Elder gods

Incarnation of Cthulhu

"Dad... What's that?" Had a lot of fun with this project and working with limited colors was a good challenge.

Hastur, also known as the King in Yellow, is one of the many Great Old Ones and Cthulhu Mythos deities, acting as one of the most mysterious of Lovecraftian gods. First appearing in Ambrose Bierce's Haita the Shepherd, the god has been stated to be Cthulhu's half brother, a fallen angel, the god of shepherds, and the duke of Hell itself. He is also the main villain of Magicka, under the name Assatur, who plotted to destroy Midgård by possessing the powerful magician Grimnír, and trick the…

Check out this excellent map of H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos creatures, from Elder Gods to Lesser Servitors!Via Myconfinedspace, here's an excellent full-size

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Queen of Ember with Cyaegha

Click to read about Ananiel, Singer of Dark Songs. One day as the sun began to set, the boats attempted to return to shore. Ananiel pleaded with them to stay. They ignored his words. So, in a fit of anger, he summoned the waves to do what his words could not. Grigori, fallen angel, angel art by Peter Mohrbacher.

The Elder Gods, also referred to as the Elder Deities, are fictional extraterrestrial entities featured in the Cthulhu Mythos. They are originally described as looking like huge pillars of light or fire, which dwell in the vicinity of the star Betelgeuse, and are known to protect humans while being inimical to the "evil" gods such as Cthulhu, Hastur, Zhar and Lloigor (AWD: "The Lair of the Star-Spawn", "The Horror from the Depths"). In the Expanded Mythos, they originate from another…

Mother Kos. Because elder god fish can be pretty too.

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 | ___________________________|__________________________________ | | | Nyarlathotep The Nameless Mist Darkness (The ancient patrician | | gens Viburnia of Haec | | RESPVLICA.ROMANA) Yog-Sothoth------------+---------Shub-Niggurath…