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Nyogtha (the Thing That Should Not Be) appears in [[Henry Kuttner]]'s short story "The Salem Horror" (1937). According to the story, the [[Necronomicon]] refers to Nyogtha as "the Dweller in Darkness"--an epithet used by [[August Derleth]] in the story of the same name to refer to Nyarlathotep; thus, it may be that Nyogtha is yet another of Nyarlathotep's nigh-endless avatars. Nyogtha appears as a shapeless, dark mass.
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Nyogtha (the Thing That Should Not Be) appears in [[Henry Kuttner]]'s short story "The Salem Horror" (1937). According to the story, the [[Necronomicon]] refers to Nyogtha as "the Dweller in Darkness"--an epithet used by [[August Derleth]] in the story of the same name to refer to [[Nyarlathotep]]; thus, it may be that Nyogtha is yet another of Nyarlathotep's nigh-endless avatars. Nyogtha appears as a shapeless, dark mass.

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Nyogtha (the Thing That Should Not Be) appears in Henry Kuttner's short story "The Salem Horror" (1937). According to the story, the Necronomicon refers to Nyogtha as "the Dweller in Darkness"--an epithet used by August Derleth in the story of the same name to refer to Nyarlathotep; thus, it may be that Nyogtha is yet another of Nyarlathotep's nigh-endless avatars. Nyogtha appears as a shapeless, dark mass.