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Encyclopedia > Yaghuth

Yaghuth is an idol referred to in the Quran (71:23) as being worshipped in ancient Yemen. The name may be the source of H. P. Lovecraft's Yuggoth. The term idol (derived from Greek eid-, videre, to see. ... The Quran (Arabic al-qurʾān أَلْقُرآن; also transliterated as Quran, Koran, and less commonly Alcoran) is the holy book of Islam. ... 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. ... Yuggoth, in the Cthulhu Mythos, is the name by which the extraterrestrial Mi-go know the planet Pluto, where they are believed to have established a colony. ...


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Hubal, the moon god of the Kaba (3303 words)
Thus Wadd was shaped like a man, Naila like a woman, so was Suwa.
Yaghuth was made in the shape of lion, Yauq like a horse and Nasr like a vulture..
Besides Hubal, there was another idol called Shams placed on the roof of the Kaba
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