We’re back and we’re petrified. It’s bad enough that you can become mummified by standing near Ghatanothoa, but being imperilled just by looking at his image is simply too much. And then we learn that you could be at risk even from examining the eyes of someone who saw him? Yikes! We’ll stick to Yig, thanks. At least the worst he’s going to do is bite you. Oh, hang on… He might turn you into a snake? It’s beginning to sound like these Mythos deities may not be the friends we’re looking for.

Main Topic: Mythos Deities – Yig & Ghatanothoa

This episode is our latest exploration of the deities of the Cthulhu Mythos. We have devoted previous episodes to Dagon, Shub-Niggurath, Yog-Sothoth, Nyarlathotep, Hastur, Azathoth, Nodens, Ubbo-Sathla and Mordiggian, Ithaqua, Cthulhu, Daoloth and Eihort, Gla’aki, Y’golonac, Tsathoggua, Atlach-Nacha and Abhoth, and Cyäegha and Byatis.

We’re turning back to Lovecraft himself in this episode, but Lovecraft as a collaborator. Well, it’s probably more accurate to call him a ghost writer with these stories, but we’ll be generous to his co-authors. The two deities we’re discussing — Yig and Ghatanothoa — both come from Lovecraft’s revisions. It wasn’t until the stories were collected that Lovecraft was even credited, however. Despite this, at least one of the deities has spawned many scenarios and stories, while the other has to be satisfied with hanging out behind a rest stop glory hole. But more about that next episode…

Links

Things we mention in this episode include:

• “The Curse of Yig” by HP Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop
• Zealia Bishop
• Weird Tales
• “The Mound” by HP Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop
• “Medusa’s Coil” by HP Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop
• The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions by HP Lovecraft and others
• Posthumous collaborations
• Lovecraft’s Commonplace Book
• “The Dunwich Horror” by HP Lovecraft
• Quetzalcoatl
• Kukulcan
• Aztec death whistle
• Supernatural
• Chaugnar Faugn

• K’n-yan
• “The Vengeance of Yig” by Lin Carter
• “The Whisperer in Darkness” by HP Lovecraft
• The Yig Cycle edited by Robert M Price
• Ramble House
• The Yog-Sothoth Cycle edited by Robert M Price
• Ouroboros
• The Book of Mormon
• The Xothic Cycle edited by Robert M Price
• The HP Lovecraft Wiki
• Ayi’ig
• Yidhra
• The Two-Headed Serpent
• Tsathoggua

• Malleus Monstrorum
• Bast
• “Out of the Aeons” by HP Lovecraft and Hazel Heald
• Hazel Heald
• Cabot Museum
• Mu
• Nameless Cults
• Shub-Niggurath
• Yaddith-Gho
• Atlantis
• Plateau of Leng
• Retinal optography
• Doctor Who
• “The Call of Cthulhu” by HP Lovecraft
• “No Man’s Land”

News

Paul at Gen Con

Paul gives us a quick summary of his visit to Gen Con 2023, where he ran “Full Fathom Five” with You Too Can Cthulhu. He also mentions that Chaosium had the new Pendragon Starter Set on the stall, alongside Rivers of London.

Matt and Paul at the Innsmouth Literary Festival

Matt and Paul will be attending the Innsmouth Literary Festival at the end of this month, running some games. The festival takes place on Saturday 30th September, between 10am – 5pm, at Kings House Conference Centre in Bedford.

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