Cyäegha is an obscure deity from the fictional Cthulhu Mythos of H.P. Lovecraft. He is known by the title of The Waiting Dark and he has existed since the dawn of time. He holds a nihilistic perspective, hating everything perhaps simply because he can. He appears as a great black-bodied, tentacled green eye. Cyäegha dwells in a vast cavern under the fictitious mountain Dunkelhugel, the "Dark Hill", in Germany. The inhabitants of the nearby farming village of Freihausgarten once belonged to a cult that worshipped him. The cult was disbanded by a young priest who died while battling it in 1860. Even so, once a month, on the night of the full moon, the descendants of the former cultists will still obey a hypnotic, telepathic pull from Cyäegha and will climb up the Dark Hill to perform a ritual that would both appease and bind him. However, despite performing this ritual every month without fail, not only do the villagers greatly fear the mountain and avoid it ordinarily, they are not even aware that they have performed such a ritual. Cyäegha is both served and imprisoned by five lesser demons known as the Vaeyen. They are "The Green Moon", "The White Fire Which Is Darker Than The Night", "The Winged Woman", "The White Dark Which Is More Red Than The Fire" and "The Black Light". Cyäegha is also served by toad-like monsters known as the nagaae. (Possibly a derivative of nagae). Cyäegha is an earth elemental and is a cousin to Nyogtha, another earth elemental. He is also believed to be related to another Great Old One, Othuyeg, because of their very similar appearances and habits. Like all the other Lovecraftian earth elementals, Cyäegha is adversely affected by the use of the Ankh or Crux Ansata, the Vach-Viraj ritual and the Tikkoun Elixir. References to Cyäegha may be found in the R'lyeh Text, its German translation Liyuhh, the Unaussprechlichen Kulten, the Necronomicon, the Cthaat Aquadingen and a few more obscure grimoires. Cyäegha was created by Eddy C. Bertin for the story Darkness, My name Is. He has so far not appeared in any more stories,. A deity or a god, is a postulated preternatural being, usually, but not always, of significant power, worshipped, thought holy, divine, or sacred, held in high regard, or respected by human beings. ... 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. ... H. P. Lovecraft Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890–March 15, 1937) was an American author of fantasy and horror fiction, noted for giving horror stories a science fiction framework. ... Nihilism, literally, means belief in nothing. ... Alternate meanings: Cave (disambiguation) The outside world viewed from a cave A cave is a natural underground void. ... A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... In religion and sociology, a cult is a group of people (often a new religious movement) devoted to beliefs and goals which may be contradictory to those held by the majority of society. ... The Galileo spacecraft took this composite image on December 7, 1992 on its way to explore the Jupiter system in 1995-97. ... The demon Satan In folklore, mythology, and religion, a demon is a supernatural being that is generally described as an evil spirit, but is also depicted to be good in some instances. ... 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Unaussprechlichen Kulten (the name was supposed to mean nameless cults in German, but really translates as unspeakable/unpronounceable cults) is a fictitious book, said to be written by Friedrich von Junzt. ... The Necronomicon (Greek: Νεκρονομικόν) is a fictional book of magic, invented by H. P. Lovecraft and frequently featured in his Cthulhu mythos tales. ... This article is on medieval books of magic; for information on the term grimoire as used in the Source Mage GNU/Linux operating system, see the Source Mage article. ...

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• Darkness, My Name Is Eddy C. Bertin The Disciples of Cthulhu Edward P. Berglund (ed) Chaosium
• The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana Daniel Harms Chaosium