Eihort
Eihort (God of the Labyrinth) first appeared "in person" in Ramsey Campbell's short story "Before the Storm (fiction)" (1980). However, the being was first mentioned in Campbell's "The Franklyn Paragraphs (fiction)" (1973).
In the Mythos
Then came pale movement in the well, and something clambered up from the dark, a bloated blanched oval supported on myriad fleshless legs. Eyes formed in the gelatinous oval and stared at him.
— Ramsey Campbell, "Before the Storm (fiction)"
Eihort lives in a network of tunnels deep beneath the Severn Valley in England. It appears as a "bloated blanched oval supported on myriad fleshless legs" with eyes continuously forming in its gelatinous body. When it captures a mortal, it offers the captive a bargain. If the captive refuses, Eihort smashes the victim to death. If the captive accepts the bargain, the horror implants its immature brood inside the victim's body. The brood will eventually mature and kill the host. According to the Revelations of Glaaki, after the fall of humanity Eihort's brood will be born into light. (Harms, "Eihort", Encyclopedia Cthulhiana, p. 96).
"Ei" and "Hort" are nouns of the modern German language, "Ei" meaning "egg" and "Hort" meaning "hoard".
Cult
Eihort's will on Earth is served by a cults of human fanatics lead by his Brood and Broodlings from the shadows of the Hollow Earth, where the tunnels to Eihort's world open up into the cellars, wells, and caverns of Britain's Severn Valley.
Associated Mythos Elements
- tome: Revelations of Glaaki
- location: Severn Valley
- location: Hollow Earth
- race: Broodling of Eihort, Brood of Eihort
References
- fiction: Ramsey Campbell's "The Franklyn Paragraphs (fiction)" (first mention)
- fiction: Ramsey Campbell's "Before the Storm (fiction)" (first appearance "in person")
- sourcebook: Malleus Monstrorum
