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	===Reference works===		===Reference works===
	* [[Daniel Harms]] - ''[[The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana]]'' (1998)		* [[Daniel Harms]] - ''[[The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana]]'' (1998)
			* sourcebook: ''[[Malleus Monstrorum]]''


	===Role-playing games===		===Role-playing games===

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	* Keith Herber - ''[[The Keeper's Companion, Vol. 1]]''		* [[Keith Herber]] - ''[[The Keeper's Companion, Vol. 1]]''
	* List of [[:Category:CoC:Shan_scenarios \| Call of Cthulhu scenarios featuring the Insects from Shaggai (Shan)]]		* List of [[:Category:CoC:Shan_scenarios \| Call of Cthulhu scenarios featuring the Insects from Shaggai (Shan)]]

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	'''Shan''', AKA '''Insects from Shaggai'''		'''Shan''', AKA '''Insects from Shaggai'''

	Origin: The Insects from Shaggai are primarily described in [[Ramsey Campbell]]'s "[[The Insects from Shaggai (fiction)]]", ~~and seem to have been~~ inspired by a dream noted in ~~the~~ [[Commonplace Book (fiction)~~]] of [[H.P. Lovecraft~~]].		Origin: The Insects from Shaggai are primarily described in [[Ramsey Campbell]]'s "[[The Insects from Shaggai (fiction)\|The Insects from Shaggai]]", seemingly inspired by a dream H.P. Lovecraft noted in his [[Commonplace Book (fiction)\|Commonplace Book]].

	==Description==		==Description==
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	"At last a shape appeared, flapping above the ground on leathery wings. The thing which flew whirring toward me was followed by a train of others, wings slapping the air at incredible speed... I could ... make out many more details... Those huge lidless eyes which stared in hate at me, the jointed tendrils which seemed to twist from the head in cosmic rhythms, the ten legs, covered with black shining tentacles and folded into the pallid underbody, and the semi-circular ridged wings covered with triangular scales... I saw the three mouths of the thing move moistly, and then it was upon me... [not] strictly material [but] constructed of some alien matter which allow its atoms to exist conterminously with those of my body...."		"At last a shape appeared, flapping above the ground on leathery wings. The thing which flew whirring toward me was followed by a train of others, wings slapping the air at incredible speed... I could ... make out many more details... Those huge lidless eyes which stared in hate at me, the jointed tendrils which seemed to twist from the head in cosmic rhythms, the ten legs, covered with black shining tentacles and folded into the pallid underbody, and the semi-circular ridged wings covered with triangular scales... I saw the three mouths of the thing move moistly, and then it was upon me... [not] strictly material [but] constructed of some alien matter which allow its atoms to exist conterminously with those of my body...."
	<br>— [[Ramsey Campbell]], "[[The Insects from Shaggai (fiction)]]"		<br>— [[Ramsey Campbell]], "[[The Insects from Shaggai (fiction)\|The Insects from Shaggai]]"
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	The Shan, ~~or "~~Insects from Shaggai", are a little larger than terrestrial insects, with ridged and scaled leathery wings, huge lidless eyes, jointed tendrils which twist "from the head in cosmic rhythms", ten legs covered with shiny black tentacles that fold into their pallid underbody, and the three mouths on its head, controlled by three compartmentalized personalities cohabiting a six-lobed brain.		The Shan, a.k.a. the Insects from Shaggai, are a little larger than terrestrial insects, with ridged and scaled leathery wings, huge lidless eyes, jointed tendrils which twist "from the head in cosmic rhythms", ten legs covered with shiny black tentacles that fold into their pallid underbody, and the three mouths on its head, controlled by three compartmentalized personalities cohabiting a six-lobed brain.

	The Shan find Earth a hostile place to live, in particular due to solar radiation, which the Shan find deadly in extended exposure. The creatures appear to be capable of thought transference on physical contact with a human brain, effected by the incorporeal, immaterial composition of the creatures, which allows them to pass easily through the solid matter of human flesh and bone, directly into the human brain, allowing the target to remember the insect's vast and alien memories, as well as the merger or replacement of human and shan minds.


	~~==Heresies and Controversies==~~
	<!-- Optional. This is a good place to include non-canon and controversial aspects of the creature's mythos. Suggested Alternative Theories include: Derleth's elemental scheme; pseudo-science interpretation; "fanon" interpretations; unofficial humorous or eccentric versions; identification with "Real Life" mythological, religious, folklore, natural, and historical phenomena; rumor and speculation contribute some flexibility and ambiguity to the mythos. -->
	* Alternative_theory. ([[source]])


	~~==Keeper Notes==~~
	~~<!-- Optional. Suggestions for using these creatures in the CoC RPG, and in fan-fiction. -->~~

			The Shan find Earth a hostile place to live, in particular due to solar radiation, which the Shan find deadly in extended exposure. The creatures appear to be capable of thought transference on physical contact with a human brain, effected by the incorporeal, immaterial composition of the creatures, which allows them to pass easily through the solid matter of human flesh and bone, directly into the human brain, allowing the target to remember the insect's vast and alien memories, as well as the merger or replacement of human and Shan minds.

	==Associated Mythos Elements==		==Associated Mythos Elements==
	* ~~tome~~:		* Tome:
	** ''[[Massa di Requiem per Shuggay]]''		** ''[[Massa di Requiem per Shuggay]]''
	* ~~artifact~~:		* Artifact:
	** [[Shan Temple-City]] (teleporting space-ship/city objects containing a temple-like portal to [[Azathoth]] in its lower levels, possibly as a source of energy)		** [[Shan Temple-City]] (teleporting space-ship/city objects containing a temple-like portal to [[Azathoth]] in its lower levels, possibly as a source of energy)
	* ~~deity~~:		* Deities:
	** [[Azathoth]]		** [[Azathoth]]
	** [[Dzéwà]]		** [[Dzéwà]]
	** [[Ghroth]], the Harbinger (supposedly destroyed Shaggai, according to ''[[Encyclopaedia Cthulhiana]]'', ''[[Lovecraftian Science blog]]'', and possibly [[Ramsey Campbell]]'s "[[The Tugging (fiction)]]"?)		** [[Ghroth]], the Harbinger (supposedly destroyed Shaggai, according to ''[[Encyclopaedia Cthulhiana]]'', ''[[Lovecraftian Science blog]]'', and possibly [[Ramsey Campbell]]'s "[[The Tugging (fiction)\|The Tugging]]"?)
	** [[Lrogg]], possibly an avatar of [[Nyarlathotep]]		** [[Lrogg]], possibly an avatar of [[Nyarlathotep]]
	* ~~race~~:		* Race:
	** [[Being of Xiclotl]]		** [[Being of Xiclotl]]
	** [[Inhabitant of L'gy'hx]]		** [[Inhabitant of L'gy'hx]]
	* ~~location~~:		* Locations:
	** [[Shaggai]], a world orbiting twin emerald-green suns		** [[Shaggai]], a world orbiting twin emerald-green suns
	** [[Goatswood]] (a temple city landed here)		** [[Goatswood]] (a temple city landed here)
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	** [[Thuggon]]		** [[Thuggon]]
	** [[L'gy'hx]] ([[Uranus]])		** [[L'gy'hx]] ([[Uranus]])
	* ~~cult~~:		* Cults:
	** [[Cult of Azathoth]]		** [[Cult of Azathoth]]
	** [[PISCES]] (infiltration in the '60s and '70s)		** [[PISCES]] (infiltration in the '60s and '70s)
	** [[Army of the Third Eye]] terrorist organization		** [[Army of the Third Eye]] terrorist organization
			==References==
			* Lovecraftian Science Blog: [https://lovecraftianscience.wordpress.com/2016/02/20/the-insects-from-shaggai-part-1-alien-matter/ Alien Matter], [https://lovecraftianscience.wordpress.com/2016/02/28/the-insects-from-shaggai-part-2-modes-of-inter-dimensional-nutrition/ Nutrition], [https://lovecraftianscience.wordpress.com/2016/03/23/the-insects-from-shaggai-part-3-the-destruction-of-shaggai/ Shaggai], [https://lovecraftianscience.wordpress.com/2016/04/03/ghroth-the-harbinger/ Ghroth], [https://lovecraftianscience.wordpress.com/2016/04/17/the-arrival-of-the-insects-of-shaggai-part-1/ The Arrival of the Insects from Shaggai Part 1], [https://lovecraftianscience.wordpress.com/2016/04/23/the-arrival-of-the-insects-of-shaggai-part-2/ Part 2]


			==Appearances==
			===Fiction===
			* [[H.P. Lovecraft]] - "[[Commonplace Book (fiction)\|Commonplace Book]]"
			* [[Ramsey Campbell]] - "[[The Insects from Shaggai (fiction)\|The Insects from Shaggai]]"
			* [[Diane Sammarco]] - "[[The Queen]]"

	==~~References~~==		===Reference works===
	* ~~fiction: "~~[[~~Commonplace Book (fiction)~~]]~~" by [[H.P. Lovecraft]]~~		* [[Daniel Harms]] - ''[[The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana]]'' (1998)
	* fiction: "[[The ~~Insects from Shaggai (fiction)]]" by [[Ramsey Campbell]]~~
	* Lovecraftian Science Blog: ([https://lovecraftianscience.wordpress.com/2016/02/20/the-insects-from-shaggai-part-1-alien-matter/ Alien Matter]), ([https://lovecraftianscience.wordpress.com/2016/02/28/the-insects-from-shaggai-part-2-modes-of-inter-dimensional-nutrition/ Nutrition]), ([https://lovecraftianscience.wordpress.com/2016/03/23/the-insects-from-shaggai-part-3-the-destruction-of-shaggai/ Shaggai]~~), ([https://lovecraftianscience.wordpress.com/2016/04/03/ghroth-the-harbinger/ Ghroth~~]), ([https://lovecraftianscience.wordpress.com/2016/04/17/the-arrival-of-the-insects-of-shaggai-part-1/ Part 1]), ([https://lovecraftianscience.wordpress.com/2016/04/23/the-arrival-of-the-insects-of-shaggai-part-2/ Part 2])
	* [http://www.yog-sothoth.com/wiki/index.php/Category:CoC:Shan_scenarios Call of Cthulhu Scenarios]

			===Role-playing games===
			* Keith Herber - ''[[The Keeper's Companion, Vol. 1]]''
			* List of [[:Category:CoC:Shan_scenarios \| Call of Cthulhu scenarios featuring the Insects from Shaggai (Shan)]]

	[[Category:Races]]		[[Category:Races]]

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Associated Mythos Elements: Dzéwà (unnamed plant-god in Insects from Shaggai; named in TOC scenario "The Lord of the Jungle", featured "Shadows Over Filmland"

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	* deity:		* deity:
	** [[Azathoth]]		** [[Azathoth]]
			** [[Dzéwà]]
	** [[Ghroth]], the Harbinger (supposedly destroyed Shaggai, according to ''[[Encyclopaedia Cthulhiana]]'', ''[[Lovecraftian Science blog]]'', and possibly [[Ramsey Campbell]]'s "[[The Tugging (fiction)]]"?)		** [[Ghroth]], the Harbinger (supposedly destroyed Shaggai, according to ''[[Encyclopaedia Cthulhiana]]'', ''[[Lovecraftian Science blog]]'', and possibly [[Ramsey Campbell]]'s "[[The Tugging (fiction)]]"?)
	** [[Lrogg]], possibly an avatar of [[Nyarlathotep]]		** [[Lrogg]], possibly an avatar of [[Nyarlathotep]]
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	** [[Being of Xiclotl]]		** [[Being of Xiclotl]]
	** [[Inhabitant of L'gy'hx]]		** [[Inhabitant of L'gy'hx]]
	** [[Triffid]]
	* location:		* location:
	** [[Shaggai]], a world orbiting twin emerald-green suns		** [[Shaggai]], a world orbiting twin emerald-green suns
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	** [[PISCES]] (infiltration in the '60s and '70s)		** [[PISCES]] (infiltration in the '60s and '70s)
	** [[Army of the Third Eye]] terrorist organization		** [[Army of the Third Eye]] terrorist organization


	==References==		==References==

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	** [[Ghroth]], the Harbinger (supposedly destroyed Shaggai, according to ''[[Encyclopaedia Cthulhiana]]'', ''[[Lovecraftian Science blog]]'', and possibly [[Ramsey Campbell]]'s "The Tugging"?)		** [[Ghroth]], the Harbinger (supposedly destroyed Shaggai, according to ''[[Encyclopaedia Cthulhiana]]'', ''[[Lovecraftian Science blog]]'', and possibly [[Ramsey Campbell]]'s "[[The Tugging (fiction)]]"?)
	** [[Lrogg]], possibly an avatar of [[Nyarlathotep]]		** [[Lrogg]], possibly an avatar of [[Nyarlathotep]]
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	==Description==		==Description==

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