Yog Sothoth knows the gate, Yog Sothoth IS the gate. He is the guardian, and key to the gate. Past, present, future, all are one in Yog Sothoth. He knows where The Old Ones broke through of old, and he knows where they will break through again. He knows where they tread Earth's fields, and why no one may behold them as they tread.
As a fowlness shall yee know them. Their hand is at your throats, yet yee see them not. They crush forest and city yet neither forest nor city may behold the hand that smites!
It seems that the outer gods are like the the primordial deities in Greek mythology. And the 3 main outer gods (Azathoth, Yog-sothoth, and Nyarlethotep), are parallels to the attributes of G-d: Azathoth is omnipotent, Yog-sothoth is omnipresent and omniscient, and Nyarlethotep is omni-malevolent (the opposite of a loving god). For those who object to the last park, the opposite of a loving god isn't one that hates. It's one who profoundly doesn't care. And malevolent deities may not hate humanity, but they may want to torture us, and cause chaos or insanity, which does describe Nyarlethotep.
Yes, the primordial deities of Greek Mythology are very similar in concept. The main thing that’s lacking with them is the extreme, visceral horror of Lovecraft’s writing.
And some of their famous offspring are Hastur, Cthulhu and Tsathoggua who have battled against them. Sounds very much like the Greek pantheon. And lots of incest too.
Yog-Sothoth & Randolph Carter in "Through the Gates of the Silver Key," written in collaboration with Lovecraft admirer E. Hoffman Price, details Carter's adventures in another dimension where he encounters a more primordial version of himself (implied to be Yog-Sothoth) who explains that Carter-and indeed all beings-are ultimately nothing more than manifestations of a greater being. Carter's mind ends up trapped in the body of an alien, another facet of the higher being. The investigation into Carter's disappearance takes place four years later, in 1932. Yog-Sothoth knows the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the key and guardian of the gate. Past, present, future, all are one in Yog-Sothoth. He knows where the Old Ones broke through of old, and where They shall break through again. He knows where They have trod earth's fields, and where They still tread them, and why no one can behold Them as They tread. Y'AI'NG'NGAH YOG-SOTHOTH H'EE-L'GEB F'AI THRODOG UAAAH
Probably my favorite Lovecraft story. "Through the Gates" is the only one in Lovecraft's own works where any Outer God other than Nyarlathotep is directly portrayed - so to speak. And the Key and the Gate is actually pretty chill. When Carter meets it, Yog's all "Hey bro, I like you. Since you came all the way here, so why not learn the secret to everything?" He even gives Carter a chance to back out. And in a way, there's a bit of highly subjective horror to Yog's revelation when you remember that Lovecraft was a virulent racist. Being considered as the same as things you abhor mayb be the ultimate nightmare for someone whose outlook is so sharply defined by hatred of the "other". But for me, such a revelation is comforting and even uplifting.
As a Native American from the Mohawk people I've had a great interest in Yig, our enemies called us The people of the Black Snake so I'd love for you to make a video on him even though, I believe, he makes only one appearance in the curse of Yig. Love the Cthulhu videos keep it up man!
I'm late I know but what about Shub Niggurath? I thought that it, Azathoth and Yog Sothoth are the big three and Nyarlathotep is their messenger. I don't know shit about Lovecraft so I might as well be wrong lol
The Dunwich Horror is brilliant... just read it like a couple of days ago not knowing this vid would appear... top class thriller cosmic horror story....
YOG-SOTOTH RULES! That was what the graffiti said. Also there was a reference to the Realm of Lang. And, of course, the Man in Black is one big nod to Nyarlahotetep.
The idea of Hermaeus Mora was inspired by Yog-Sothoth. They both appear to mortals as a mass of writhing tentacles and eyes. They are both Gods of knowledge, especially forbidden knowledge.
The Dunwich Horror is definately one of my favourite Lovecraft stories too. Ever since listening to an audio book version of it I can´t help but get slightly creeped out by the sound of Whipoorwills.
As just a consideration, you could also look into hawaiian myths and gods. In hawaii, the gods are still seen as very much still a thing. Just look at pele, goddess of fire.
Deryl Horsenuts ohhhh ok. I’m sorry but I didn’t play that game. The only blizzard game I play are overwatch, starcraft 1 and 2, and heroes of the storm
I honestly don't know much of the WoW lore so there is much more to it than I wrote. C'Thun and N'Zoth have the coolest stories. Yogg Saron is pretty dope too. EDIT: Some of those are raid bosses you kill. It's a shame we actually kill those magnificent creatures; that we're even capable of it but oh well. In Yogg Saron's loot table there is the mount Mimiron's Head. Mimiron was one of the guardians installed in Ulduar by the Titans. @Atomics985 In the WoW universe there are 'Old Gods' and they've been around forever. - C'Thun nested under a city which was put under a city. The city was magically sealed by the enemies they were at war with. During thousands of years, C'Thun slowly corrupted their minds until they were all his slaves. - N'Zoth probably resides deep in the ocean. He corrupted Queen Azshara of the Night Elves. They eventually turned into the Nagas. The former Elven society now resides at the bottom of the ocean. - Yogg Saron was captured by the Titans. They built a prison on the continent of Northrend for him to be contained in. His influence was too strong though. Not only did he slowly corrupt all the guardians, but also the entire continent to some extent. It's said that the Saronite metal, which is found all over the continent, is his blood and just being in the presence of it will slowly drive you insane. Y'Shaarj: I might be wrong on this Old God. I wasn't into WoW that much when this Old God was current content. Anyways, he found his way to the peaceful continent of Pandaria. There he split himself up into several entities consisting of emotions. The different entities represent Fear, Anger, Pride and I'm probably forgetting a few. He corrupted the Mogu folk and bent them to his will. The last known one is G'huun. He's relevant in the Battle for Azeroth expansion which I do not play so I couldn't tell you much about him. It has to do with the trolls which are inspired by Jamaica and the Incan/Mayan people. Then you of course have Azeroth, the world which hosts all the Old Gods. It's clearly inspired by Azatoth. I honestly don't know much of the WoW lore so there is probably a thousand times more to the Old Gods than what I wrote. The stories are pretty cool. They're Lovecraftian in a way, but instead of being very suggestive; cryptic and assuming, they're much more definitive and absolute. There is a recorded conclusion and definitiveness to them which is fun.
When you started talking about the invisible entity, it made me think of this movie I watched with my uncle when I was young. I had to look it up, but it was about a scientist who messes with the pineal gland in the brain and starts seeing these entities that are always around us and can't touch us until we can see them. I was surprised to see the name of the movie was "_Lovecraft's_ From Beyond" (1986), so I guess it was right this video reminded me of it!
This would be a spicy one. Dream Quest connects a lot of the different stories, character and entities, as does the Dream Cycle tales do in general. It's an aspect of Lovecraft that doesn't get appreciated enough. I was really happy to see Bloodborne take heavy inspiration from it, though!
The thing I like most about Yog-Sothoth is that He is probably the least malevolent (on average) of all the Outer Gods. He's certainly not good - after all, the Outer Gods are beyond good and evil - but He is just as likely to strike up a friendly conversation with you as drive you completely insane with a glance. I even have one of my OCs in a fic I wrote turn out to be one of Yog-Sothoth's kids, except he looks and acts completely human (unlike his brothers in The Dunwich Horror) and doesn't even learn of his lineage or awaken his gifts as Yog-Sothoth's child until a few chapters before the end. But he does have one special inborn power: his presence in a given reality somehow blocks outside viewing of what's going on in that universe...even from omniscient beings like Yog-Sothoth Himself. And Yog did intentionally, too.
I remember back in college one of the RPG's we played was Toon, and the GM had the Toon source-book, Crawl of Cat-chulu (I think that was how it was spelled.) and it featured such horrors as Hotdogsothoth, Deep Clowns, The Shiftless Spawn of Soggy Wahaha and of course, the dread Nyuk'nyuk'nyuk'neshlep! :O Good times..
If not mentioned here before there is a Novella called Yog-Sothoth's Box by S. Lawrence Parish that I enjoy a lot and takes its own unique spin on the character as well as Arkham. I found this audiobook on LibriVox but I'm sure is featured on other audiobook platforms.
Cool thing: In all the Lovecraft stories I have read, only two Great Old Ones actually have lines of Dialogue: Yog-Sothoth and Nyarlahoteph. (Feel free to correct me if you have read any stories I havn't). In both cases, they talk to Randolph Carter. Nyarlahoteph tries to trick him, while Yog-Sothoth imparts enlightenment. As he is want to do.
I really liked Haunter in The Dark as well. The idea of being connected to Yog Sothoth in a mental capacity, being hunted and stalked by him knowing the only thing keeping you safe is a few streams of light. Then somehow while sleep walking you're coerced to walk back to his layer...
Id just like to remind people of the old Gamecube game Eternal Darkness the controls are a bit clunky but the story of the game is something you might like if Lovecraftian horror is something you enjoy.
I would love to hear either a reading of the Dunwhich Horror, or a discussion about Wilbur Whately from you. I think you could do either of those topics justice
Yog-Sothoth is mentioned in a Stephen King novel like Shub-Niggurath was, but in this case Y-S was mentioned on a doorway near the end of the novel, "Needful Things". As well as an episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, although he was only called Yog, which makes some sense for a kid's show.
The HP Lovecraft Historical Society has a wonderful set of 1930's style radio plays and the Dunwhich Horror is one of them. I definitely recommend them. You can get them on CD with some clever props or by MP download.
Great video! when you go through all of these deities you should try your hand at the Bloodborne deities since they take a lot of inspiration from lovecraftian horror, also it’s an amazing game
Robert E. Howard, the writer of the Conan short stories, was a good friend and fan of Lovecraft’s work. So as a slight nod to his friend he makes mention of Yog as one of the gods that are worshiped in his Conan stories.
I think I remember , I've dreamed about yog sothoth he's the one who helped me to get out from the astral nature or astral world I think I remember he said something like " after you pass this barrier my child you will receive the irresistible brute reality about the outside world" at first idk what his talking about because I was just a 4years old kid , but now I know what hes trying to tell.
Its funny. As I was watching this I thought to my self I will mention you should do a audio reading of Lovecraft with the images and music you use. A few seconds later you answered my internal suggestion. As for other Mythologies to explore. Wow that a tough one. The only ones I can think of (right now) is by Clive Barker, starting with The Hellbound Heart. Then I would suggest Weave World. Weave World was a crazy strange trip and very controversial at the time. Next would be Cabal which is my favorite but a lesser story of Myth and more of where Myths could have originated from.
Huh -- I knew vaguely the plot of The Dunwich Horror, but I didn't realize Yoggy was the dad responsible for the horror and his brother. I'd ask how he ever made love to a human, but being everything everywhere all the time. . .yeah, I guess that was pretty easy. Still, it's creepy to think that there's an entity like that out there who knows EVERYTHING. Big Yog-Sothoth is watching you. . .
Yog-Sothoth is very interesting to me. All powerful, all seeing, all knowing, but locked outside the Universe... but does that mean he (it) would Survive the awakening of Azathoth?? 🤔🤔🤔
This is obviously up to interpretation and, in the context of the mythos, there really is no answer, but, what would you say is Yog-Sothoth´s place in the pantheon? If it is at the edge or fringe of the universe, does it exist outside of Azathoth´s creation? What would you guess is Yog-Sothoth´s relationship to the other gods?
Heres what ive been able to gather (from multiple sources, obviously): I think the second question is easier to answer. If Azathoth is the accidental creator of our known universe and everything in it, then Yog-Sothoth is simply the known universe itself, and the orbs that make up his "body" are actually "windows" to the planets with sentient life within said universe. Therefore he technically does exist within Azathoth's creation, because he IS Azathoth's creation. And yet he is also fully conscious, sentient, and aware, but this awareness is outside of the world/dimension that we are aware of. Now the first question. This one is fully open to interpretation, but I think he is ranked with the Other Gods or the Elder Gods. He is younger than Nyarlathotep(the first son of Azathoth) but technically outranks him because the Crawling Chaos is bound to the will of the Outer/Elder Gods. He is equal to Shubb-Niggurath, with the two of them representing Father Time/Space and Mother Nature, which automatically makes him outrank all the other Elder Gods. To put it simply, he outranks all but Azathoth and the First Born(the Nameless Mist: Am-Daeghar and the Darkness: Zalgatoth) And third. I imagine Yog-Sothoth is to the other Lovecraftian deities what Yaweh/Jehova is to the Pagan deities. Aware of his own superiority, but also aware of their place in the Grand Scheme. He merely acknowledges their existence and leaves them to whatever it is they're doing.
"... But nonetheless, Ace didn't like the echo this name caused in his head. In a place like this, it didn't seem like a good idea to think of this name. It seemed like a dangerous idea." 1000 literature points to the first one who knows where this is from.
Hello i am english leaner who whant reach c2 English ! My question is what lovercraftian book what you recondmend who not hard to not native speaker ! Thank you very much!
Yog Sothoth knows the gate, Yog Sothoth IS the gate.
He is the guardian, and key to the gate.
Past, present, future, all are one in Yog Sothoth.
He knows where The Old Ones broke through of old,
and he knows where they will break through again.
He knows where they tread Earth's fields,
and why no one may behold them as they tread.
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So True. I agree
As a fowlness shall yee know them. Their hand is at your throats, yet yee see them not. They crush forest and city yet neither forest nor city may behold the hand that smites!
I love how the second image you used is of Hermaeus Mora from The Elder Scrolls - but he is a very Lovecraftian being.
Yeah hes the Yog Sothoth of elder scrolls to be fair
Huh, I guess editing to correct a typo caused my comment (posted 20 minutes prior to this one) to not be visible or something. Strange.
"There are many doors Ed boy."
Bethesda used Lovecraft and tolken as source inspiration for allot of their core mythos and I must say... Well done
i mean you either gain the secrets of the universe or ur brain breaks if you read the scrolls
I think we all know what is behind the gate he watches...............his browser history.
Zvonimir Tomac lmaooooo 😭
Zvonimir Tomac he's probably into hentai
Yog-Sothoth isn't an idiot. He obviously uses incognito mode.
subseven incognito mode doesn't hide the tentacle loli videos you download
Lol
It seems that the outer gods are like the the primordial deities in Greek mythology. And the 3 main outer gods (Azathoth, Yog-sothoth, and Nyarlethotep), are parallels to the attributes of G-d: Azathoth is omnipotent, Yog-sothoth is omnipresent and omniscient, and Nyarlethotep is omni-malevolent (the opposite of a loving god). For those who object to the last park, the opposite of a loving god isn't one that hates. It's one who profoundly doesn't care. And malevolent deities may not hate humanity, but they may want to torture us, and cause chaos or insanity, which does describe Nyarlethotep.
Yes, the primordial deities of Greek Mythology are very similar in concept. The main thing that’s lacking with them is the extreme, visceral horror of Lovecraft’s writing.
I thought Nyarlethotep is the avatar of Azatoth?
The three primordials, the Outer Gods, are:
1. Aazathoth
2. Yog Sothoth
3. Shub Nigguarth
Nyarlathotep is the messenger of their will.
This is a interesting idea.
And some of their famous offspring are Hastur, Cthulhu and Tsathoggua who have battled against them. Sounds very much like the Greek pantheon. And lots of incest too.
Yog always struck me as an anthropomorphism of the empty space between stars. Infinite, unknowable yet omnipresent.
Yog-Sothoth & Randolph Carter in "Through the Gates of the Silver Key," written in collaboration with Lovecraft admirer E. Hoffman Price, details Carter's adventures in another dimension where he encounters a more primordial version of himself (implied to be Yog-Sothoth) who explains that Carter-and indeed all beings-are ultimately nothing more than manifestations of a greater being. Carter's mind ends up trapped in the body of an alien, another facet of the higher being. The investigation into Carter's disappearance takes place four years later, in 1932.
Yog-Sothoth knows the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the key and guardian of the gate. Past, present, future, all are one in Yog-Sothoth. He knows where the Old Ones broke through of old, and where They shall break through again. He knows where They have trod earth's fields, and where They still tread them, and why no one can behold Them as They tread.
Y'AI'NG'NGAH
YOG-SOTHOTH
H'EE-L'GEB
F'AI THRODOG
UAAAH
Maybe I am Randolph Carter, maybe you are, maybe your Dog or your Goldfish is Randolph Carter.
Probably my favorite Lovecraft story.
"Through the Gates" is the only one in Lovecraft's own works where any Outer God other than Nyarlathotep is directly portrayed - so to speak. And the Key and the Gate is actually pretty chill. When Carter meets it, Yog's all "Hey bro, I like you. Since you came all the way here, so why not learn the secret to everything?" He even gives Carter a chance to back out.
And in a way, there's a bit of highly subjective horror to Yog's revelation when you remember that Lovecraft was a virulent racist. Being considered as the same as things you abhor mayb be the ultimate nightmare for someone whose outlook is so sharply defined by hatred of the "other". But for me, such a revelation is comforting and even uplifting.
As a Native American from the Mohawk people I've had a great interest in Yig, our enemies called us The people of the Black Snake so I'd love for you to make a video on him even though, I believe, he makes only one appearance in the curse of Yig. Love the Cthulhu videos keep it up man!
He is also mentioned in The Mound
GWAR did an awesome song about Yig.
He Is mentioned Just as much as Chtulhu and Tsattogua
Azathoth, nyrlathotp and yog sothoth the big three triumvirates of the cosmic horror.
Grey World And people say *thots* can't be good.
Zvonimir Tomac lol
Indeed. Cthulhu is cool and all but he's quite overrated compared to the three you just mentioned.
Don't forget shub-niggurath.
I'm late I know but what about Shub Niggurath? I thought that it, Azathoth and Yog Sothoth are the big three and Nyarlathotep is their messenger. I don't know shit about Lovecraft so I might as well be wrong lol
The Dunwich Horror is brilliant... just read it like a couple of days ago not knowing this vid would appear... top class thriller cosmic horror story....
Just started reading At the Mountain of Madness and The Dunwich Horror
So wait...some woman had sex with time and space? 4 D's in one woman, my god. AND that university just _had_ a copy of the Necronomicon? _Why?!_
Dude. Miskatonic.
0:53 Love the use of Hermaeus Mora from The Elder Scrolls games! Quite fitting actually.
There is usage of the name "Yog-Sothoth" in Stephen King's novel, Needful Things.
fuck stephen king
YOG-SOTOTH RULES! That was what the graffiti said. Also there was a reference to the Realm of Lang. And, of course, the Man in Black is one big nod to Nyarlahotetep.
Yeah King also mentions the Yoggster in "letters from Jerusalem" if I translated it correctly
@steelhound duncan OKAY BOOMER
Stephen King the Shlockmeister has a good taste and knows when something's worth borrowing. That's what i like the most about his work.
I love watching these vids. Your voice is so calming and relaxing.
One of those pictures is The Daedric prince of knowledge hermaeus mora
Light and Dark yes! That’s what I saw
The idea of Hermaeus Mora was inspired by Yog-Sothoth. They both appear to mortals as a mass of writhing tentacles and eyes. They are both Gods of knowledge, especially forbidden knowledge.
Teague Alder what is forbidden knowledge?
The fact that he's the prince of knowledge and he looks like that clearly means he's inspired by Yog.
Atomics985 knowledge that is not meant to be known
The Dunwich Horror is definately one of my favourite Lovecraft stories too. Ever since listening to an audio book version of it I can´t help but get slightly creeped out by the sound of Whipoorwills.
As just a consideration, you could also look into hawaiian myths and gods. In hawaii, the gods are still seen as very much still a thing. Just look at pele, goddess of fire.
Yeah, Hawaiian mythology has some interesting stuff.
Some of my family lives in Hawaii, although they aren’t Hawaiian.
You forgot to mention that he drops Mimiron's Head.
Maxxing
Not for me
What do you mean?
Atomics985
World of Warcraft joke
Deryl Horsenuts ohhhh ok. I’m sorry but I didn’t play that game. The only blizzard game I play are overwatch, starcraft 1 and 2, and heroes of the storm
I honestly don't know much of the WoW lore so there is much more to it than I wrote.
C'Thun and N'Zoth have the coolest stories. Yogg Saron is pretty dope too.
EDIT: Some of those are raid bosses you kill. It's a shame we actually kill those magnificent creatures; that we're even capable of it but oh well. In Yogg Saron's loot table there is the mount Mimiron's Head. Mimiron was one of the guardians installed in Ulduar by the Titans.
@Atomics985 In the WoW universe there are 'Old Gods' and they've been around forever.
- C'Thun nested under a city which was put under a city. The city was magically sealed by the enemies they were at war with. During thousands of years, C'Thun slowly corrupted their minds until they were all his slaves.
- N'Zoth probably resides deep in the ocean. He corrupted Queen Azshara of the Night Elves. They eventually turned into the Nagas. The former Elven society now resides at the bottom of the ocean.
- Yogg Saron was captured by the Titans. They built a prison on the continent of Northrend for him to be contained in. His influence was too strong though. Not only did he slowly corrupt all the guardians, but also the entire continent to some extent. It's said that the Saronite metal, which is found all over the continent, is his blood and just being in the presence of it will slowly drive you insane.
Y'Shaarj: I might be wrong on this Old God. I wasn't into WoW that much when this Old God was current content. Anyways, he found his way to the peaceful continent of Pandaria. There he split himself up into several entities consisting of emotions. The different entities represent Fear, Anger, Pride and I'm probably forgetting a few. He corrupted the Mogu folk and bent them to his will.
The last known one is G'huun. He's relevant in the Battle for Azeroth expansion which I do not play so I couldn't tell you much about him. It has to do with the trolls which are inspired by Jamaica and the Incan/Mayan people.
Then you of course have Azeroth, the world which hosts all the Old Gods. It's clearly inspired by Azatoth.
I honestly don't know much of the WoW lore so there is probably a thousand times more to the Old Gods than what I wrote. The stories are pretty cool. They're Lovecraftian in a way, but instead of being very suggestive; cryptic and assuming, they're much more definitive and absolute. There is a recorded conclusion and definitiveness to them which is fun.
Can you do a vid on finnish mythology, it might not be as epic as other nordic mythologies but intresting nontheles
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You mentioned that farmhouse, now I feel like finally I should reread Alan Moore's Providence. I think I know now which issue this guy SHOWS up in.
Could we do mythologies of the Caucasus such as Armenia, Georgia, the Chechens, etc. It's quite fascinating.
When you started talking about the invisible entity, it made me think of this movie I watched with my uncle when I was young. I had to look it up, but it was about a scientist who messes with the pineal gland in the brain and starts seeing these entities that are always around us and can't touch us until we can see them. I was surprised to see the name of the movie was "_Lovecraft's_ From Beyond" (1986), so I guess it was right this video reminded me of it!
Yog-Sothoth is actually rather benevolent in his own ways.
They are not good or evil . That is a human concept . They are beyond our understanding
Comparatively, as a man walking by an ant hill and leaves is be is benevolent
it would be a long one but a video all about the lands of dream would be cool!
Could you cover The Dream Quest Of Unknown Kadath?
This would be a spicy one. Dream Quest connects a lot of the different stories, character and entities, as does the Dream Cycle tales do in general. It's an aspect of Lovecraft that doesn't get appreciated enough. I was really happy to see Bloodborne take heavy inspiration from it, though!
Yes! More of the Cthulu mythos please, this stuff is so creepy and interesting! 🐙
The thing I like most about Yog-Sothoth is that He is probably the least malevolent (on average) of all the Outer Gods. He's certainly not good - after all, the Outer Gods are beyond good and evil - but He is just as likely to strike up a friendly conversation with you as drive you completely insane with a glance.
I even have one of my OCs in a fic I wrote turn out to be one of Yog-Sothoth's kids, except he looks and acts completely human (unlike his brothers in The Dunwich Horror) and doesn't even learn of his lineage or awaken his gifts as Yog-Sothoth's child until a few chapters before the end. But he does have one special inborn power: his presence in a given reality somehow blocks outside viewing of what's going on in that universe...even from omniscient beings like Yog-Sothoth Himself.
And Yog did intentionally, too.
Love this channel and your voice is perfect for stuff like this!
The picture at the end was awesome
could you do south american mythology?, like the Inca panteon of gods or the ridiculus amount of people turning into birds
Carlos Federico Gimenez oh my god you're right. People turn into birds like the meme of oprah giving people cars.
I remember back in college one of the RPG's we played was Toon, and the GM had the Toon source-book, Crawl of Cat-chulu (I think that was how it was spelled.) and it featured such horrors as Hotdogsothoth, Deep Clowns, The Shiftless Spawn of Soggy Wahaha and of course, the dread Nyuk'nyuk'nyuk'neshlep! :O
Good times..
Have you considered coving some Tolkien Lore?
Yeah It's something I'd love to do.
Mythology & Fiction Explained Yes please
Mythology & Fiction Explained you’re awesome
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@00:47 That image is actually Hermaeus Mora, the Elder Scrolls god of knowledge, in his forbidden library, Apocrypha.
Ojisan Kukki Mora is basically yog-sothoth
Do you think you'll ever do the Hounds of Tindalos? I know it's not necessarily a Lovecraft entity but they're just so darn cool.
If not mentioned here before there is a Novella called Yog-Sothoth's Box by S. Lawrence Parish that I enjoy a lot and takes its own unique spin on the character as well as Arkham. I found this audiobook on LibriVox but I'm sure is featured on other audiobook platforms.
Another awesome video! Thank you, and keep up the good work!
The yellow sign?
@@dreademperor2094 Aye!
@@adinocc2042 isn't it said that if you see the yellow sign Hastur isn't far behind
@@dreademperor2094 `Tis true. Be careful, pls. 🤭
@@adinocc2042 I've seen strange and weird things in my dreams Hastur would just be another weird and strange thing to see
Cool thing: In all the Lovecraft stories I have read, only two Great Old Ones actually have lines of Dialogue: Yog-Sothoth and Nyarlahoteph. (Feel free to correct me if you have read any stories I havn't). In both cases, they talk to Randolph Carter. Nyarlahoteph tries to trick him, while Yog-Sothoth imparts enlightenment. As he is want to do.
Can you do some mythology from the finnish epic kalevala
If you do the ritual and get his knowledge can you actually comprehend him or other elder gods that can’t be comprehended by human minds
No, you'll go insane.
Comprehension is not needed for knowledge.
I really liked Haunter in The Dark as well. The idea of being connected to Yog Sothoth in a mental capacity, being hunted and stalked by him knowing the only thing keeping you safe is a few streams of light. Then somehow while sleep walking you're coerced to walk back to his layer...
Id just like to remind people of the old Gamecube game Eternal Darkness the controls are a bit clunky but the story of the game is something you might like if Lovecraftian horror is something you enjoy.
I would love to hear either a reading of the Dunwhich Horror, or a discussion about Wilbur Whately from you. I think you could do either of those topics justice
Yog-Sothoth is mentioned in a Stephen King novel like Shub-Niggurath was, but in this case Y-S was mentioned on a doorway near the end of the novel, "Needful Things". As well as an episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, although he was only called Yog, which makes some sense for a kid's show.
To me, Yog Sothoth is one of the monsters I can never get from Godfest.
The second I heard the word Dunwich I thought of fallout 3 and 4
You should do a narration of all H.P Lovecraft stories!!
oh yes! please do a video on wilbur whateley and fam! love your videos dog
My favorite Lovecraft deity!
The HP Lovecraft Historical Society has a wonderful set of 1930's style radio plays and the Dunwhich Horror is one of them. I definitely recommend them. You can get them on CD with some clever props or by MP download.
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A band called Electric Wizard wrote a song about The Dunwich Horror called “Dunwich”
Check it out!
Great video! when you go through all of these deities you should try your hand at the Bloodborne deities since they take a lot of inspiration from lovecraftian horror, also it’s an amazing game
Robert E. Howard, the writer of the Conan short stories, was a good friend and fan of Lovecraft’s work. So as a slight nod to his friend he makes mention of Yog as one of the gods that are worshiped in his Conan stories.
"I am the lucid dream... The monster in your nightmares... The fiend of a thousand faces... Bow down to the God of death!" Yogg-Saron
Can you do a video about Yig.
Natalie Dieters he already did
Excellent summary of the Dunwich Horror.
I've heard that if you try to learn too much about Yog-Sothoth you can go insane
welp I can't get any worse
Great video after seeing some of those images I would love to see yog as a boss in bloodborne 2 .
Your voice would be perfect for reading Lovecraft!
Great work!
I loved the pictures you used in this video
This totally explains the elder God in the legacy of kain franchise. I see where the creatures pulled their influence from.
Did you ever end up doing a Dunwich Horror reading? I'm really interested in what you have to say about the story and its characters!
I would like a read a long of TDH added with your narrating skills. That’s be pretty fun
Good stuff!
Nice use of Hermaeus mora
0:16 - 0:23 God damn, that's a good rhyme. I like it
1:11 when you don’t have enough photos of Yog-Sathoth so you use pictures from Skyrim.
icthultu, is he actually part of the mythos, or just a crummy comic add-in?
Lol. I was thinking he looked like hermaeus mora, and yep. Found pictures of him haha
You: Yog Sothoth watches and sees all
me, realizing that includes my thoughts: Oh shit whaddup bro
Have you considered to make a video about Shub-Niggurath?
Can you talk about the Irish Celtic goddess Morrighan
Christopher Annon a few on the Celtic pantheon would be nice.
Christopher Annon I think he has done a video about it already, it called morrigan though
The Celtic pantheon is pretty great and underrated.
I think I remember , I've dreamed about yog sothoth he's the one who helped me to get out from the astral nature or astral world I think I remember he said something like
" after you pass this barrier my child you will receive the irresistible brute reality about the outside world" at first idk what his talking about because I was just a 4years old kid , but now I know what hes trying to tell.
How is yog sothoth's appearance any different from the creatures from the story of the mountains of madness? (other than scale of course)
More stuff related to cthulu! My fav!
The more I learn about H.P. Lovecraft’s writings the more I realize how much it influenced World of Warcraft’s Old Gods.
1:00 Hermeus Mora? Whatchu duon here?
Its funny. As I was watching this I thought to my self I will mention you should do a audio reading of Lovecraft with the images and music you use. A few seconds later you answered my internal suggestion. As for other Mythologies to explore. Wow that a tough one. The only ones I can think of (right now) is by Clive Barker, starting with The Hellbound Heart. Then I would suggest Weave World. Weave World was a crazy strange trip and very controversial at the time. Next would be Cabal which is my favorite but a lesser story of Myth and more of where Myths could have originated from.
Doing a reading would be awesome
Dreamquest was a great look at the dynamic between gods
Rodan, Yongary and Mothra vs. Yog Sothoth, fighting at near by Mount Tokachi
I was wondering is there a Story about a Spider Queen ? I remember someone telling me this long time ago I don't know if it was Mythology ?
Would it be better to read the mythos in publishing order? in writing order? or some else order?
0:49 That's Hermaeus Mora.
Huh -- I knew vaguely the plot of The Dunwich Horror, but I didn't realize Yoggy was the dad responsible for the horror and his brother. I'd ask how he ever made love to a human, but being everything everywhere all the time. . .yeah, I guess that was pretty easy. Still, it's creepy to think that there's an entity like that out there who knows EVERYTHING. Big Yog-Sothoth is watching you. . .
Thanks for the vid sir.
Dunwich horror is, one of my favorite Lovecraft stories...
when are you going to do the Aztec god Tezcatlipoca or Loki
Please do Yaldabaoth also known as the Demiurge
Yog-Sothoth is very interesting to me. All powerful, all seeing, all knowing, but locked outside the Universe... but does that mean he (it) would Survive the awakening of Azathoth?? 🤔🤔🤔
Yes because azathoth dreams of creation not outside of it
More monsters please
ya boi yoggy is here! xD
@mythologysndfictionexplained, can you make one about Athena, and if you already have one can I have the link?
How about something on " punishment by the gods " eg Tantalus
So he's hermeaus mora then?
Finally! A video about myself. :]
This is obviously up to interpretation and, in the context of the mythos, there really is no answer, but, what would you say is Yog-Sothoth´s place in the pantheon? If it is at the edge or fringe of the universe, does it exist outside of Azathoth´s creation? What would you guess is Yog-Sothoth´s relationship to the other gods?
Heres what ive been able to gather (from multiple sources, obviously):
I think the second question is easier to answer. If Azathoth is the accidental creator of our known universe and everything in it, then Yog-Sothoth is simply the known universe itself, and the orbs that make up his "body" are actually "windows" to the planets with sentient life within said universe. Therefore he technically does exist within Azathoth's creation, because he IS Azathoth's creation. And yet he is also fully conscious, sentient, and aware, but this awareness is outside of the world/dimension that we are aware of.
Now the first question. This one is fully open to interpretation, but I think he is ranked with the Other Gods or the Elder Gods. He is younger than Nyarlathotep(the first son of Azathoth) but technically outranks him because the Crawling Chaos is bound to the will of the Outer/Elder Gods. He is equal to Shubb-Niggurath, with the two of them representing Father Time/Space and Mother Nature, which automatically makes him outrank all the other Elder Gods. To put it simply, he outranks all but Azathoth and the First Born(the Nameless Mist: Am-Daeghar and the Darkness: Zalgatoth)
And third. I imagine Yog-Sothoth is to the other Lovecraftian deities what Yaweh/Jehova is to the Pagan deities. Aware of his own superiority, but also aware of their place in the Grand Scheme. He merely acknowledges their existence and leaves them to whatever it is they're doing.
@@vampyruslupus9950 That's not how its work, actually, but good theory
What about the legends and myths of the elder scrolls universe?
"... But nonetheless, Ace didn't like the echo this name caused in his head. In a place like this, it didn't seem like a good idea to think of this name. It seemed like a dangerous idea."
1000 literature points to the first one who knows where this is from.
Can you do some on Orishas and African deities
Hello i am english leaner who whant reach c2 English ! My question is what lovercraftian book what you recondmend who not hard to not native speaker ! Thank you very much!