[9]:3738. [19] Though some of these beings have and in some cases create cults to honor them, to the vast majority of these beings the human race is so insignificant that they aren't given any consideration whatsoever. A humanoid/plant elemental creature, created by writer Len Wein and artist Bernie Wrightson, the Swamp Thing has had several humanoid or monster incarnations in various different storylines.The character first appeared in House of Secrets #92 (July 1971) in a stand-alone based on Lovecraft's short story "The Colour Out of Space"; The Shuttered Room (1967), based on an August Derleth "posthumous collaboration" with Lovecraft, and Curse of the Crimson Altar (U.S. title: The Crimson Cult) (1968), based on "The Dreams in the Witch House". Astral projection: The ability project an astral body that can go anywhere. [178] However, states Breslauer, modern scholarship suggests that idolatry was not absent in biblical faith, and it resurfaced multiple times in Jewish religious life. At the end of Lovecraft's last story "The Haunter of the Dark", the protagonist Robert Blake calls on Yog-Sothoth to save him from the eponymous malign entity that he has let loose. Review: HP Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life", "New England narratives: Space and place in the fiction of HP Lovecraft", "A last defense against the dark: Folklore, horror, and the uses of tradition in the works of HP Lovecraft", "H.P. [93]:8586, The first written evidence of deities are from early 3rd millennium BCE, likely emerging from prehistoric beliefs. Its shape suggests a plump, huge-breasted, faceless female figure. [52][53][54][55][56][57][58][excessive citations] A monotheistic deity, known as "God", is usually described as omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, omnibenevolent and eternal. [3], Religions can be categorized by how many deities they worship. This video featured the first use of its signature phrase, "You shouldn't have done that". 'Tails Doll: My Story' narrated by MrCreepyPasta. A goat-like fiendish horror with bat wings and multiple horns, mentioned as the brother of Shub-Niggurath. [1][2] Lovecraft was a writer of philosophically intense horror stories that involve occult phenomena like astral possession and alien miscegenation, and the themes of his fiction over time contributed to the development of this philosophy. [78][79], In Southern African cultures, a similar masculine-feminine deity combination has appeared in other forms, particularly as the Moon and Sun deities. [15] Author China Miville notes that "Lovecraft's horror is not one of intrusion but of realization. Tulzscha appears as a blazing green ball of flame, dancing with its Lesser Outer Gods at the court of Azathoth. [77], Diverse African cultures developed theology and concepts of deities over their history. His viewpoint made no allowance for religious beliefs which could not be supported scientifically. [97]:2224[98][99] Baal was the god of storm, rain, vegetation and fertility,[97]:68127 while his consort Anat was the goddess of war[97]:131,13739 and Astarte, the West Semitic equivalent to Ishtar, was the goddess of love. Though the requirements for summoning the Tails Doll vary from pasta to pasta, probably the most popular method is to win a race with the Tails Doll after unlocking everything in the game. Urban Legend, BENBen DrownedBen LawmanMajoraCleverbotLink StatueJadusable's Roommate, Manifestation in the physical worldElectronic distortion and buggingTeleportationLevitationTrickeryOmnipotence within dreams, games and CleverbotLeadershipElectrokinesis, Ghost (Possibly)Supernatural Being (Possibly), Taunting Jadusable with his dreams Chatting with people on Cleverbot. [72], Scholars infer the probable existence of deities in the prehistoric period from inscriptions and prehistoric arts such as cave drawings, but it is unclear what these sketches and paintings are and why they were made. In addition to using pastiches of Cthulhu, the Deep Ones, and R'lyeh, writer J. Michael Straczynski also wrote the story in a distinctly Lovecraftian style. Each supreme deity or deities normally rules over a pantheon of deities, contributing to the sheer diversity of deities in Anitism. [29][30][31]:23031 Deva is masculine, and the related feminine equivalent is devi. Breathe underwater: Ability to breathe in water. It was a doll. BEN Drowned was created by Alex Hall (Jadusable). You fill in the order form with your basic requirements for a paper: your academic level, paper type and format, the number An evil, blood-covered, possessed little doll. Hostile Spirit Leader of the Moon Children Shabbith-Ka appears as a shapeless, roughly man-sized purplish aura, spitting and crackling with powerful electrical arcs. Polytheism is the belief in multiple deities, which are usually assembled into a pantheon of gods and goddesses, along with their own religious sects and rituals.Polytheism is a type of theism.Within theism, it contrasts with monotheism, the belief in a singular God who is, in most cases, transcendent.In religions that accept polytheism, the different gods and goddesses Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature[9]. (1974). Other games released since 2010 with elements of Lovecraftian horror include Sunless Sea, a gothic horror survival/exploration role-playing game,[97] Vintage Story, a sandbox survival game with in-game enemies called "Drifters" inspired by the genre, the game Darkest Dungeon a role-playing video game with an emphasis on mental trauma and affliction,[98] Edge of Nowhere, an action-adventure virtual reality game,[99] and The Sinking City, an open world detective and survival horror game set in 1920s New England, drawing inspiration from The Shadow over Innsmouth and "Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family. Species Ulthar (or Uldar and also Ultharathotep[22]) is a deity sent to Earth to hold vigil over the Great Old Ones. [31]:23031[129]:1519 Eos, the Greek goddess of the dawn, for instance, is cognate to Indic Ushas, Roman Aurora and Latvian Auseklis. Kelley, Rich. [185], Buddhists do not believe in a creator deity. [149]:79798 The Maya people built step pyramid temples to honor Kukulkan, aligning them to the Sun's position on the spring equinox. Yidhra (The Dream Witch or Yee-Tho-Rah[19]) usually appears as a youthful, attractive, earthly female, though her shape may vary. Walter C. DeBill Jr. is an author of horror and science fiction short stories and a contributor to the Cthulhu Mythos. The noted Lovecraft scholar S. T. Joshi asserts that "Lovecraft constantly engaged in (more or less) genial debates on religion with several colleagues, notably the pious writer and teacher Maurice W. Moe. Robert M. Price, "H.P. These include the six gods and six goddesses: Venus, Apollo, Mars, Diana, Minerva, Ceres, Vulcan, Juno, Mercury, Vesta, Neptune, Jupiter (Jove, Zeus); as well Bacchus, Pluto and Hercules. Written entirely from the perspective of a traumatized sailor, the story makes use of several of Lovecraft's trademarks, including the ultimate feeling of insignificance in the face of the supernatural. Opposite to Demon Physiology. Aerona: The ability to see and understand all forms of illness. However, Lovecraft never conceived of them as supernatural, but extraterrestrials who understand and obey a set of natural laws which to human understanding seem magical. It contains numerous elements faithful to Lovecraft's story, though the studio made major cuts to the film. "BEN's most famous quote. . Mlandoth and Mril Thorion were created by Walter C. DeBill Jr., but were suggested years earlier by Clark Ashton Smith. 141-142. Beneath its billowing cloak are a multitude of nightgaunts, suckling and clutching at its breasts. 1986's From Beyond was loosely based on Lovecraft's short story of the same name. To'Kustars like Way Big (Ben 10) embody cosmic energy and can manipulate it at will. List of Thundarr the Barbarian season 1 episodes; No. Lovecraft's Dreamlands, John Fultz's "Wizards of Hyperborea"), Tamash ("The Doom That Came to Sarnath;" HP Lovecraft's Dreamlands, "Wizards of Hyperborea"), Zo-Kalar ("The Doom That Came to Sarnath"; "Wizards of Hyperborea"), Hagarg Ryonis (HP Lovecraft's Dreamlands, "Wizards of Hyperborea"), Karakal (HP Lovecraft's Dreamlands, "Wizards of Hyperborea", Mike Minnis' "The Crawler of Pnoth"), This page was last edited on 6 November 2022, at 20:39. However, his impact is still broadly and deeply felt in some of the most celebrated authors of contemporary fiction. [6] Henotheistic religions accept one supreme deity without denying other deities, considering them as aspects of the same divine principle. Michel Houellebecq, H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life[19]. The sir and the Vanir went to war, according to the Nordic sources. Uvhash (The Blood-Mad God of the Void) appears as a colossal, vampiric, red mass of both tentacles and eyes. That "technological and social progress since Classical times has facilitated the repression of an awareness of the magnitude and malignity of the macrocosm in which the human microcosm is contained", or in other words, a calculated repression of the horrifying nature of the cosmos as a reaction to its "essential awfulness.". Alan Moore has touched on Lovecraftian themes, in particular in his The Courtyard and Yuggoth Cultures and Other Growths (and Antony Johnston's spin-off Yuggoth Creatures),[37][38] but also in his Black Dossier where the story "What Ho, Gods of the Abyss?" "[17] As such, Lovecraft's cosmicism is not religious at all, but rather a version of his mechanistic materialism. Death (Castlevania) an eternal entity of supreme might can demolish a part of Castlevania castle and brutalize Trevor Belmont. 1995's Castle Freak is loosely inspired by Lovecraft's story "The Outsider". [31]:23031[36] In contrast, all ancient Indo-European cultures and mythologies recognized both masculine and feminine deities. A gigantic, bat-winged humanoid with detached eyes, wearing a green robe, this horrible deity sees all time and space as it slowly rotates in the centre of its clearing within the Jungle of Kled in Earth's Dreamlands. Lovecraft influenced our pop culture (5. Berglund's "Whiteout" (2006). Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos". Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physical world or universe. BEN Drowned headcanon voice by David Near. [9]:3538[10]:35659, The English language word deity derives from Old French deit,[27][pageneeded] the Latin deitatem or "divine nature", coined by Augustine of Hippo from deus ("god"). It dwells within the realm of Rhylkos, which matches with the red planet Mars, and whoever summons Uvhash witnesses an atrocious death. Mh'ithra's eternal battle with Yog-Sothoth is said to be legendary. He is a sadistic and presumably omniscient entity who haunts the game and torments Jadusable throughout his entries. BEN, or BEN Drowned, is the titular main antagonist character of "BEN DROWNED", a.k.a "Haunted Majora's Mask Cartridge" (based on the famous game Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask), a highly popular Creepypasta series created by Alex Hall (Jadusable). List of Supernatural Powers and Abilities, Universal Energy/Power/Radiation Manipulation. Some authors state that the favor of the god requires a human sacrifice or eternal servitude. Price, "Lovecraft's 'Artificial Mythology'", p. 249. There are great deities found across the Pacific Ocean. H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life, H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu: The Whisperer in Darkness, Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth, Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family, "H. P. Lovecraft And The Shadow Over Horror", "Your introduction to the cosmic horror genre", "What does "cosmic horror" mean? [161]:239 The Io deity has been revered as the original uncreated creator, with power of life, with nothing outside or beyond him. [192][193][194] The deva realm in Buddhist practice in Southeast Asia and East Asia, states Keown, include gods found in Hindu traditions such as Indra and Brahma, and concepts in Hindu cosmology such as Mount Meru. Introduced in Dylan Dog issue 374,[6] In the plot, the entity has clear features of an Outer God rather than a Great Old One as well as an appearance vaguely resembling that of Yog-Sothoth, and is invoked by a deranged prophet with words in Naacal or R'lyehan language almost coinciding with those featured in Cthulhu's invocation, with R'lyeh replaced with Z'lyeh. Azathoth is completely unaware of anything going on in the dream, hence his title. Aligist: Someone who can understand all languages. "[13], The hallmark of Lovecraft's work is cosmicism, the sense that ordinary life is a thin shell over a reality that is so alien and abstract in comparison that merely contemplating it would damage the sanity of the ordinary person,[12] insignificance and powerlessness at the cosmic scale,[14] and uncompromising negativity. Type Of Pasta Mlandoth is a primal entity or force, not dissimilar to the Nameless Mist or Darkness, although it is uncertain if it is a place, conscious being, or an inconceivable maelstrom of unknown forces and properties outside the perceptible cosmos. This Mythos entity is somewhat inspired by C. L. Moore's Shambleau, the illusionary Martian she-vampires of lust. He coincides with the entity known as the Magnum Tenebrosum. [192][191][9]:35, Devas are numerous, but they are still mortal;[192] they live in the heavenly realm, then die and are reborn like all other beings. Species H.P. [149]:84344 The Maya calendar had 18 months, each with 20 days (and five unlucky days of Uayeb); each month had a presiding deity, who inspired social rituals, special trading markets and community festivals. 1994's The Lurking Fear is an adaptation of Lovecraft's story "The Lurking Fear". Status The Sun and Moon are viewed as manifestations of the supreme deity, and worship is timed and directed to them. [79][80] Osun is an equally powerful primordial feminine deity and a multidimensional guardian of fertility, water, maternal, health, social relations, love and peace. Deus is related through a common Proto-Indo-European (PIE) origin to *deiwos. Many of these writers also worked with Lovecraft on jointly written stories. Nonetheless, they are probably allied to him in some way, since Wilbur Whateley, the half-human son of Yog-Sothoth, tried to summon them so that they could control Wilbur's more tainted twin and make it reproduce. "Nature" can refer to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. Sub-power ofCosmic Manipulation. [38] Pandeism is an intermediate position between these, proposing that the creator became a pantheistic universe. We own and operate 500 peer-reviewed clinical, medical, life sciences, engineering, and management journals and hosts 3000 scholarly conferences per year in the fields of clinical, medical, pharmaceutical, life sciences, business, engineering and technology. Later on we see the stream divide, producing strange poets and fantaisistes of the Symbolist and Decadent schools whose dark interests really centre more in abnormalities of human thought and instinct than in the actual supernatural, and subtle story-tellers whose thrills are quite directly derived from the night-black wells of cosmic unreality. From the 1950s onwards, in the era following Lovecraft's death, Lovecraftian horror truly became a subgenre, not only fueling direct cinematic adaptations of Poe and Lovecraft, but providing the foundation upon which many of the horror films of the 1950s and 1960s were constructed. [203] Zoroaster, the founder of Zoroastrianism, taught that Ahura Mazda is the most powerful being in all of the existence[204] and the only deity who is worthy of the highest veneration. According to the genealogy Howard Phillips Lovecraft devised for his characters (later published as "Letter 617" in Selected Letters), Yog-Sothoth is the offspring of the Nameless Mists, which were born of the deity Azathoth. He is a sadistic killer clown who was originally an imaginary friend to a little boy. [31]:23032 Zeus, the Greek king of gods, is cognate to Latin Ipiter, Old German Ziu, and Indic Dyaus, with whom he shares similar mythologies. Alias Unlike Hinduism and other cultures, Aztec deities were usually not anthropomorphic, and were instead zoomorphic or hybrid icons associated with spirits, natural phenomena or forces. The three stories in Necronomicon are based on two H. P. Lovecraft short stories and one Lovecraft novella: "The Drowned" is based on "The Rats in the Walls", "The Cold" is based on "Cool Air", and "Whispers" is based on The Whisperer in Darkness. The next day, during the period of time in which Ifrit was able to communicate, BEN posted lyrics from "Who's That Knocking?" [10], Lovecraft's cosmicism was a result of his feeling of humanity's existential helplessness in the face of what he called the "infinite spaces" opened up by scientific thought, and his belief that humanity was fundamentally at the mercy of the vastness and emptiness of the cosmos. [145], Ancient Roman scholars such as Varro and Cicero wrote treatises on the nature of gods of their times. [203], Attempts to rationally explain belief in deities extend all the way back to ancient Greece. It looks the same as Cthulhu except for eye colour. [204] Nonetheless, Ahura Mazda is not omnipotent because his evil twin brother Angra Mainyu is nearly as powerful as him. Nyarlathotep, the "Crawling Chaos", is the avatar of the Outer Gods, existing as the incarnation of space and functions as an intermediary between the deities of the pantheon and their cults. [205] He was originally represented anthropomorphically,[203] but, by the end of the Sasanian Empire, Zoroastrianism had become fully aniconic. "[16] Lovecraft's work is also steeped in the insular feel of rural New England,[17][18] and much of the genre continues to maintain this sense that "that which man was not meant to know" might be closer to the surface of ordinary life outside of the crowded cities of modern civilization. The being is said to take the form of a conglomeration of glowing spheres. The account in Ynglinga saga describes the sirVanir War ending in truce and ultimate reconciliation of the two into a single group of gods, after both sides chose peace, exchanged ambassadors (hostages),[122]:181 and intermarried. [36] Originally the German root was a neuter noun. Agnosticism is the view that the truth values of certain claimsespecially metaphysical and religious claims such as whether God, the divine or the supernatural existare unknown and perhaps unknowable. She usually conceals her true form behind a powerful illusion, appearing as a comely young woman; only favored members of her cult can see her as she actually is. These beings (the Great Old Ones, Outer Gods and others) though dangerous to humankind are portrayed as neither good nor evil, and human notions of morality have no significance for these beings. During the recording of BEN.wmv, it revealed the cause of Ben's death to Jadusable. The 1991 HBO film Cast a Deadly Spell starred Fred Ward as Harry Phillip Lovecraft, a noir detective investigating the theft of the Necronomicon in an alternate universe 1948 Los Angeles where magic was commonplace. [9]:3537[10]:35758, Although most monotheistic religions traditionally envision their god as omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, omnibenevolent, and eternal,[11][12] none of these qualities are essential to the definition of a "deity"[13][14][15] and various cultures have conceptualized their deities differently. 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In the earliest Vedic literature, all supernatural beings are called Asuras. HBO's 2019 miniseries Chernobyl has been described as "the new face of cosmic horror", with radiation filling the role of an incomprehensible, untamable, indifferent terror. Each pustule bears the larva of a Great Old One. The main incarnation of the character, Johann Shmidt, was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, and first appeared in Captain America [17]:6974[108]:186[106]:93 Many of the Sumerian deities were patron guardians of city-states. After he possessed the cartridge he took the form of the Elegy of Emptiness statue of Link. Demonic Entity (Possibly) Robot The creature which would become known as Hellboy first appeared the night of December 23, 1944, when The sight of such a fiend is unsettling if not traumatizing. Xexanoth is a fictional character from Clark Ashton Smith's Cthulhu Mythos work. [129]:12570 Other important Greek deities included Hestia, Hades and Heracles. [75] Some engravings or sketches show animals, hunters or rituals. [128]:10001 Deities were also maintained in home shrines (lararium), such as Hestia honored in homes as the goddess of fire hearth. Author Stephen King has said: "Now that time has given us some perspective on his work, I think it is beyond doubt that H. P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the Twentieth Century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale."[31]. [42][43], Boom! It has been confirmed by Toonami that the series Housing Complex C was meant to invoke Lovecraftian themes. [83]:199120 In Zimbabwe, the supreme deity is androgynous with male-female aspects, envisioned as the giver of rain, treated simultaneously as the god of darkness and light and is called Mwari Shona. While many made direct references to elements of Lovecraft's mythos, either to draw on its associations or to acknowledge his influence, many others drew on the feel and tone of his work without specifically referring to mythos elements. [7] His work was influenced by authors such as Edgar Allan Poe,[8] Algernon Blackwood,[9] Ambrose Bierce,[10] Arthur Machen,[9] Robert W. Chambers[9] and Lord Dunsany. [203] The literal meaning of the word Ahura is "mighty" or "lord" and Mazda is wisdom. Tails Doll In Anders Fager's short story "Grandmother's Journey", a tribe of dog or wolf-like humans (analog to the "ghouls" of the Lovecraftian mythos) is said to have sacrificed to Yog-Sothoth to become "different". mixed Lovecraftian horror with Bertie Wooster. [97]:22933 Monolatry became enforced during the reforms of King Josiah in 621 BCE. The last page contains a magical formula for astral projection. The Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, or simply The Book of the Dead, is depicted in each of the three films. [9]:37 The vast majority of Buddhist lay people in countries practicing Theravada, states Kevin Trainor, have historically pursued Buddhist rituals and practices because they are motivated by their potential rebirth into the deva realm. This is the meaning of suffering, which is truly supernatural and at the same time human. [30], Subsequent horror writers also heavily drew on Lovecraft's work. Alias A zombie (Haitian French: zombi, Haitian Creole: zonbi) is a mythological undead corporeal revenant created through the reanimation of a corpse. Superpower Wiki is a FANDOM Anime Community. "You shouldn't have done that. The 1987 film The Curse was an adaptation of Lovecraft's "The Colour Out of Space". [39]:viiix, A deity is typically conceptualized as a supernatural or divine concept, manifesting in ideas and knowledge, in a form that combines excellence in some or all aspects, wrestling with weakness and questions in other aspects, heroic in outlook and actions, yet tied up with emotions and desires. ", "Oklahoma native Larry Latham moves from cartoons to Web comic", "Interview with Larry Latham of Lovecraft is Missing! [157][158] The Aztec deities were often represented through ceramic figurines, revered in home shrines. [76] A number of probable representations of deities have been discovered at 'Ain Ghazal[77] and the works of art uncovered at atalhyk reveal references to what is probably a complex mythology. Although intelligent, it speaks no known language and ignores attempts to communicate. Animation and distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.It is the overall 45th installment in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies, and the fourth film set in the "Tomorrowverse" Created by a guardian angel, Laughing Jack The man decided it was time for him to go to sleep since he had to work in the morning so he crept out of his sons room and went to lay in bed with his wife. Follow his story through being made, forgotten, and becoming a sadistic killer clown, who now seeks to murder young children. [167] Jesus Christ, according to the New Testament, is the self-disclosure of the one, true God, both in his teaching and in his person; Christ, in Christian faith, is considered the incarnation of God. Shavalyoth (Shadowy and Shapeless One) is an Elder God introduced by James Ambuehl, supposed to be dark and formless. Apparently, Xexanoth is the bane and mortal enemy of the time god Aforgomon and, because of Aforgomon likely being an avatar of the Outer God Yog-Sothoth, is probably an Elder or Outer God. Ralickas, Vivian. The following is another Elder God with no description: Walter C. DeBill, Jr.'s Paighon, an extra-galactic entity which now dwells in Earth's core, said to be inimical to the Outer God Ngyr-Korath and his servitor 'Ymnar. The sequel Witch Hunt had Dennis Hopper as H. Phillip Lovecraft in a story set two years later. Male The source of Tails Doll's power comes from the mysterious red gem on its head. The name Oryx is given in the Call of Cthulhu RPG supplement "The Creature Companion" (The Bright Flame) and manifests as a giant pillar of blinding white and purple flames. [129]:31117 The Greek philosopher Democritus argued that the concept of deities arose when human beings observed natural phenomena such as lightning, solar eclipses, and the changing of the seasons. It is symbolized by a seven-pointed star symbol, which is his own Seal. [57][58] Ridley Scott's 2012 science-fiction horror epic Prometheus[53][59][60] and Gore Verbinski's 2016 film A Cure for Wellness[61][62] have been noted for their Lovecraftian elements. Yog-Sothoth, the "All-in-One and One-in-All", co-rules with Azathoth and exists as the incarnation of time in the cosmos, yet is somehow locked outside the mundane universe. ", Other films directly incorporating or adapting the work of Lovecraft include the 2011 film The Whisperer in Darkness based on Lovecraft's short story of the same name,[70] the 2017 Finnish short film Sound from the Deep incorporating elements from At the Mountains of Madness in a modern-day setting, and Richard Stanley's Colour Out of Space[56][71] based on Lovecraft's short story "The Colour Out of Space". As it is known in the Mythos, the Outer Gods are ruled by Azathoth, the "Blind Idiot God", who holds court at the center of infinity. [113] Marduk was a significant god among the Babylonians. It is named after American author H. P. Lovecraft (18901937). [citation needed]. [128]:9697[141] Some of the non-Greek deities had likely origins in more ancient European culture such as the ancient Germanic religion, while others may have been borrowed, for political reasons, from neighboring trade centers such as those in the Minoan or ancient Egyptian civilization. [39]:viiix It has ranged from "infinite transcendent being who created and lords over the universe" (God), to a "finite entity or experience, with special significance or which evokes a special feeling" (god), to "a concept in religious or philosophical context that relates to nature or magnified beings or a supra-mundane realm", to "numerous other usages". The film is notable among works adapted from Lovecraft's work for having a gay protagonist. 1992's The Resurrected, directed by Dan O'Bannon, is an adaptation of Lovecraft's novel The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. Having protagonists who are helpless in the face of unfathomable and inescapable powers, which reduce humans from a privileged position to insignificance and incompetence. A group of Outer Gods dance rhythmically around Azathoth, in cadence to the piping of a demonic flute. multiply the people, These entities are usually depicted as immensely powerful and utterly indifferent to humans who can barely begin to comprehend them, though some entities are worshipped by humans. Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology, and folklore; as well as in media such as comics, video games, movies, anime, and television series. code 1: 1 "Secret of the Black Pearl" New York City (): October 4, 1980 (): 27-01: Thundarr, Princess Ariel, and Ookla escort a man who is carrying a magical black pearl that can defend against the two-faced wizard Gemini and his Groundlings (a race of mutated [197]:26[198], Devas or deities in Hindu texts differ from Greek or Roman theodicy, states Ray Billington, because many Hindu traditions believe that a human being has the potential to be reborn as a deva (or devi), by living an ethical life and building up saintly karma. She is mother of the Great Old One Shterot, and five other unnamed hideous children. [78] Ogun and Osun traditions were brought into the Americas on slave ships. Cthulhu is a 2000 Australian low budget horror film that was directed, produced, and written by Damian Heffernan. Lovecraft has cast a long shadow across the comic world. Derleth attempted to retroactively group the benevolent deity Nodens in this category (who acts as deus ex machina for the protagonists in both The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath and "The Strange High House in the Mist"). It is mentioned in Uralte Schrecken as a kind of prime archetype from which all mythical god-heads are derived. Although worshipped by deranged human (and inhuman) cults, these beings are generally imprisoned or restricted in their ability to interact with most people (beneath the sea, inside the Earth, in other dimensions, and so on), at least until the hapless protagonist is unwittingly exposed to them. [21] In Lovecraft's short story "The Dunwich Horror", Yog-Sothoth impregnates a mortal woman, Lavinia Whateley, who then gives birth to twin sons: the humanoid Wilbur Whateley and his more monstrous unnamed brother. Theism generally holds that God exists objectively and independently of human thought. In post-Lovecraft stories, the Elder Gods oppose the likes of Cthulhu. [33] Borges also dedicated his story, "There Are More Things" to Lovecraft, though he also considered Lovecraft "an involuntary parodist of Poe. [153][154][155] The male deity Inti became accepted as the Christian God, but the Andean rituals centered around Inca deities have been retained and continued thereafter into the modern era by the Inca people. [216], Supernatural being considered divine or sacred, "Gods" redirects here. [104][39]:4 The "sons of El" were demoted from deities to angels. Darkness. However, in the Creepypasta story, BEN is shown to be a pure sadist, he takes pleasure from toying with Jadusable throughout his dreams and his gameplay, BEN is also a master manipulator, being able to manipulate thousands of people into downloading the file that contained him, allowing him to spread to the all over the internet. Some deities are found widely, and there are many local deities whose worship is limited to one or a few islands or sometimes to isolated villages on the same island. [47] In most polytheistic religions, the different gods and goddesses are representations of forces of nature or ancestral principles, and can be viewed either as autonomous or as aspects or emanations of a creator God or transcendental absolute principle (monistic theologies), which manifests immanently in nature. Since 2010, a number of popular films have used elements of cosmic horror, notably Alex Garland's Annihilation[55][56] (based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Jeff VanderMeer) with its strong themes of incomprehensibility and outside influence on Earth. Considered a Great Old One within the pantheon of Lovecraftian cosmic entities, this creature has since been featured in numerous popular culture references. In, Anitism: a survey of religious beliefs native to the Philippines, SK Hislop - Asian Studies, 1971, F. Landa Jocano: Outline of Philippine Mythology (1969), Pampangan Folklore,Alfredo Nicdao, (1917), Jean Karl Gaverza THE MYTHS OF THE PHILIPPINES (2014). [197]:511,22,99102[32]:121 Over time, those with a benevolent nature become deities and are referred to as Sura, Deva or Devi. He got out of bed and slowly opened the door. [40][41] In other cases, the deity is a principle or reality such as the idea of "soul". Tails Doll is often depicted in fan art alongside the interdimensional being, Tails Doll has made many cameos throughout the Sonic games, with a similar-looking doll appearing in. Cultures such as the Mesopotamians, Hebrews, Ancient Greeks, Manipuri and Romans had tales of demons and spirits which are considered precursors to modern vampires. Robotic Doll, Tails PlushTails PuppetPuppet TailsThe Antithesis of Life, TeleportationElectrokinesisMonster transformation (Comics)Ability to phase through reality (if summoned with a Tails Doll Curse)Essokinesis(Unknown) Demonic powersImmortalityInsanity inducementSoul Stealing (Possibly). She spawned the Great Old One Zstylzhemgni. When first summoned, Yomagn'tho appears as a small ball of fire that quickly expands to a large circle of fire with three flaming inner petals. The notion of vampirism has existed for millennia. [50][51], Monotheism is the belief that only one deity exists. The Library of America interviews S. T. Joshi about Ambrose Bierce. Over time, Yidhra split herself into different aspects, though each part shares her consciousness. In 1981, The Evil Dead comedy horror film franchise was created by Sam Raimi after studying H. P. Lovecraft. Mutated Kevin 11 (Ben 10) possesses 1/10th of Four Arms' enhanced strength, which is still immense. [63], The films of Panos Cosmatos, Beyond the Black Rainbow[64] and Mandy[65] take cosmic horror themes and blend them with psychedelic and new age elements,[66][67] while the work of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead in Resolution, Spring[68] and The Endless[56][69] has also been described as "Lovecraftian. [24][25][26] Deities were envisioned as a form of existence (Sasra) after rebirth, for human beings who gain merit through an ethical life, where they become guardian deities and live blissfully in heaven, but are also subject to death when their merit is lost. In the year 2002, he died on the same day. [172][173][174] which literally means "the god" in Arabic. The Hydra's worshipers trick others into sending the god sacrifices through a pamphlet known as On the Sending Out of the Soul. Variation of Transcendent Physiology and Mythic Physiology. The philosophy of cosmicism and let all things be fruitful. In Fager's "Herr Goering's Artifact", Yog-Sothoth is invoked to protect a couple of witches from Father Dagon. [83]:89 In the Lake Victoria region, the term for a deity is Lubaale, or alternatively Jok. Having a close connection to the Great Old One Bugg-Shash,[16] so should Yibb-Tstll be regarded as a Great Old Onespecifically in the Drowners group introduced by Brian Lumley, parasitic alien entities which thrive by vampyrizing the Great Old Ones themselves[17] - though in RPG materials she is classed as an "Outer God".[18]. However, much like The X-Files before it, the show might be the most fun when it takes on the Monster of the Week episodes.. Sam and Dean Winchester were hunters, ", "Lovecraftian Lies: Why Video Games Cannot be "Lovecraftian", "Dungeons and Dragons is tackling its history with racism, but this D&D master says more needs to be done | CBC Radio", "Five things that Dungeons & Dragons begat", "Battle for Zendikar review: Lovecraftian horror comes to Magic: The Gathering", "As Amnesia: The Dark Descent turns 10, let's appreciate its hissing cockroaches", "How 'Amnesia: The Dark Descent' Is STILL The Greatest Lovecraftian Horror Game", "The Legacy Of Amnesia: The Dark Descent", "The monstrous evolution of Amnesia: The Dark Descent", "Looking for a Lovecraftian Horror-Adventure? BEN Drowned Of note also is Drew Goddard's 2012 film The Cabin in the Woods, a comedy horror which deliberately subverts cosmic horror conventions and tropes. With a few exceptions, Cthulhu, Ghatanothoa, et al., this loose pantheon apparently exists 'outside' of normal space-time. These deities include the "Great Old Ones" and extraterrestrials, such as the "Elder Things", with sporadic references to other miscellaneous deities (e.g. The carriers of the Outer God's powers are said to have done great acts of magic and/or to have been insane. [162]:296, The theological examination of Jesus Christ, of divine grace in incarnation, his non-transferability and completeness has been a historic topic. A creation of Brian Lumley, Kthanid is a sibling of Cthulhu. The Cthulhu Mythos is a mythopoeia and a shared fictional universe, originating in the works of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.The term was coined by August Derleth, a contemporary correspondent and protg of Lovecraft, to identify the settings, tropes, and lore that were employed by Lovecraft and his literary successors. Type Of Pasta [18][19][20], Historically, many ancient culturesincluding the ancient Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and Germanic peoplespersonified natural phenomena, variously as either deliberate causes or effects. According to Matt Rossano, God concepts may be a means of enforcing morality and building more cooperative community groups. [207] Lonely and fearful societies tend to invent wrathful, violent, submission-seeking deities, while happier and secure societies tend to invent loving, non-violent, compassionate deities. ", "We Are But Ants: Mark Waid & Steve Niles Talk Lovecraft", "Into the Spiral: A Conversation with Japanese Horror Maestro Junji Ito", "Gou Tanabe Launches Manga of H.P. "You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you? User can create, shape, manipulate and absorb the energies of planets, stars, quasars, voids, nebulas, galaxies or anything else related to the cosmos. Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth for PC and Xbox is a first person shooter with strong survival horror elements. Polytheism is the belief in multiple deities, which are usually assembled into a pantheon of gods and goddesses, along with their own religious sects and rituals.Polytheism is a type of theism.Within theism, it contrasts with monotheism, the belief in a singular God who is, in most cases, transcendent.In religions that accept polytheism, the different gods and goddesses [1][2] Most of these deities were Lovecraft's original creations, but he also adapted words or concepts from earlier writers such as Ambrose Bierce, and later writers in turn used Lovecraft's concepts and expanded his fictional universe. [17]:6974[105] Mesopotamian deities were almost exclusively anthropomorphic. This period saw a few films using lovecraftian horror themes. [155][156], In Maya culture, Kukulkan has been the supreme creator deity, also revered as the god of reincarnation, water, fertility and wind. [178][179][pageneeded], According to Aryeh Kaplan, God is always referred to as "He" in Judaism, "not to imply that the concept of sex or gender applies to God", but because "there is no neuter in the Hebrew language, and the Hebrew word for God is a masculine noun" as he "is an active rather than a passive creative force". A man-eating cloudy mass, it is an unnamed Outer God at the court of Azathoth. [118], In Norse mythology, sir (singular ss or ss) are the principal group of gods,[119] while the term synjur (singular synja) refers specifically to the female sir. [162]:273 According to George Hunsinger, the doctrine of the Trinity justifies worship in a Church, wherein Jesus Christ is deemed to be a full deity with the Christian cross as his icon. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science.Although humans are part of nature, human activity is often understood as a separate category from other natural phenomena. The ability to manipulate cosmic energy. Hobby [129]:182 They had fantastic abilities and powers; each had some unique expertise and, in some aspects, a specific and flawed personality. [32]:496 Etymologically, the cognates of Devi are Latin dea and Greek thea. in season Title Location Original air date Prod. [150] All other deities of the Inca people have corresponded to elements of nature. The cosmic entity Yog-Sothoth was first mentioned in The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (written 1927, first published 1941). The Mother of Pus was spawned through an obscene mating between a human and Shub-Niggurath. He normally dwells alone within an unnamed dimension beyond time and space, unless disturbed or summoned away. Anyone present where the astral traveler appears is decapitated, the victim's head taken to become part of the Hydra. [148]:2730[149]:72629 Viracocha has been an abstract deity to Inca culture, one who existed before he created space and time. However, it was Derleth who applied the notion to all of the Great Old Ones. "[182] "The principles of the Mandaean doctrine: the belief of the only one great God, Hayyi Rabbi, to whom all absolute properties belong; He created all the worlds, formed the soul through his power, and placed it by means of angels into the human body. let all things be at peace, His birthday is April 23rd, 1990. Walter C. DeBill, Jr.'s "What Lurks Among the Dunes" (2006), Black Sutra, p. 39. http://www.tentacules.net/toc/toc_/scen/full_de.pdf.zip, http://www.tentacules.net/index.php?id=5046, Selected Letters of H. P. Lovecraft IV (19321934), Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family, H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life, Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cthulhu_Mythos_deities&oldid=1120402224, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from November 2017, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Lobon ("The Doom That Came to Sarnath"; H.P. [48] Gou Tanabe has adapted some of Lovecraft's tales into manga. To "please" this deity could bring knowledge of many things. Levitation TeleportationElectrokinesisMonster transformation (Comics)Ability to phase through reality (if summoned with a Tails Doll Curse)Essokinesis(Unknown) Demonic powersImmortalityInsanity inducementSoul Stealing (Possibly) The Mi-Go discovered the prison of Azhorra-Tha the millennia after, and made everything to not reveal its location to any human being. He appears as a formless black void, with seven pulsing orb-like eyes, and is mainly worshiped by ghouls, which tribute him in a defiled cult described in the mysterious Cambuluc Scrolls of the wizard Lang-Fu, dating back 1295 AD. 2001's Dagon is a Spanish-made horror film directed by Stuart Gordon. Creepypasta Files Wikia is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. [39] Neonomicon and Providence posit a world where the Mythos, while existing as fiction written by Lovecraft, is also very real. A "contemplation of mankind's place in the vast, comfortless universe revealed by modern science" in which the horror springs from "the discovery of appalling truth". In Jain temples or festivals, the Jinas and Devas are revered. The Hydra dwells in an alternate dimension, and appears as a vast sea of gray ooze. Murder as many people as possible (On-going)Kill the Seven Pure Souls (On-going) Ben BENBen DrownedBen LawmanMajoraCleverbotLink StatueJadusable's Roommate Tails kept popping into his head. Yog-Sothoth is coterminous with all time and space, yet is supposedly locked outside of the universe we inhabit. It is one of the Larvae of the Other Gods and has no cult, although served by zombie slaves. Male Prop 30 is supported by a coalition including CalFire Firefighters, the American Lung Association, environmental organizations, electrical workers and businesses that want to improve Californias air quality by fighting and preventing wildfires and reducing air pollution from vehicles. [32]:492[34] Deva is masculine, and the related feminine equivalent is devi. Despite the occurrence of vampiric creatures in these ancient civilizations, the folklore for the entity known today as the vampire originates almost ", "Chernobyl is the new face of cosmic horror", "Far Voyages: Lovecraftian themes in Beyond the Black Rainbow", "Gloomy Clinic Where the Staff Behaves as Oddly as the Inmates", "Mandy: Panos Cosmatos' Psychedelic Adventure", "THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS Blu-ray review", "Color out of Space: An Unsatisfactory Mix of Lovecraft & B-movie Horror", "[Fantastic Fest] Masking Threshold: A True Macro Exploration of Existential, Ringing Madness", "Movie Reviews: "Masking Threshold" and "Blood Moon"(H.P. [83] Dungeons & Dragons influenced later role-playing games, including Call of Cthulhu (1980), which in turn recruited new fans for the Cthulhu mythos. Ycngnnisssz is a black, festering, amorphous mass that constantly blasts and erupts violently, spewing out bits of churning lava-like material. Advanced version of Enhanced Strength. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem on the Nintendo Gamecube utilizes heavy themes of cosmic horror throughout the game, in particular with the player characters' sanity being affected through their interactions with the supernatural. [142][143][144], The Roman deities, in a manner similar to the ancient Greeks, inspired community festivals, rituals and sacrifices led by flamines (priests, pontifs), but priestesses (Vestal Virgins) were also held in high esteem for maintaining sacred fire used in the votive rituals for deities. The Blackness from the Stars is an immobile blob of living, sentient darkness, torn from the primal fabric of the cosmos at the center of the universe. 223, "Prehistories of Posthumanism: Cosmic Indifferentism, Alien Genesis, and Ecology from H. P. Lovecraft to Ridley Scott", "Seven surprising ways H.P. Five writers weight in". It consists of the films The Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead II (1987), and Army of Darkness (1992). It's unknown what BEN looked like before he drowned, although most assume he had a striking resemblance to Link. The game was fun until he tagged him up with Sonic. It drastically increased its activity during DROWNED.wmv, and even exercised the ability to either change the game from Majora's Mask to Ocarina of Time, or alter the video to the extent that it appears to be the latter. For the monotheistic concept of a supreme being, see. Goals The Tails Doll is an evil, malicious, vile, and cruel entity who seeks death and destruction at every corner, for every second it lives he craves murder and anarchy, and will not stop until he exterminates all life from around him. Then he heard someone say this very softly, You are coming with me forever!. [4] Lovecraft himself never made reference to them as the Outer Gods, instead calling them the Other Gods or the gods of the outer hells, as noted in his short story "The Other Gods". During the night, the curious father went into the boys room and turned on the TV very quietly to play the game for a while himself. [115][116][117], In Germanic languages, the terms cognate with 'god' such as Old English: god and Old Norse: gu were originally neuter but became masculine, as in modern Germanic languages, after Christianisation due their use in referring to the Christian god. Madness induction Manifestation in the physical worldElectronic distortion and buggingTeleportationLevitationTrickeryOmnipotence within dreams, games and CleverbotLeadershipElectrokinesis Though personally irreligious, Lovecraft used various "gods" in his stories, particularly the Cthulhu-related tales, to expound cosmicism. [128]:9697[140] The non-Greek major deities include Janus, Fortuna, Vesta, Quirinus and Tellus (mother goddess, probably most ancient). [128]:9697, Besides the Olympians, the Greeks also worshipped various local deities. On closer examination it appears a wet, warty globe, covered with countless ovoid pustules and spider-webbed with a network of long, narrow tunnels. [10]:35657[201], Ahura Mazda (/hrmzd/);[202] is the Avestan name for the creator and sole God of Zoroastrianism. The 1998 text adventure game Anchorhead is heavily inspired by Lovecraftian Horror and features many elements of the Cthulhu mythos, as well as quotes from Lovecraft. [160]:56, The Mori people, of what is now New Zealand, called the supreme being as Io, who is also referred elsewhere as Iho-Iho, Io-Mataaho, Io Nui, Te Io Ora, Io Matua Te Kora among other names. The game centers around an unstoppable plague which leaves gelatinous bloody slime in contaminated areas; the player character is completely helpless in stopping the plague. The "fear and awe we feel when confronted by phenomena beyond our comprehension, whose scope extends beyond the narrow field of human affairs and boasts of cosmic significance". BEN wrote and posted the summary of jadusable.wmv in the guise of Jadusable's nonexistent roommate, and used the readers' obliviousness to escape via their download of TheTruth.rtf. [91][92] The deity Shu, for example represented air; the goddess Meretseger represented parts of the earth, and the god Sia represented the abstract powers of perception. There is enmity with both the Elder God Nodens and the Great Old One Gi-Hoveg. [191] However, deities are an essential part of Buddhist teachings about cosmology, rebirth, and sasra. This entity is served by a small Middle-Eastern cult known as the Golden Hands of Suc'Naath, who collect deranged intellectuals and trained assassins who wish to set Suc'Naath free (they may have connections to the old Hashashin cult as well). [128]:9197 The deities were largely associated with myths and they represented natural phenomena or aspects of human behavior. be forever copious, The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. D'endrrah[8] (The Divinity) is a sort of blurry female entity of supernatural beauty, dwelling within her obsidian palace located on Mars' moon Deimos. The Oxford Dictionary of English defines deity as a god or goddess, or anything revered as divine. As well as that, in the comics, the doll is able to transform into a completely monstrous form of himself, with multiple mechanical tendrils. Alive [208][209][210][211]:211 Children are naturally inclined to believe in supernatural entities such as gods, spirits, and demons, even without being introduced into a particular religious tradition. [137]:52 They were not omnipotent and could be injured in some circumstances. A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity. It is an all-knowing deity, which means it knows the past, present, and future. Lovecraft visited this premise in many of his stories, notably his 1928 short story, "The Call of Cthulhu", with reference to the eponymous creature. Powers/Skills The episode "Professor Peabody's Last Lecture", concerning the fate of a man who read the Necronomicon, included a student named "Mr. Lovecraft", along with other students sharing names of authors in the Lovecraft Circle. It was then unheard from until Ryukaki began uploading videos. [21][22][23] Some Avestan and Vedic deities were viewed as ethical concepts. Cosmicism is the literary philosophy developed and used by the American writer H. P. Lovecraft in his intense fiction. The term *ghut- is also the source of Old Church Slavonic zovo ("to call"), Sanskrit huta- ("invoked", an epithet of Indra), from the root *gheu(e)- ("to call, invoke. Lovecraft: a Horror in Higher Dimensions", "From Beyond: H.P. He created the parallel Mlandoth Cycle. It is supernatural because it is rooted in the divine mystery of the Redemption of the world, and it is likewise deeply human, because in it the person discovers himself, his own humanity, his own dignity, his own mission. It is supernatural because it is rooted in the divine mystery of the Redemption of the world, and it is likewise deeply human, because in it the person discovers himself, his own humanity, his own dignity, his own mission. Once an Elder God, Nyctelios[12] has been punished by his peersespecially Nodensfor having created a race of foul servitors. Lovecraft was a strong and antireligious atheist; he considered religion not merely false but dangerous to social and political progress. 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