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| − | The Spawn of Yig are from H. P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop's | + | The '''Spawn of Yig''' are from [[H. P. Lovecraft]] and [[Zealia Bishop]]'s "[[The Curse of Yig (fiction)]]". |
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| + | The moving object was almost of human size, and entirely devoid of clothing. It was absolutely hairless, and its tawny-looking back seemed subtly squamous in the dim, ghoulish light. Around the shoulders it was rather speckled and brownish, and the head was very curiously flat. As it looked up to hiss at me I saw that the beady little black eyes were damnably anthropoid, but I could not bear to study them long. They fastened themselves on me with horrible persistence, so that I closed the panel gaspingly and left the creature to wriggle about unseen in its matted straw and spectral twilight. | ||
| + | <br>— [[H. P. Lovecraft]] and [[Zealia Bishop]], "[[The Curse of Yig (fiction)]]" | ||
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| + | The hybrid offspring of [[Yig]] and some other mortal being, typically humanoid or serpent, resulting in a troglodytic creature with a mix of human, serpent, and alien features, generally including rudimentary limbs, a flattish head, a wide and venomous mouth, pale and vaguely scaly skin. The Spawn of Yig are troglodytic, rarely appearing above ground, and if killed will usually rapidly decay into a pool a black goo. | ||
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| + | ==Heresies and Controversies== | ||
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| + | ==Keeper Notes== | ||
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| + | ==Associated Mythos Elements== | ||
| + | * deity: [[Yig]] | ||
| + | * race: compare/contrast to [[Serpent People]] | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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| + | * fiction: [[H. P. Lovecraft]] and [[Zealia Bishop]]'s "[[The Curse of Yig (fiction)]]" | ||
| + | * film: ''[[Lair of the White Worm (1988 film)]]'' | ||
| + | * sourcebook: ''[[Malleus Monstrorum]]'' | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:40, 4 July 2022
The Spawn of Yig are from H. P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop's "The Curse of Yig (fiction)".
Description
The moving object was almost of human size, and entirely devoid of clothing. It was absolutely hairless, and its tawny-looking back seemed subtly squamous in the dim, ghoulish light. Around the shoulders it was rather speckled and brownish, and the head was very curiously flat. As it looked up to hiss at me I saw that the beady little black eyes were damnably anthropoid, but I could not bear to study them long. They fastened themselves on me with horrible persistence, so that I closed the panel gaspingly and left the creature to wriggle about unseen in its matted straw and spectral twilight.
— H. P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop, "The Curse of Yig (fiction)"
The hybrid offspring of Yig and some other mortal being, typically humanoid or serpent, resulting in a troglodytic creature with a mix of human, serpent, and alien features, generally including rudimentary limbs, a flattish head, a wide and venomous mouth, pale and vaguely scaly skin. The Spawn of Yig are troglodytic, rarely appearing above ground, and if killed will usually rapidly decay into a pool a black goo.
Heresies and Controversies
Keeper Notes
Associated Mythos Elements
- deity: Yig
- race: compare/contrast to Serpent People
References
- fiction: H. P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop's "The Curse of Yig (fiction)"
- film: Lair of the White Worm (1988 film)
- sourcebook: Malleus Monstrorum
