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The following tables and lists feature elements of the Cthulhu Mythos. Unless otherwise noted, all information is fictional.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Beings 2.1 Great Old Ones 2.2 Outer Gods 2.3 Elder Gods 2.4 Great Ones 2.5 Other supernatural beings 2.6 Non-human species 2.6.1 Table-a (A–F) 2.6.2 Table-b (G–M) 2.6.3 Table-c (N–Z) 3 Cults 4 Arcane literature and other media 5 Fictional locations 6 Non-fictional elements 7 See also 8 References 8.1 Notes

Tables appearing under these entries are organized as follows:

• Name. This is the commonly accepted name of the being or mythos element.
• Epithet(s), Other name(s). This field lists any epithets or alternate names. These are names sometimes mentioned in books of arcane literature, but may also be the names preferred by cults.
• Description. This entry briefly summarizes the being or mythos element.
• References. This field lists the sources in which the being or mythos element makes a significant appearance or otherwise receives important mention. A simple two-letter code is used—the key to the codes is found here. If a code appears in bold, this means that the reference introduces the being or mythos element.

Main article: Great Old One

(includes a table listing all the Great Old Ones in the mythos)

The Great Old Ones are powerful, ancient creatures worshiped by deranged human cults. Many of them are made of an unearthly material with properties unlike normal matter. A Great Old One's influence is often limited to the planet where it dwells. If it is based on a planet outside the solar system, it can only extend its influence to earth when the star of its planetary system is in the night sky. In such cases, the help of cultists performing various rituals may be required.

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Main article: Outer God

(includes a table listing all the Outer Gods in the mythos)

The Outer Gods have unlimited influence, unlike the Great Old Ones, and function on a cosmic scale^[1]. They include a subgroup known as the Lesser Outer Gods, or Other Gods.

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Main article: Elder God (Cthulhu Mythos)

(includes a table listing all the Elder Gods in the mythos)

The Elder Gods oppose the Outer Gods and the Great Old Ones. Many consider them to be non-Lovecraftian, because they introduce a good versus evil dichotomy into the cosmic indifference of Lovecraft's fiction^[2]. However, others argue that these beings have no more concern for human notions of morality than the beings they oppose, and that humanity and the human world are beneath their regard^[3].

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Main article: Dreamlands#Great Ones

The Great Ones are the so-called "gods" of the Dreamlands, but they are not as powerful as the Great Old Ones and are not even as intelligent as most humans. However, they are protected by the Outer Gods, especially Nyarlathotep.^[4]

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Supernatural beings

Name	Epithet(s), Other name(s)	Description	References
Alala	—	Being made of living sound that dwells in the Gulf of S'glhuo; Possibly unimaginably hideous.	PL, WP
Beast in the Pit	?	?	[citation needed]
Beast of Averoigne	?	?	BA
Brown Jenkin	—	A mysterious rat-like creature with a human-like face. The being was said to be the familiar of Keziah Mason.	DW, PY
Droom-Avista	?	?	JD
The Dunwich Horror	Son of Yog-Sothoth	An invisible monstrosity with some human features.	DH, LC
The Eater of Souls	?	?	EA
Fthaggua	Lord of Ktynga	Appears as a bluish ball of energy.	FV, HG
Gnoph-Keh	—	Appears as huge gnophkeh — possibly an avatar of Rhan-Tegoth.	HM
God of the Red Flux	?	Monstrous, red flowing creature.	TR
The Green God	—	Appears as a moai covered with foliage.	HR
The High Priest Not to Be Described	—	Humanoid wearing a silken mask.	CE, DQ
Knygathin Zhaum	—	Appears as a hairless, quasi-humanoid Voormi; Final form of no discernable species.	FT, TM
K'thun (female) and Noth-Yidik (male)	—	Abhorrent, malodorous beings whose mating spawned the Hounds of Tindalos.	HM, MT
Million Favored Ones	—	Beings said to be Nyarlathotep's spawn.	MF, WD
Mlandoth and Mril Thorion	The Source, The One	Unknown.	WY
Pharol the Black	—	Appears as a black, fanged demon with tentacles instead of arms.	AG, HY?
Saboth the Elder	The Grinning Ghoul	?	[citation needed]
Sss'haa	Sssaaa	Leader of the serpent people of Valusia.	HG, TH, VY
Ubb	Father of Worms	Leader of the planarian-like Yuggs.	OA, PI, UV, TP
The five Vaeyen	—	Quintet of vulture-like statues that both guard and sequester the Great Old One Cyäegha	DM
Wilbur Whateley	—	Mostly-human twin of the aforementioned Dunwich Horror.	DH, LC
Wuthoqquan's Bane	—	A large, shapeless beast lurking in the sewers of Commoriom.	WQ
Xathagorra	?	Vile, multiform creature with a vast wingspan.	CH
Xexanoth	Bane of Aforgomon	Unknown.	CM
Xiurhn	Guardian of the Dark Jewel	A slothlike, winged thing with a terrible face.	XI
Yegg-Ha	Lord of Nightgaunts	A huge, faceless humanoid with tiny wings.	IE, TC, WI

Non-human species A–F

Name	Description	References
Adumbrali	Extradimensional beings that appear as orbs of darkness.	AB
Aihais	Humanoids from Mars.	VU
Antehumans	Slender, tall, gaunt proto-humans of great intelligence.	EB, SG
Antareans	Tall, multicolored tripod-beings with a strange crest and three eyes. They are greatly advanced space travelers with a strict caste system.	PC
Beings of Xiclotl	Horrifying, oddly plant-like, carnivorous giants, native to the planet Xiclotl, and the slaves of the Insects from Shaggai (the Shan).	IS
Bholes	Gigantic, worm-like creatures that inhabit the earth's Dreamlands.	DL, DQ
Blupes	Translucent, bluish, oval-shaped creatures that can float through the air.	DL
Brothers of Chaugnar Faugn	Beings that resemble smaller versions of Chaugnar Faugn.	HF
Byakhee	Resemble bat-like, hornet-like human corpses.	FE, GS, HC, WS
Cats from Saturn	Cat-like beings from the Dreamlands with abstract, multi-hued bodies.	DL, DQ
Cats from Uranus	Like those from Saturn, but far more terrible.	DL
Children of the Sphinx	Sub-cult of the Brotherhood of the Black Pharaoh.	n/a[5]
Chthonians (The Burrowers Beneath)	Gigantic, squid-like worms.	BU, CS, YA
Colour out of space	Appears as a shapeless, plastic entity glowing with the colors of an unknown spectrum.	CO, CT
Crawling Ones (The Worms that Walk)	Appear as human-sized worms.	FE
Dark Young of Shub-Niggurath	Appear as ropy, black tentacles on a pair of stumpy, hooved legs.	MK, NF
Deep Ones	Ocean-dwelling humanoids that appear to be half-frog and half-fish.	AW, BU, DO, GS, HC, HG, RD, SA, SI
Dholes	Gigantic, worm-like creatures.	DR, TG, WP
Dimensional Shamblers	Dimension-hopping humanoids with rough, leathery bodies and huge claws.	HM
Doels	Tiny, extradimensional, flesh-eating creatures.	HN
Elder Things (Old Ones)	Appear as five-sided, oval-shaped barrels with starfish-like appendages at each end.	AM, IV, PW
Fire vampires	1. (Flame Creatures of Cthugha) Appear as tiny points of light that ignite everything they touch.	DD
	2. (Fire Vampires of Fthaggua) Appear as bursts of crimson lightning that set fire to sentient beings.	FV, HG
Fishers from Outside	Enigmatic, prehistoric, flying race associated with Gol-goroth and the shantaks.	FO
Flying polyps	Appear as floating, semi-visible, polypous horrors capable of controlling great winds.	PW, ST, SY, WF
Formless spawn of Tsathoggua and Knygathin Zhaum	Appear as gelatinous, shape-shifting, black goo.	MO, TS

Non-human species G–M

Name	Description	References
Ghasts	Fearsome, underground-dwelling humanoids with kangaroo-like legs that inhabit the earth's Dreamlands.	DQ
Ghouls	Corpse-eating, canine-like humanoids.	DQ, IC, PM
Gnophkeh	1. Six-legged, furry, rhinocerous-like creatures with an affinity for cold climes.	HM, LT, SM
	2. Hairy cannibals that once dwelt in Lomar.	PO
Gnorri	Resemble mermen with possibly one or two additional arms.	SK
Gof'nn hupadgh Shub-Niggurath	Transmogrified, once-human cultists of Shub-Niggurath.	ML
Great Race of Yith	Resemble tall, rugose cones with four appendages: two claws, a trumpet-like limb, and a yellow, globe-like organ.	CF, PW, SO, ST, SY
Gugs	Horrifying, furry giants of the Dreamlands with a mouth that opens sideways.	DQ
Gyaa-Yothn	Quasi-human, rhinocerous-like quadrupeds used as beasts of burden by the denizens of K'n-yan.	MO
Haemophores	Small, vampiric creatures with webbed hands and feet.	DL
Hounds of Tindalos	Extradimensional horrors that can enter our universe through any three-dimensional corner.	EL, HN, MT, TC
Hunters from Beyond	?	[citation needed]
Hunting Horrors	Resemble huge, immaterial serpents with bat wings.	DQ, LT
Hyperboreans	A race of early pre-humans.	DS, SG, TS, UB
K'n-yan, Natives of	Technologically and psychically advanced humanoids who dwell underground.	OE, MO
Kyresh	Vicious, wolven creatures of the Dreamlands.	YG
Larvae of the Outer Gods	Protean beings spawned by the Outer Gods.	DQ
Lamp-Efts	Resemble small, flying iguanas.	DL
Leeches of Yoh-Vombis	Parasitic Martian creatures.	[citation needed]
L'gy'hx, Natives of	Cube-shaped, multi-legged, metallic beings that inhabit the planet L'gy'hx (Uranus).	IS
Lloigor	Beings that may alternately appear as vortices of energy or dragon-like dinosaurs (Ghatanothoa may be a particularly powerful one).	IU, RL
Men of Leng	Satyr-like beings that inhabit the Plateau of Leng.	DQ
Mi-go (Fungi from Yuggoth, Outer Ones)	Resemble human-sized, winged crustaceans with globular heads covered with cilia.	AM, DE, DT, GU, PF, OW, WD
Miri Nigri	Amphibious humanoids created by Chaugnar Faugn.	HF
Moon-beasts	Plump, toad-like humanoids.	DQ, MD

Non-human species N–Z

Name	Description	References
Nagäae	Toadish servants of Cyäegha.	DM
Nameless City, Denizens of	Alligator-like, seal-like humanoids.	NC
New Great Race of Yith (Coleopterous Race)	Resemble human-sized beetles.	ST
Nightgaunts	Faceless, bat-like humanoids.	DQ, HE, OK, WI
Nioth-Korghai	1. Extraterrestrial, carnivorous monster held in captivity by king Ossaru in Zothique.	TB
	2. Extraterrestrial, aquatic creatures that feed on the life-force of human beings.	PS
Rat-Things	Tiny, rat-like creatures with human-like faces.	DW
Sand-dwellers	Appear as sand-encrusted, skeleton-like humanoids with large claws.	GW
Serpent people	Serpent-like humanoids.	HG, HK, IU, OW, SG,
Servants of Glaaki	Undead zombies that serve the being Glaaki.	IL
Servitors of the Outer Gods	Beings of varied form that dance mindlessly about Azathoth's throne at the center of the universe.	AZ
S'glhuo, Denizens of	Tall, bluish humanoids with blank eyes and boneless fingers; actually entities made of living sound.	PL
The Shan (Insects from Shaggai)	Resemble large insects.	IS, QU
Shantaks	Elephantine, reptilian birds of the Dreamlands.	DQ, FO, RY
Shoggoths	Resemble gigantic amoebae with numerous floating eyes.	AM, GC, NE, PG, SI, TC, TN
The Space-Eaters	?	PE
Spiders of Leng	Giant purple spiders that inhabit the Plateau of Leng.	DL
Star-spawn of Cthulhu (Cthulhi)	Resemble smaller versions of Cthulhu himself.	AM, PW, TC
Star vampire (Shambler from the Stars)	Invisible, levitating, vampiric horror with a myriad of suckers and two huge claws.	SF
Tcho-Tcho people	Mutated humanoids descended from the Miri-Nigri.	BK, EH, LS, BH
Thuum'ha (Beings of Ib)	Green, toad-like humanoids with gelatinous bodies and emerald eyes	BM, DC, NL
Voonith	Huge lizards of the Dreamlands.	DL
Voormi	Yeti-like bipeds that inhabit Mount Voormithadreth in Hyperborea.	AF, SG, SM, TM
Xo Tl'mi-go	Pale, eyeless, leech-mouthed, and sterile hominids.	CK
Yaddith, Natives of	Humanoid inhabitants of the planet Yaddith that resemble a cross between mammals and reptiles.	DR, HG, TG, VI
Yekubians	Technologically-advanced, centipede-like beings that inhabit the planet Yekub.	CF
Yuggya	1. (Yuggs or Yuggya) Beings that resemble white, planarian-like flatworms.	OA, WI
	2. (Yuggya) The offspring of a mating between a Yugg and a Deep One hybrid.	PI, WF
Zoogs	Creatures of the Dreamlands that resemble small, elfin rodents.	DQ, HE

Cults

Name	References
Black Brotherhood	SE
Brotherhood of the Beast	n/a[6]
Brotherhood of the Black Pharaoh	n/a[7]
Brothers of the Yellow Sign (Cult of the Yellow Sign)	IU, WD
Chesuncook Witch Coven (Cult of the Skull)	DK, TN
Chorazos Cult	UT, RN
Church of Starry Wisdom	GA, HD, HI, SD, SE, DE
Cult of Cthulhu	CC
Cult of Bubastis	[citation needed]
Cult of the Bloody Tongue	n/a[8]
Esoteric Order of Dagon	SI

Arcane media

Name Ref.* Book of Azathoth DW Book of Dzyan (the Stanzas of Dzyan) S4 Book of Eibon (Liber Ivonis, Livre d'Eibon) UB The Book of Iod BH Celaeno Fragments HC Cthäat Aquadingen (possibly Things of the Water) YE Cultes des Goules (Cults of the Ghouls) SU De Vermis Mysteriis (Mysteries of the Worm) SF Dwellers in the Depths AQ Eltdown Shards EC The Ford Translation of the Voynich Manuscript RL (?) G'harne Fragments CS The King in Yellow YS

Name Ref. Massa Di Requiem per Shuggay ("Requiem for Shaggai") n/a[9] The Necronomicon ("[The Book of]Things Concerning the Dead") HO Kitab Al-Azif (Original Arabic title of the Necronomicon) LA Pnakotic Manuscripts (Pnakotic Fragments) PO Ponape Scripture OA Revelations of Glaaki IL The R'lyeh Text RH Saracenic Rituals (infamous chapter from De Vermis Mysteriis) SF The Testament of Carnamagos XE Unaussprechlichen Kulten (interpreted as "Unspeakable Cults", also: Black Book, Nameless Cults) CN Zanthu Tablets DT

• Reference to first appearance.

Locations

Name What or where Ref.* Arkham A city in Massachusetts. PH Brichester A town in England. UH Carcosa On the shores of Lake Hali, on a planet in the Hyades. IH Celephaïs A city in the Dreamlands. CE Commoriom The capital of Hyperborea. TS The Court of Azathoth At the center of the universe. AZ Cykranosh The planet Saturn. DS The Dreamlands In another dimension. CE The mountain Dunkelhügel Near Freihausgarten, Germany. DM Dunwich A village in Massachusetts. DH Elysia The homeland of the Elder Gods. TC G'harne A primeval city in Africa. CS Glyu-Uho The star Betelgeuse. S4 Hyperborea A now-vanished kingdom in Greenland. TS Ib A pre-human settlement in Mnar. DC Innsmouth A coastal town in Massachusetts. SI Kadath The home of the Great Ones. OG Kingsport A coastal town in Massachusetts. FE K'n-yan or Xinaián Blue-litten realm beneath Oklahoma. MO Ktynga A large comet near Arcturus. FV Kythanil A double planet. TG The Plateau of Leng A cold, arid plateau. HO Lomar An ancient region. PO L'gy'hx The planet Uranus. IS Miskatonic University In Arkham, Massachusetts. WR Mnar Probably in the Dreamlands. DC Mu A sunken continent. OE The Nameless City A buried city. NC N'kai A lightless cavern beneath Yoth (or possibly underneath Mt. Voormithadreth). MO Olathoë A city in Lomar. PO Pnakotus A primeval city in the Great Sandy Desert in Australia. ST

Name What or where Ref. Vale of Pnath In the Underworld. EM R'lyeh The sunken island/city where Cthulhu is entombed. CC Sarnath A destroyed city in Mnar. DC Shaggai A planet orbiting twin emerald suns. HD S'glhuo, Gulf of An alternate dimension. PL The Plateau of Sung (or "Tsang"?) Possibly a region of Leng. HF Thuggon A planet. IS Thyoph A planet. IS Ulthar A cat-laden town in the Dreamlands. CU Uzuldaroum A city in Hyperborea. TS Valley of Do-Hna In Xinaián (K'n-yan). MO Valusia The ancient land of the Serpent people. HK Mount Voormithadreth Four-coned extinct volcano in Hyperborea; contains the Cavern of Archetypes and the Web of Atlach-Nacha. SG Xiccarph ? MZ? Xiclotl The sister planet to Shaggai. IS Xoth A binary star. FT Yaanek / Yarak Legendary mountain/volcano at the North Pole. UL Yaddith A planet. TG Mount Yaddith-Gho Dwelling place of Ghatanothoa in Mu. OE Yaksh The planet Neptune. FT Yekub A planet in a distant galaxy. CF 'Ygiroth In the Dreamlands. YG Y'ha-nthlei An undersea city. SI Abyss of Yhe In a Muvian province. HC? Yian-Ho, or Yian A deserted city. TG Ylidiomph The planet Jupiter. UA Yoth Red-litten cavern beneath K'n-yan. MO Y'quaa A gray-litten cavern, the dwelling place of Abhoth. HG Yuggoth The planet Pluto(?). FY Vaults of Zin In N'kai. EM Zothique A continent in the distant future. EN

• Reference to first appearance.

The Cthulhu Mythos incorporates many historical, astronomical, and mythological elements from the real world.

• Aldebaran, a star
• Bast, cat goddess of ancient Egypt
• Book of Dzyan
• Celaeno, a star in the Pleiades
• Dagon, the Mesopotamian fish god of vegetation and fertility
• John Dee, a historical person
• Fomalhaut, a star
• H. P. Lovecraft, as himself
• Hypnos, the god of sleep in Greek mythology
• Irem, City of Pillars, a legendary buried city from Islamic mythology (possibly the lost city of Ubar)
• Lemuria, a fabled land bridge, but a lost continent in the mythos
• Nodens, the Hunter, a Celtic deity worshiped in Britain
• Olaus Wormius, Danish antiquary cited as translator of the Necronomicon
• Pluto, identified by Lovecraft as Yuggoth
• Ponape, an island
• The Severn Valley, in England
• Tunguska, in Siberia
• The Voynich Manuscript
• Wendigo, borrowed from Native American mythology

• Cthulhu Mythos biographies
• Cthulhu in popular culture
• Cthulhu Mythos in popular culture

• DiTillio, Larry and Lynn Willis. Masks of Nyarlathotep, Oakland, CA: Chaosium, 1996. ISBN 1-56882-069-0.

• Harms, Daniel. The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana (2nd ed.), Chaosium, Inc., 1998. ISBN 1-56882-119-0.

• Harms, Daniel. Part 2: Mythos Lore. The Official Cthulhu Mythos FAQ. Retrieved on August 19, 2005.

1. ^ Harms, The Official Cthulhu Mythos FAQ, "Part 2: Mythos Lore", section 2.1, "Outer Gods".
2. ^ Harms, "Part 2: Mythos Lore", section 2.1, "Elder Gods".
3. ^ Harms, Ibid. Harms writes: "Others consider their inclusion proper and fitting within their own interpretation of Lovecraft." Lovecraft views humanity as being insignificant in the universe; thus, the Elder Gods share little concern for humankind's fate.
4. ^ Harms, "Part 2: Mythos Lore", section 2.1, "Great Ones", "Other Gods".
5. ^ These beings appear in the role-playing game supplement Masks of Nyarlathotep (DiTillio & Willis).
6. ^ Keith Herber, The Fungi from Yuggoth (1984). Role-playing game material.
7. ^ This cult appears in Masks of Nyarlathotep (DiTillio & Willis).
8. ^ Ibid.
9. ^ Scott D. Aniolowski, "Mysterious Manuscripts" in The Unspeakable Oath #3, John Tynes (ed.), Seattle, WA: Pagan Publishing, August 1991. Periodical (role-playing game material).