They stand as tall as a tree (perhaps between twelve and twenty feet tall) on several pairs of stumpy, hoofed legs. The Dark Young of Shub-Niggurath are horrifying, pitch-black monstrosities, seemingly made of ropy tentacles. She may possibly have mated with Yog-Sothoth to produce Nug and Yeb (though their father is more likely Hastur), and even Yig to produce Byatis which is debatable since some believe her to be Yig's mother, though he may be the offspring of Mappo no Ryûjin.ĭark Young of Shub-Niggurath Main article: Dark Young of Shub-Niggurath ( EXP: " The Horror in the Gallery") Hastur may also be the father of her "Thousand Young" or "Dark Young", though there is a good chance that they were spawned by fission. Shub-Niggurath is believed to have mated with Hastur to produce the beings Ithaqua, Zhar and Lloigor. It is also possible that she lives in another dimension altogether. She may also live beneath the planet Yaddith, where she is served by the Dholes. One possibility is that she dwells at the court of Azathoth at the center of the universe. However, the place from whence she comes is not known. ( EXP: The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana) With the proper occult paraphernalia, Shub-Niggurath can be summoned to any woodlands at the time of the new moon. Mi-Go ( HPL: The Whisperer in Darkness), the K'n-yanians ( HPL: The Mound) and the Nug-Soth of Yaddith. She is also worshipped by the non-human species of the mythos, such as the "Fungi from Yuggoth", a.k.a. Her worshippers include the Hyperboreans, the Muvians (T'yog of K'naa was a Muvian High-Priest of Shub-Niggurath), and the people of Sarnath, as well as any number of druidic and barbaric cults. Of all the mythos deities, Shub-Niggurath is probably the most extensively worshipped. She is the wife of the Not-to-be-Named One ( HPL: " The Mound") and of Yog-Sothoth which birthed the twins Nug and Yeb. Small creatures are continually spat forth by the monstrosity, which are either consumed into the miasmatic form or escape to some monstrous life elsewhere. ( HPL: " Selected Letters 5.875")Īn enormous mass which extrudes black tentacles, slime-dripping mouths, and short, writhing goat legs. She is a perverse fertility deity, said to appear as an "evil cloud-like entity". Shub-Niggurath is an Outer God (or Outer Goddess) in the pantheon.
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