtha, we’ve talked about Yog-Sothoth, and now it’s time to
talk about the creature whose name seems to be a combination of the two: Ythogtha.
Yeah, these videos give my tongue a workout.
Ythogtha is the second son of Cthulhu, who was imprisoned in the Abyss of Yhe by the
Elder Gods.
But what if he didn’t exist in stories, but actually was out and about in real life?
Let’s explore.
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Now get ready, it’s time to ask the question: What if Ythogtha was Real?
Now, as with our other Cthulhu videos, this video will assume that Ythogtha is the only
Elder God or Great Old One around.
So he won’t have any competition on that front.
However, since he is rather dependent on his servants, we’ll assume that his servants
are also real.
This means that the yuggs as well as their lord, Ubb, The Father of Worms, would also
exist.
Yes, the names sound disgusting.
And yes, they live up to their names.
More on them in a moment, but for now, let’s talk about Ythogtha himself.
Ythogtha first appeared in The Xothic Legend Cycle series, written by Lin Carter.
He looks something like a giant humanoid frog, with a single eye in the middle of his forehead,
but he is much more disgusting, and far, far larger.
How large?
Well, when a sorcerer-priest tried to free him, he mistook his fingertips for mountainous
heads.
So he's pretty darn big.
As with other beasts from the mythos, he has a number of tentacles on him, forming a sort
of mane around his head.
In terms of abilities, there’s little we can know from the literature.
Since he was imprisoned in the Abyss of Yhe, he didn't really get a chance to strut his
stuff.
However, we know a bit more about the abilities of his minions.
These minions were the Yuggs, large, flatworm-like creatures found underground, also known as
The Worms of the Earth.
They are able to interact with humans, and even transmit genetic information to them
through organic darts.
Although frankly, I’m not entirely sure what that means.
They’re known to communicate with humans, offering them great wealth, in exchange for
cooperation, as well as sacrifices.
They’re led by the large, slug-like creature known as Ubb, The Father of Worms, from whom
the Yuggs are spawned.
In the mythos, they worked to free their masters from their prison.
So, what might happen if Ythogtha was real?
Well, that would depend on whether or not he was imprisoned.
If he was free, things would look rather like they did with Cthulhu; he would be incredibly
dangerous, and would likely take over the Earth.
So, for the purposes of this video, we’ll assume that Ythogtha is still trapped under
the Earth, and must depend on the Yuggs to spread his influence on Earth.
How might this affect us?
Well first of all, it might take some time to convince the general population of the
existence of the Yuggs.
The idea sounds pretty farfetched, and most would shrug it off as just another silly conspiracy
theory.
This would make it quite a bit easier for the Yuggs to infiltrate society, and influence
powerful people by helping them to achieve their goals.
Eventually, however, there’s a good chance that one would slip up, and be captured, which
would allow even the most skeptical to come to terms with this strange new creature.
If we learned that there were giant worms that were bribing people with money in order
to gain their service, people would become even more suspicious of the rich than they
are now.
And that’s saying something.
Currently, people on all sides of the political spectrum are engaging in numerous conspiracy
theories about the rich and powerful, with many believing them to be a part of some greater,
harmful agenda.
If we knew that some rich people got that way thanks to some freaky worms that were
serving a giant tentacle monster, it would change the way we looked at rich folks.
But even if we did learn about them, and we knew that they intended to harm humanity,
there are some who would still take advantage of their supposed generosity.
As we’ve seen throughout history, some people are more than happy to sell out their fellow
humans in exchange for personal wealth and power.
There’s a good chance that the Yuggs would prioritize powerful leaders, with cult followings,
in order to influence as many people as possible.
If they were around nowadays, they would almost certainly try to tempt Donald Trump or Vladimir
Putin, or even the British Royal Family, in hopes of using their following to gain influence,
and perhaps release Ythogtha from his prison.
And, whether out of narcissism or greed, there is a chance that they would accept.
In order to limit the actions of the Yuggs, and to stop people from being potentially
corrupted, we might attempt to build devices that could locate and exterminate them.
Since they tend to be found underground, these would likely be small drilling devices with
that could sense the movement or digging of the Yuggs, find them, and kill them.
We might also find ways to detect them when they’re about in the world, looking for
people to influence.
This could be either with technology, or simply training dogs to sniff them out.
However, it might be best to try to cut off the head of the snake.
If possible, there’s a good chance we’d try to hunt down Ubb, to stop more Yuggs from
being created, and perhaps disrupt their structure.
Without Ubb, it’s possible that the Yuggs would become disorganized, and might be easier
to deal with, allowing us to exterminate them and move on with our lives.
Otherwise, there’s a chance that they would succeed, Ythogtha would rise, and humanity
would be in for a bad time.
And now we return to our question: What if Ythogtha was Real?
Well, his Yuggs would cause quite the problem.
Under the leadership of Ubb, the Yuggs would infiltrate world governments, by promising
money and power in return for allegiance.
If they succeeded, and Ythogtha returned, the world would probably be more or less doomed.
If, however, we managed to stop them, either by hunting the Yuggs down, or killing their
leader, then the world could begin to return to normal.
Or at least, as normal as it can be, with the thought of giant, conniving flatworms
floating around in our minds.
Thank you for watching Life’s Biggest Questions, I hope this was interesting and informative,
and maybe even inspired you to look into it further on your own.
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they promised to make you rich.
Until next time, I’m Ron McKenzie-Lefurgey with Life’s Biggest Questions, wishing you
the best of luck, on your quest for answers.
I won’t go into too much detail on these in this video, since they have been touched
on already.
If you’d like to see more about their effects on the world, check out our video entitled
What if Zoth-Ommog was Real.