The world of Lovecraft is vast, with us seemingly never running out of creatures, monsters or
places to talk about.
However, we really are nearing the bottom of the barrel with some of his most terrifying
monsters.
So today on Top 5 Scary Videos, I’m going to be counting down our list of the Top 5
Scary Lovecraftian Monsters - Part 3.
Before we begin though, be sure to stick around until the end of the video where i’ll
5 Yibb-Tstll To quote Brain Lumley in Rising with Surtsey:
“...I wanted to bound, to float in my madness through eldritch depths of unhallowed black
blood.
I wanted to cling to the writhing breasts of Yibb-Tstll.
Insane....”
Yibb-Tstll, also known as The Patient One is an obscure God who is said to watch at
the center of all time as the universe revolves.
Because of this insight, only Yog-Sothoth is said to be wiser.
Its blood, the Black, is a weapon which takes the form of black snowflakes that stick to
and smother a victim.
Yibb-Tstll’s touch causes an instant change in the person affected, this change is usually
fatal but occasionally brings some benefit.
It is sometimes described as an immobile, dark, tentacled entity with a pulpy, alien
head, detached eyes, and large bat wings under which countless Nigh-Gaunts suck black milk
from its innumerable breasts.
Yibb-Tstll also appears in The Caller of the Black.
Having a close connection to the Great old One Bugg-Shasha, so should Yibb-Tstll be regarded
as a Great Old One.
4 Thunn’ha The Thunn’ha, also referred to as the Thunn’ha
or Thuum’ha, were a species of creature which appeared throughout Lovecraft’s Cthulhu
Mythos.
Not much is known about the appearance of the Thunn’ha as they are said to be a long-dead
race, but legend tells that they were species of frog-like humanoids who were intelligent
and relatively peaceful in nature.
Ancient stories tell that untold thousands of years ago the Thunn’ha descended from
the moon along with their city, the vast metropolis of Ib, to come to rest on the shores of a
great lake in the land of Mnar.
It was said that they lived in peace for many years, that was until Men arrived with the
intention of establishing their own cities and mining the precious ores which were found
there in abundance.
Honestly, the human race sucks, we really are the worst.
Now, although the two species lived in harmony at first, it was not long before seeds of
hatred began to grow in the hearts of Men.
Thus began the war of the two races, with Men descending on the Thunn’ha, tearing
down the city and killing every last one of them.
So, I guess, the real monsters here aren’t the Thunn’ha but are instead Men.
My bad.
3 Mordiggian Now, there is very little written about Mordiggian,
so you will have to bare with me, this point may be very short.
Mordiggian is a Great Old One, worshipped by several human cults as well as cults of
ghouls as a symbol of Death.
This name is used in Zothique, Man’s last continent, and it is entirely possible that
this gigantic creature is the same as Shaurash-Ho.
Shaurash-Ho is the progenitor of the ghoul race, possibly through mating with Bast.
It is a descendent of Cthulhu and father of Yogash the Ghoul and it has been postulated
that it might itself have been a Deep One.
The mysterious entity is mentioned in Lovecraft’s letter to James F Morton as a descendant of
Cthulhu.
Some sources mistakenly identify Nug as the Father of the Ghouls, but since Nug never
visited Earth it makes more sense that Shaurash-Ho, the father of Yogash the Ghouls, owns this
title.
Back to Mordiggian though, like I said the creature could very well be the same as Shaurash,
although its name might go back to Medieval France, and be a corruption of the Latin “Mortician”.
It is also described as swirling darkness, a gigantic shadow, and a worm shaped column.
2 Mi-Go The Mi-Go are an extraterrestrial species
from the planet Yuggoth, which is implied to be the dwarf planet Pluto.
The Mi-Go are described as winged creatures with large claws and heads covered in antennae.
They are a scientifically and technologically advanced race, having a particularly sophisticated
grasp of surgical techniques and neuroscience.
Roughly the same size as an adult human, the Mi-Go appears crustacean or insectoid in nature
but is actually a type of fungal lifeform.
They are pinkish entities with a convoluted ellipsoid composed of pyramided, fleshy rings,
with them possessing a pair of membranous bat-like wings which are used to fly through
the “ether” of outer space.
They are fundamentally alien with respect to Earthly life; according to two reports
in the original short story, their bodies consist of a form of matter that does not
occur naturally on Earth.
Interestingly, they are capable of going into suspended animation until softened and reheated
by the sun or some other source of heat.
They are said to communicate by changing the colour of their heads, however they are oftentimes
able to speak the human language.
If not, they can modify their bodies to make them able to speak.
The Mi-go can also transport humans from Earth to Yuggoth and back again by removing the
subject’s brain and placing it into a brain cylinder, which can be attached to external
devices to allow it to see, hear, and speak.
Now, the Mi-Go previously worshipped the beings Yog-Sothoth, Nyarlathotep, as well as others,
although in newer works it is acknowledged that the Mi-Go are at war with the Elder Gods.
Their moral system is completely alien, making them seem highly malicious from a human perspective.
1 Yig Yig is the Father of Serpents as well as a
Great Old One who is worshipped as a God in Central America and the southern states of
the USA.
Manifesting as a gigantic snake with the arms of a man, or sometimes a reptilian humanoid
creature, Yig is considered to be the god of snakes and serpents everywhere.
He is said to have a fierce devotion to his “children”, with him emerging every autumn
to punish those who harm them.
He does this by either turning them into serpents or serpent-like wretches themselves, or simply
sending other snakes to kill them when they sleep.
One story of Yig tells of a couple from Arkansas in the 1800s who were moving to Oklahoma in
search of a better life.
However, on their journey, the woman came across a nest of newborn rattlesnakes, which
is honestly my worst nightmare.
I feel physically sick at the thought.
No thank you.
Knowing the fear her husband had for snakes, the woman killed them with the butt of her
rifle.
Later that year in the fall, having built themselves a cabin, the Father of Serpents
came for the woman and her family in the dead of night.
Sending a swarm of his children to kill their dog.
Yig then went on to trick the woman into killing her husband with an axe, having her believe
that he was actually Yig coming to seek his revenge.
After that, the Snake-God transformed her into a part-human, part-reptile monstrosity,
cursing her to wiggle on her belly like a snake for all of eternity.
Even though Yig is malicious and quick to anger, he is also easy to please as long as
no harm comes to his children.
Well, there we have it!
Do you guys agree with our list?
Were there any Lovecraftian monsters that we missed?
Leave us all your thoughts and feelings in the comments down below and perhaps we can
do a part 2.
Before I go though, I just want to respond to a few comments from one of our last videos,
Top 5 Most Haunted Places In The World.
Pinki Mietz said: “The most haunted place is my phone.
Everybody is ghosting me.”
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Sherio88 said: “I live a 40 minute drive from The Stanley Hotel, and I’m hoping to
get a good room this October, for my honeymoon!”
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Steve Kass said: “I am nobody in comments.
I am waiting for Queen Lucy to yell Booo!”
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Big Smoke said: “When are you going to have a break, you look tired.”
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Jay Varrow said: “Listen people, don’t joke about Lucy getting rid of Keegan.
She also used to say the same thing about Jack and where is he now?”
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