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 ===Reference works===
 * [[Daniel Harms]] - ''[[The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana]]'' (1998)
 ===Role-playing games===

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-'''Shoggoth''', '''Proto-Shoggoth''', '''Shoggoth Lord''', '''Croatoan''', '''Spawn of Tsathoggua''', '''Gibbering Mouther''', '''Thing'''
+'''Shoggoth'''—not so much living creatures as masses of protoplasm capable of moulding their biomatter into temporary organs—were originally created by the [[Elder Things]] as a servitor race. They were introduced in H. P. Lovecraft's novella ''[[At the Mountains of Madness (fiction)|At the Mountains of Madness]]'', although he had mentioned them only by name in earlier stories. (See also '''Proto-Shoggoth''' and '''Shoggoth Lord'''.)
-Origin:  H.P. Lovecraft, ''[[At the Mountains of Madness (fiction)]]''
+==Description==
+A Shoggoth is a gigantic protoplasmic glob of cells that were created billions of years ago by the Elder Things to be used for manual labor. It is uncertain how intelligent they are. They were originally designed to be nonsentient creatures, but eventually they gained minds of their own and rebelled against their masters.
 [[File:ProtoShoggoth.png|200px|thumb|right|An amorphous Shoggoth...]]
-==Shoggoth Description==
+An average Shoggoth is about 15 feet in diameter when contracted into a sphere, but larger ones exist. The only permanent structures that they seem to have are eyes and mouths, each Shoggoth having dozens of both. Shoggoths are generally amoeba-like and so presumed to capture prey using tentacle-like pseudopods.
-An average Shoggoth is about 15 feet in diameter when contracted into a sphere, but larger ones do exist. The only permanent structures that they seem to have are eyes and mouths, each Shoggoth having dozens of both. Shoggoths are generally Amoeba-like, and so presumed to capture prey using tentacle-like pseudopods.
+Shoggoths often mimic the habits and speech of their old masters, and it is not unusual to hear them shouting "''Tekeli-li''" in the piping voice of the Elder thing. Shoggoths are incredibly strong creatures, and when not being controlled, very aggressive. They are noted as killing their victims by sucking their heads off, and Elder Things also used them as weapons of war.
 Shoggoths are found primarily in Antarctica, the last bastion of the Elder Things, though there is mention of various other cults and groups, such as the [[Deep Ones]], making use of the creatures.
 ==Proto-Shoggoth==
 There is little more than the vaguest hints in Lovecraft's stories to what a proto-shoggoth might be, and how it might differ from other shoggoths; the name implies that a proto-shoggoth is the original form or stock from which the shoggoths were developed by the [[Elder Thing]] scientists, which might or might not have been a formless, protoplasmic slime.  A proto-shoggoth is sometimes reckoned to be a smaller, more flexible/fluid Shoggoth lacking mutational qualities but instead being able to maintain its shape for long periods of time.
 ==Shoggoth Lord==
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 Shoggoth Lords are from Michael Shea's "Fat Face", where (in the form of [[Mr. Albert Shiny]], a Shoggoth Lord masquerades in human form; see also the ''[[At Your Door]]'' RPG materials.
 ==The Pit of Shoggoths==
 See [[N'kai]], a place deep in the [[Hollow Earth]] where the Shoggoths have retreated to build their own nightmare civilization in shadow and secrecy.
 ==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. -->
 * Proto-Shoggoths are smaller, more flexible/liquid [[Shoggoth]]s, lacking the mutational qualities of Shoggoths but instead holding the ability to maintain a shape (such as humanoid) for extended amounts of time, perhaps with the help of a stiff human-shaped suit of leather, rubber, etc.  ([[Sandy Petersen]])
 ==Associated Mythos Elements==
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 * similar races - compare/contrast with:
 ** [[Formless Spawn of Tsathoggua]]
-** [[Thing]]s
+** [[Gibbering Mouther]]
-==References==
+===Role-playing games===
-* Fiction by H.P. Lovecraft:
+* [[Sandy Petersen]] - ''[[S. Petersen's Field Guide to Lovecraftian Horrors]]''
-** ''[[At the Mountains of Madness (fiction)]]''
+* [[:Category:CoC:Shoggoth scenarios|List of Call of Cthulhu Shoggoth scenarios]]
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-'''Shoggoth''', '''Proto-Shoggoth''', '''Shoggoth Lord''', '''Croatoan''', '''Spawn of Tsathoggua''', '''Gibbering Mouther'''
+'''Shoggoth''', '''Proto-Shoggoth''', '''Shoggoth Lord''', '''Croatoan''', '''Spawn of Tsathoggua''', '''Gibbering Mouther''', '''Thing'''
 Origin:  H.P. Lovecraft, ''[[At the Mountains of Madness (fiction)]]''
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 ** Proto-Shoggoth
 ** Shoggoth Lord
 ==References==

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 Origin:  H.P. Lovecraft, ''[[At the Mountains of Madness (fiction)]]''
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 ** ''[[The Thing on the Doorstep (fiction)]]''
 ** ''[[The Shadow Over Innsmouth (fiction)]]''
+* Film:  ''[[Phantoms (1998 film)]]''
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 ==Shoggoth Description==
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-Sculptured images of these shoggoths filled Danforth and me with horror and loathing. They were normally shapeless entities composed of a viscous jelly which looked like an agglutination of bubbles; and each averaged about fifteen feet in diameter when a sphere. They had, however, a constantly shifting shape and volume; throwing out temporary developments or forming apparent organs of sight, hearing, and speech in imitation of their masters, either spontaneously or according to suggestion...  The newly-bred shoggoths grew to enormous size and singular intelligence, and were represented as taking and executing orders with marvellous quickness. They seemed to converse with the Old Ones by mimicking their voices — a sort of musical piping over a wide range, if poor Lake's dissection had indicated aright — and to work more from spoken commands than from hypnotic suggestions as in earlier times...."
+Sculptured images of these '''shoggoths''' filled Danforth and me with horror and loathing. They were normally shapeless entities composed of a viscous jelly which looked like an agglutination of bubbles; and each averaged about fifteen feet in diameter when a sphere. They had, however, a constantly shifting shape and volume; throwing out temporary developments or forming apparent organs of sight, hearing, and speech in imitation of their masters, either spontaneously or according to suggestion...  The newly-bred shoggoths grew to enormous size and singular intelligence, and were represented as taking and executing orders with marvellous quickness. They seemed to converse with the Old Ones by mimicking their voices — a sort of musical piping over a wide range, if poor Lake's dissection had indicated aright — and to work more from spoken commands than from hypnotic suggestions as in earlier times...."
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 ==Shoggoth Description==
 An average Shoggoth is about 15 feet in diameter when contracted into a sphere, but larger ones do exist. The only permanent structures that they seem to have are eyes and mouths, each Shoggoth having dozens of both. Shoggoths are generally Amoeba-like, and so presumed to capture prey using tentacle-like pseudopods.
 Shoggoths often mimic the habits and speech of their old masters, and it is not unusual to hear them shouting "''Tekeli-li''"  in the piping voice of the Elder thing. Shoggoths are incredibly strong creatures, and when not being controlled, very aggressive. They are noted as killing their victims by sucking their heads off, and it is noted that Elder Things used them as weapons of war.
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 Shoggoth Lords are from Michael Shea's "Fat Face", where (in the form of [[Mr. Albert Shiny]], a Shoggoth Lord masquerades in human form; see also the ''[[At Your Door]]'' RPG materials.
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 <!-- 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. -->
 * Proto-Shoggoths are smaller, more flexible/liquid [[Shoggoth]]s, lacking the mutational qualities of Shoggoths but instead holding the ability to maintain a shape (such as humanoid) for extended amounts of time, perhaps with the help of a stiff human-shaped suit of leather, rubber, etc.  ([[Sandy Petersen]])
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 ==Associated Mythos Elements==
-* tome:  ''[[Necronomicon]]''
+* tome:  ''[[Necronomicon]]'' - the tome's author claims that Shoggoths have never been on Earth
-* race:  [[Shoggoth]]
+* races:
-* race:  [[Shoggoth Lord]]
+** Shoggoth
 ==References==
-* Fiction: H.P. Lovecraft, ''[[At the Mountains of Madness (fiction)]]''
+* Fiction by H.P. Lovecraft:
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