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H.P. Lovecraft dreamt up and created many weird and terrifying monsters and creatures that continue to populate the horror genre to this day along with being

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azathoth
Azathoth is a deity in the Cthulhu Mythos and Dream Cycle stories of writer H. P. Lovecraft and other authors. He is the supreme deity of the Cthulu Mythos and the ruler of the Outer Gods, and may also be seen as a symbol for primordial chaos, therefore being the most powerful entity in the entirety of the Cthulhu Mythos.. Azathoth is referred to as the "daemon-sultan" and "Lord of All Things

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Azathoth is known as the Lord of All Things ( HPL: " The Haunter of the Dark "), as everything that exists was created by its thoughts ( CIRCLE: " Hydra "). It is also described as the "nuclear chaos beyond angled space", and the Mi-Go refer to it as "Him in the Gulf" ( HPL: The Whisperer in Darkness ).

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Today we will look at Azathoth, the immense and limitless ruler of the Outer Gods. Azathoth, also known as the Blind Idiot God, the Daemon Sultan, and the Nuclear Chaos, is the main nemesis of H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. Azathoth is a mindless and unconscious beast who is also the most powerful being on the planet.

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H P Lovecraft, the master of cosmic horror stories, was a philosopher who believed in the total insignificance of humanity. The Night (1908) by Léon Spilliaert. Courtesy Vincent Everarts/Collection of the Belgian State, in deposit at Musée d'Ixelles, Brussels. Sam Woodward. has a BA and an MPhil in Classics from the University of Cambridge, UK.

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The idea that Azathoth is dreaming up reality was clearly based on Lord Dunsany's fiction, in which the world really is dreamed up by an anthropomorphic deity called Mana-Yood-Sushai. But inspiration does not mean Lovecraft lifted the idea wholesale. He never said how Azathoth created the universe, and he never said Azathoth would end the

https://pulpuniversity.com/azathoth/
Azathoth: The Blind Idiot God at the Heart of the Cosmos. Azathoth is a monstrous deity from the works of H.P. Lovecraft, known as the "Blind Idiot God" and the ruler of all chaos. At the very center of the universe, Azathoth sits in its court of mindless entities, surrounded by the constant cacophony of their frenzied dancing and shrieking

https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Outer_God
The Outer Gods are a category of fictional entities of cosmic significance used in certain systemisations of the Cthulhu Mythos. They may be distinguished from the Great Old Ones, although the distinction isn't universally acknowledged. Generally speaking, they are located beyond the confines of Earth and the Solar System, exerting their influence from deep space or from beyond our dimension

https://cultistarmoury.org/the-cthulhu-mythos/
The Cthulhu Mythos: Origins, Evolution, and Influence. Emerging from the imaginative abyss of H.P. Lovecraft, the Cthulhu Mythos stands as a monumental testament to a singular brand of horror that reshaped the genre in the 20th century. This expansive universe, brimming with cosmic deities, ancient aliens, and eldritch horrors, transcends human

https://cthulhu.fandom.com/wiki/Azathoth_(Outer_God)
Azathoth is the Cthulhu Mythos' "creator god", though it is debatable whether either of those words accurately describes the most powerful of Lovecraft's deities. Commonly described as "the daemon-sultan" and "a formless nuclear chaos", Azathoth is the most powerful and frightening of all beings in the Mythos universe. It allegedly spawned the entire multiverse as outcroppings of its own body

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Nyarlathotep. Nyarlathotep is also known as the crawling chaos. It is an evil god that can shapeshift into over a thousand different forms. The character was first found in Lovecraft's poem

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10. Nodens. Nodens made his first appearance in Lovecraft's short story "The Strange High House in the Mist", published in 1926. The character is based on a Celtic god, also named Nodens

https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Family_Tree_of_Azathoth
Fantasy. Horror. The following is a list of the descendants of the Outer God Azathoth. Nug, Yeb and Yig were sons of Shub-Niggurath (HPL: "Out of the Eons") HPL's own ancestry followed the following family tree (HPL: Selected Letters 4.617) Azathoth

https://www.reddit.com/r/Lovecraft/comments/j6wu1h/hp_lovecraft_azathoth_and_outer_gods_theories/
Let's hear what you think and what your theories are as a response. 1. Azathoth might not be the biggest baddy in all the dimensions of the cosmos. In the world of Lovecraft, it's not impossible to think that there are Far Greater Outer Gods, Deamon Sultans, or Nuclear Choas' that also reside in Azathoth's plane of existence, who are just as

https://headstuff.org/culture/literature/hp-lovecraft-and-the-fear-of-the-unknown/
From these influences Lovecraft synthesised his own world of horror - what became known as the Cthulhu Mythos. One artist's conception of Cthulhu, risen from his watery tomb. The Cthulhu Mythos [6] takes its name from Lovecraft's most famous creation, the ancient evil at the heart of his novella The Call of Cthulhu. In this story artists

https://fictionhorizon.com/15-most-terrifying-lovecraftian-monsters/
A notorious shoggoth is Mr. Shiny (Albert Shiny) who takes the form of a human. 7. Azathoth. Debut: "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath", by H.P. Lovecraft (1943) Azathoth, sometimes referred to as "The Blind Idiot God", the "Nuclear Chaos", the "Daemon Sultan", "The Deep Dark", and "The Cold One", is an Outer God.

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The Outer Gods are the most powerful. Then, the Great Old Ones. Then the Elder Gods. Then the Great Ones. Azathoth was the first. He is the source of all the others. Then, Nyarlathotep was born from Azathoth. He was the first conscious being. Later Yog-Sothoth and Shub-Niggurath were born of Azathoth and taught by Nyarlathotep who had become

https://www.ncesc.com/gaming-faq/did-lovecraft-create-azathoth/
Azathoth's creator, H.P. Lovecraft, ... Azathoth Origins - H.P Lovecraft's Most Terrifying Creation After Cthulhu, The Ruler Of Outer Gods. What is the scariest monster in Lovecraft? Scariest: Cthulhu. Cthulhu is a giant creature with many squid-like tentacles. Depending on the artistic interpretation, he can appear as an octopus, a

https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Servitor_of_the_Outer_Gods
The Servitors of the Outer Gods, also known as the Idiot Flute-players or Amorphous Flute-players, are a mysterious species expanded upon by Chaosium for the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game. They were first referred to by H. P. Lovecraft in "The Rats in the Walls", and are also featured in August Derleth's stories, such as The Lurker at the Threshold. The Servitors of the Outer Gods are

https://www.reddit.com/r/Lovecraft/comments/t039ip/most_terrifying_lovecraftian_entity/
Hands down the most terrifying entity. -Nyarlatoteph could be considered scary in the "most dangerous to humankind" sense. Definitely not one you wanna cross. -While not created by Lovecraft, Hastur is quite eerie. Sometimes it is a place, others a being, or it could be both, or something else.

https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Azotharoth
Azoth, Azotharoth, or Azotheroth, is an Outer God (mistaken often enough to be considered as Great Old Ones) who was created by writers Gerry Conway and Roy Thomas for Marvel Comics. It appeared in Conan the Barbarian: The Horn of Azoth (issue #59 of the 1st volume of Marvel Graphic Novel) in April 1990, which was inspired by the original script of the 1984 movie, Conan the Destroyer. The

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H.P. Lovecraft's stories have a timeless quality due to the very nature of the horror he was conveying.Lovecraftian horror is about the sense of existential dread humans get when they realize that

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Most of the "organization" of the Mythos was done by August Derleth after HPL died. If I remember correctly, Derleth came up with all that Outer God vs Old Ones and different beings representing things like fire or Aether.

https://gamerswiki.net/did-lovecraft-create-azathoth/
Did the Elder Gods created Azathoth? ... Azathoth Origins - H.P Lovecraft's Most Terrifying Creation After Cthulhu, The Ruler Of Outer Gods. What is the scariest monster in Lovecraft? Scariest: Cthulhu. Cthulhu is a giant creature with many squid-like tentacles. Depending on the artistic interpretation, he can appear as an octopus, a dragon