Interpretatio Cthulhiana - Creatures

Basic Information

See Interpretatio Cthulhiana for more details. See Interpretatio Cthulhiana - Deities for the list of deities in the Cthulhu Mythos.

This page lists the various species of the Cthulhu Mythos, as well as their associations from real world mythology and folklore. See the List of Mythologies, Mythological Characters, and Mythological Creatures for possibilities.

List of Mythos Species

• Adumbrali:
• Aihai:
• Antehuman:
• Antarean:
• Being of Xiclotl:
• Bhole:
• Blupe:
• Brother of Chaugnar Faugn:
• Byakhee:
• Cat from Saturn:
• Cat from Uranus:
• Child of the Sphinx:
• Chthonian:
• Colour out of space:
• Crawling One:
• Dark Young of Shub-Niggurath:
• Deep One
  • Irish Mythology: The name of the Fomorians is derived from Old Irish fo muire, "under the sea". They are also associated with "glass towers in the Western Ocean", possibly suggesting Deep One underwater cities of glass or crystal.
  • Mermaid - humanoid underwater creatures who often lead sailors to their doom? Check.
  • Alternately, these could be associated with Oannes from Babylonian myth: human civilization could have been learned from the Deep Ones.
• Dhole:
  • These enormous burrowing worms could be the origin of the legend of the serpent Joermungandr from Norse mythology that encircles the world.
• Dimensional Shambler:
• Doel:
• Elder Thing:
• Fire vampire:
  • The terebolem, obscure living, fire-emitting "stones" from medieval legend, could be fire vampires.
• Fisher from Outside:
• Flying polyp:
  • Various ghosts and hauntings in deep caves could be attributed to flying polyp activity.
• Formless spawn of Tsathoggua:
• Ghast:
• Ghoul (Cthulhu Mythos):
  • There is little difference between them and traditional mythological ghouls.
• Gnophkeh:
  • The Inuit myth of kiliopak/kokogiak/qupqugiaq, a polar bear with six or ten legs, could come from these creatures.
• Gnorri:
  • Mermaid - another possible candidate for their legends.
• Gof'nn hupadgh Shub-Niggurath:
  • Obvious candidates for satyrs, both in appearance and conduct.
• Great Race of Yith:
• Gug:
  • Various myths of ogres and monstrous giants could be attributed to Gug sightings.
• Gyaa-Yothn:
• Haemophore:
• Hound of Tindalos:
• Hunter from Beyond:
• Hunting Horror:
• Hyperborean:
• K'n-yanian:
  • Many myths of the subterranean homes of the sidhe, the little people, the Norse dvergar, and many others could be attributed to these, or similar underground humanoids elsewhere in the world.
• Kyresh:
• Larva of the Outer Gods:
• Lamp-Eft:
• Leech of Yoh-Vombis:
• L'gy'hxian:
• Lloigor:
  • Their reptilian form could be the origin of many dragon myths.
• Man of Leng:
  • As humanoids with hooves and horns, the Men of Leng could be associated with satyrs.
• Mi-go:
  • Associated with the Yeti of the Himalayas.
• Miri Nigri:
• Moon-beast:
• Nagäae:
• Denizens of the Nameless City:
• Nightgaunt:
• Nioth-Korghai:
• Rat-Thing:
• Sand-dweller:
• Serpent Man:
  • Several mythos - or related - authors attribute myths of the sidhe and similar little people (perhaps including the Norse dvergar) to dwarfish, degenerate Serpent Men, sometimes referred to as "the worms of the earth".
  • The Serpent of Eden (from The Bible) was a snake … with legs. Which it then lost in its own fall. In genre, could be coded myth referring to ancient serpent-man interference in human development.
• Servant of Glaaki:
• Servitor of the Outer Gods:
• S'glhuoian:
• Shan (Insect from Shaggai):
  • Good candidate for being behind cases of possession.
• Shantak:
  • These horse-headed, reptilian fliers could be the origin of some dragon myths.
• Shoggoth:
  • The Hecatoncheires … maybe, as an outside case?
• Spider of Leng:
• Star-spawn of Cthulhu:
  • Various multi-headed sea monsters like Scylla from Greek myth and Lotan from Canaanite mythology/Leviathan from the Bible could be memories of the tentacled Star-spawn.
• Star vampire:
• Tcho-Tcho:
• Thuum'ha:
  • These underwater city-builders who lived in the distant past could have inspired the myth of Oannes from Babylonia, a fish-humanoid who brought civilization to humanity.
• Voonith:
• Voormi:
  • These furry hominids could inspire many wild man legends. Sasquatch might be a Voormi.
• Xo Tl'mi-go:
• Yaddithian:
• Yekubian:
• Yugg:
• Zoog:

Sources

Bibliography

1. Elements of the Cthulhu Mythos Wikipedia entry