Category:Xothan

Lin Carter's "Xothic Cycle", detailed in the short stories collected in The Xothic Legend Cycle, described the race of aliens which invaded Darth from planet Xoth in prehistory: Great Cthulhu, and the various "Star-Spawn" fathered on Idh-yaa the World-Maggot which accompanied their father and High Priest through space in conquest of the Earth, together with their various servitor races.

Elements of this sub-Mythos include:

Great Old Ones:

• Cthulhu, said to be the "husband" of Idh-yaa
• Dagon and Hydra, either exceptional members of the Deep One servitor race, or Great Old Ones in their own right, or even Cthulhu itself, depending on who you ask
• Zoth-Ommog, said to be the son of Cthulhu
• Ythogtha, said to be the son of Cthulhu
• Cthylla, said to be the daughter of Cthulhu
• Ghatanothoa, said to be the spawn of Cthulhu
• Gloon, a Great Old One associated with the Deep Ones
• Ub-Bg'zth AKA Ubb, apparently related in some way to Zoth-Ommog
• Chaat, another soggy Great Old One with a suspicious resemblance to the likes of Cthulhu or Dagon
• Hastur, said to be a "brother" of Cthulhu, with a very similar octopoid appearance
• Tsathoggua, said to originate on Xoth as well as a "cousin" of Cthulhu

Servitor Races:

• Star-Spawn of Cthulhu AKA Xothan (the catch-all name for the Great Old Ones and races descended from planet Xoth)
• Deep One, a fishy alien race that serves Cthulhu and Dagon
• Deep One Hybrids, hybrids between Deep Ones and humans
• Child of Chaat, a sort of Deep One-like race that serves Chaat
• Servant of Gloon, a sort of Deep One-like race that serves Gloon
• Yugg, a sort of Deep One-like race, resembling Zoth-Ommog, which serves Ub-B'gzth
• Yuggya, a hybrid Yugg

Locations:

• Abyss of Yhe, near Ponape and R'lyeh
• Lake of Hali, on Carcosa
• Planet Xoth, home planet of the Xothan race, which is clustered with Abbith, Ymar, and Zaoth

Tomes and Cults:

• The Ponape Scripture, details the history, nature, and mythos of the Xothan cults
• Cthäat Aquadingen, similar content to The Ponape Scripture
• Esoteric Order of Dagon, cult connected to Devil's Reef and Innsmouth by way of Captain Obed Marsh, who established the cult after making a terrible bargain with the Deep Ones; serves Cthulhu under the name "Dagon' with a bastardized version of the Cthulhu Mythos
• Cult of Cthulhu, world-spanning cult serving Cthulhu
• Fellowship Within the Water, a comparatively peaceful cult of people who believe themselves to be Children of Chaat (which could possibly include other, similar races like Deep Ones)