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Abhoth (The Source of Uncleanness) is a fictional character in H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos. The being is the creation of Clark Ashton Smith and makes its debut in his short story "The Seven Geases". A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ...
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Abhoth in the mythos
[H]e described a sort of pool with a margin of mud that was marled with obscene offal; and in the pool a grayish, horrid mass that nearly choked it from rim to rim. . . Here, it seemed, was the ultimate source of all miscreation and abomination. For the gray mass quobbed and quivered, and swelled perpetually; and from it, in manifold fission, were spawned the anatomies that crept away on every side through the grotto. There were things like bodiless legs or arms that flailed in the slime, or heads that rolled, or floundering bellies with fishes' fins; and all manner of things malformed and monstrous, that grew in size as they departed from the neigbborhood of Abhoth. And those that swam not swiftly ashore when they fell into the pool from Abhoth, were devoured by mouths that gaped in the parent bulk.
—Clark Ashton Smith, "The Seven Geases" Abhoth is an Outer God and resides in Y'quaa, an underground realm. It is described as a horrid, dark grey protean mass and is said to be the ultimate source of all miscreation and abomination. Cthulhu Cthulhu mythos is the label coined by the writer August Derleth for the shared world based upon the themes, characters, and story elements found in the works of H. P. Lovecraft, as well as his protegés and later writers influenced by him. ...
Obscene monsters constantly form in Abhoth' gray mass and crawl away from their parent; however, Abhoth's tentacles and limbs grab many of them, pulling them back and devouring them. Abhoth has a twisted and cynical mind, and possesses the ability to telepathically communicate with others near him.
Abhoth's cult Abhoth does not have any human worshippers, although an inhuman cult known as the Unclean Ones, led by Yeb, is devoted to him. Nug (More properly Naggoob) and Yeb, the Twin Blasphemies, are Fictional characters in H.P. Lovecrafts Cthulhu Mythos. ...
Abhoth in other fiction The demon lord Juiblex in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game is likely derived from Abhoth. In folklore, mythology, and religion, a demon or demoness is a supernatural being that is generally described as a malevolent spirit, but is also depicted as a force that may be conjured and insecurely controlled. ...
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References - Harms, Daniel. "Abhoth" in The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana (2nd ed.), pp. 1-2. Chaosium, Inc., 1998. ISBN 1-56882-119-0.
- Smith, Clark Ashton. "The Seven Geases" (1934).
External links - "The Seven Geases" by Clark Ashton Smith
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