Yidhra

The Great Old One Yidhra ("Mother of Darkness") originated in W.C. DeBill, "Predator (fiction)"

In the Mythos

A hundred April winds disperse her fragrance,
A thousand wet Octobers scour her footprints,
The ruthless years assail the ancient memory of her presence, yet
Where Yidhra walks the hills do not forget.
— W.C. DeBill, "Where Yidhra Walks (fiction)"

Yidhra is an Outer God who is worshipped as a beautiful, awesome and terrible earth-mother, somewhat serpent-like in form, yet vaguely mammalian. She has many avatar forms including Yolanda and Madam Yi, is capable of absorbing other lifeforms and taking from them their evolutionary advantages and memories, has telepathic powers which gives her a link to her servitors, and can project illusions. She is the mother of Ayi'ig and "the Lurkers in the desert," Xothra and Y'hath.

Cult

Yidhra's cult are the "Children of Yidhra" (Human Cultists), a female-dominated cult who worship at a monastery, "Abbey of Yidhra", and make sacrifices to their goddess of men who are killed in an abominable and agonizing alien mating ritual. The cult has appeared in the Mongolian deserts as recently as the 13th Century, and as early as the 4th Century B.C.E., and appears to have been transplanted to the deserts of California at least as recently as the 1970s.

Ayi'ig

Ayi'ig is the daughter of the Great Old One Yig and the Outer Goddess Yidhra, appearing as an octopus-like monstrosity with serpentine eyes and detachable tentacles that move independently. She lives in a deep canyon somewhere in Texas, within a cavern.

Xothra and Y'hath

Xothra and Y'hath are alien servitors of Yidhra, also called "The Handmaidens of Yidhra", "The Ravenous" and "The Hidden Devourer", and "The Lurkers in the Desert"; they are similar to Yidhra, though weaker.

Yolanda

TO_DO, an avatar.

Madam Yi

Madam Yi is an avatar of Yidhra, in which she appears as a beautiful human Asian female, dressed in billowing red, white, and black robes. This avatar has a delicate painted face that looks like that of a porcelain doll and possesses razor-like long fingernails. China is where this avatar appears, where it mates with and kills the young men provided to her by female led and dominated cults. The mating produces monstrous or deformed offspring, most of which are reabsorbed by her.

Heresies and Controversies

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Cult

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Associated Mythos Elements

• tome: Uralteschrecken
• location: Mlandoth
• deity: Ngyr-Khorath
• deity: Ayi'ig

References

• fiction: W.C. DeBill, jr. The Mlandoth Myth Cycle and Others
  • fiction: W.C. DeBill, jr. "Predator (fiction)"
  • fiction: W.C. DeBill, jr. "What Lurks Among the Dunes (fiction)"
  • fiction: W.C. DeBill, jr. "Where Yidhra Walks (fiction)"
  • fiction: W.C. DeBill, jr. "A Movement in the Grass (fiction)", offhand reference only as the mother of Ayi'ig
  • fiction: W.C. DeBill, jr. "The Bookseller's Second Wife (fiction)"