Elder Thing - Revision history

Ywhateley: Categorization.

2022-06-30T21:11:20Z

Categorization.

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2022-06-30T20:14:36Z

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2022-06-24T01:39:29Z

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2022-06-24T01:36:51Z

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2018-09-26T23:46:01Z

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Ywhateley: New details added.

2017-02-19T23:52:32Z

New details added.

Ywhateley: Details, typo corrections, and clarifications.

2016-05-07T21:31:46Z

Details, typo corrections, and clarifications.

Spectrum: Added Appearances

2009-12-30T16:22:03Z

Added Appearances

The Myotis: Elder Things moved to Elder Thing: Move to singular form

2007-12-11T09:28:29Z

Elder Things moved to Elder Thing: Move to singular form

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-'''Elder Things''' (sometimes confusingly called the "Old Ones", or "Elder Race") are a race of strange ancient aliens from the Cthulhu Mythos. They were  first introduced in Lovecraft's ''[[At the Mountains of Madness (fiction)]]''.
+'''Elder Things''' (sometimes confusingly called the "[[Old One]]s", or "Elder Race") are a race of strange ancient aliens from the Cthulhu Mythos. They were  first introduced in Lovecraft's ''[[At the Mountains of Madness (fiction)]]''.
 Origin:  Elder things first appear in [[H.P. Lovecraft]]'s ''[[At the Mountains of Madness (fiction)]]'', where they are called "Old Ones" or "Elder Race".
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 * [[Charles Engan]] and [[Janyce Engan]] - ''[[Beyond the Mountains of Madness (fiction)]]''
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-* [[H.P. Lovecraft]] - ''[[At the Mountains of Madness (fiction)]]''.
+* [[H.P. Lovecraft]] - ''[[At the Mountains of Madness (fiction)]]'' (primary source)
-* [[H.P. Lovecraft]] - "[[Dreams in the Witch House (fiction)]]"
+* [[H.P. Lovecraft]] - ''[[The Shadow Out of Time (fiction)]]'' (additional background)
-* [[Charles Engan]] and [[Janyce Engan]] - ''[[Beyond the Mountains of Madness (fiction)]]''.
+* [[H.P. Lovecraft]] - "[[Dreams in the Witch House (fiction)]]" (cameo appearance)
-* [[Tim Curran]] - ''[[Hive (fiction)]]''.
+* [[Charles Engan]] and [[Janyce Engan]] - ''[[Beyond the Mountains of Madness (fiction)]]''
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-'''Elder Things''' (sometimes confusingly called the "Old Ones") are a race of strange ancient aliens from the Cthulhu Mythos. They were  first introduced in Lovecraft's ''[[At the Mountains of Madness (fiction)]]''.
+'''Elder Things''' (sometimes confusingly called the "Old Ones", or "Elder Race") are a race of strange ancient aliens from the Cthulhu Mythos. They were  first introduced in Lovecraft's ''[[At the Mountains of Madness (fiction)]]''.
 ==Description==
 [[File:Lovecraft elderthing.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Lovecraft's notes and sketch of an "Elder Thing"]]
 One of the strangest of Mythos creatures, when explorers first found hibernating elder things, they were uncertain whether or not they were plants of animals.
 There physical depiction is summarized in ''Mountains of Madness''.
 -H. P. Lovecraft
 The elder things were radially symmetrical and dark gray in coloration. Their wings, which originally allowed them to fly, became useless after thousands of years of disuse. Eyes were located at the end of the arms of the organism's starfish-shaped head. Elder things can survive both in and out of water, and once had cities across the world.
 ==Technology==
 The Elder Things were apparently very skilled bioengineers, and are credited with creating the [[Shoggoths]] among other organisms. They are noted for building great cities using shoggoths, and also using the creatures in Wars against the [[Mi-go]], [[Yithians]] and spawn of [[Cthulhu]].
 ==Society==
-Unlike most species of the Cthulhu Mythos, the Elder Things seem to have no religion whatsoever, and their society had even been suggested as being a socialist one. Much of Elder Thing life has been interpreted from the ruins of their great cities and the intricate cavings left on the building walls.
+Unlike most species of the Cthulhu Mythos, the Elder Things seem to have no religion whatsoever, and their society had even been suggested as being a socialist one. Much of Elder Thing life has been interpreted from the ruins of their great cities and the intricate carvings left on the building walls.
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-'''Elder Things''' (sometimes confusingly called the "Old Ones") are a race of strange ancient aliens from the Cthulhu Mythos. They were  first introduced in Lovecraft's ''[[At the Mountains of Madness]]''.
+'''Elder Things''' (sometimes confusingly called the "Old Ones") are a race of strange ancient aliens from the Cthulhu Mythos. They were  first introduced in Lovecraft's ''[[At the Mountains of Madness (fiction)]]''.
 ==Description==
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 ==Appearances==
-*[[H.P. Lovecraft]] - ''[[At the Mountains of Madness]]''.
+*[[H.P. Lovecraft]] - ''[[At the Mountains of Madness (fiction)]]''.
-*[[Charles Engan]] and [[Janyce Engan]] - ''[[Beyond the Mountains of Madness]]''.
+*[[Charles Engan]] and [[Janyce Engan]] - ''[[Beyond the Mountains of Madness (fiction)]]''.
-*[[Tim Curran]] - ''[[Hive]]''.
+*[[Tim Curran]] - ''[[Hive (fiction)]]''.
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	==Description==		==Description==

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		+	[[File:Lovecraft elderthing.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|right\|Lovecraft's notes and sketch of an "Elder Thing"]]
	One of the strangest of Mythos creatures, when explorers first found hibernating elder things, they were uncertain whether or not they were plants of animals.		One of the strangest of Mythos creatures, when explorers first found hibernating elder things, they were uncertain whether or not they were plants of animals.

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