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| | The '''Ramsey Campbell deities''' are supernatural entities created for the [[Cthulhu Mythos]] universe of shared fiction by British horror writer [[Ramsey Campbell]]. | | The '''Ramsey Campbell deities''' are supernatural entities created for the [[Cthulhu Mythos]] universe of shared fiction by British horror writer [[Ramsey Campbell]]. |
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| | ==Daoloth== | | ==Daoloth== |
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| − | [Daoloth was not] shapeless, but so complex that the eye could recognize no describable shape. There were hemispheres and shining metal, coupled by long plastic rods. The rods were of a flat gray color, so that he could not make out which were nearer; they merged into a flat mass from which protruded individual cylinders. As he looked at it, he had a curious feeling that eyes gleamed from between these rods; but wherever he glanced at the construction, he saw only the spaces between them. | |
| − | <br>—[[Ramsey Campbell]], "The Render of the Veils"
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| − | '''Daoloth''' (''The Render of Veils'' or ''The Parter of Veils'') dwells in [[dimension]]s beyond the three we know. His astrologer-priests are said to be able to see the past and the future and even how objects extend into and travel between different dimensions.
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| − | Daoloth's indescribable shape causes viewers to go mad at the sight of him; thus, he must be summoned in pitch-black darkness. If not held within some kind of magical containment, he continues to expand and expand—perhaps even at an infinite rate. Those enveloped by the god are transported to utterly bizarre and remote worlds, usually perishing as a result. Daoloth's worship is rare on earth.
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| − | ==Eihort==<!-- This section is linked from [[Great Old One]] --> | |
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| − | '''Eihort''' (''God of the Labyrinth'') first appeared "in person" in [[Ramsey Campbell]]'s short story "Before the Storm" ([[1980 in literature|1980]]). However, the being was first mentioned in Campbell's "The Franklyn Paragraphs" ([[1973 in literature|1973]]).
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| − | Eihort lives in a network of tunnels deep beneath the [[Severn Valley (Cthulhu Mythos)|Severn Valley]] in [[England]]. It appears as a "bloated [[wikt:blanched|blanched]] oval supported on myriad fleshless legs" with eyes continuously forming in its [[wikt:gelatinous|gelatinous]] body. When it captures a mortal, it offers the captive a ''bargain''. If the captive refuses, Eihort smashes the victim to death. If the captive accepts the bargain, the horror implants its immature ''brood'' inside the victim's body. The [[wikt:brood|brood]] will eventually mature and kill the host. According to the ''[[Cthulhu Mythos arcane literature#Revelations of Glaaki|Revelations of Glaaki]]'', after the fall of humanity Eihort's brood will be born into light. (Harms, "Eihort", ''Encyclopedia Cthulhiana'', p. 96).
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| − | "Ei" and "Hort" are nouns of the modern German language, "Ei" meaning "egg" and "Hort" meaning "hoard".
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| | ==Glaaki== | | ==Glaaki== |
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| | See [[Glaaki]]. | | See [[Glaaki]]. |
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| | ==Ghroth==<!-- This section is linked from [[Outer God]] --> | | ==Ghroth==<!-- This section is linked from [[Outer God]] --> |
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| − | [A] nineteenth century British cult believed in [a] [[comet]]-god who sang to the [[star]]s and [[planet]]s as it passed by them in its [[orbit]]. They said it destroyed those worlds it passed, by waking up [[demon]]s or ancient gods ... who slept on each world. | |
| − | <br>—Kevin A. Ross, "The Music of the Spheres"
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| − | '''Ghroth''' (''the Harbinger'') resembles a small, rust-colored [[planet]] or [[moon]] with a single, gigantic red eye which it can close to avoid detection. Ghroth drifts throughout the universe singing its [[siren song]], the ''Music of the Spheres''. As it swings by a planet, any [[Great Old One]] or Outer God sleeping there is awakened by the song. This usually results in the extinction of all life on the planet or perhaps even the utter destruction of the planet itself. (Kevin A. Ross, "The Music Of The Spheres", ''Made In Goatswood'', pp. 211 & 222).
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| − | Ghroth is believed to be responsible for the periodic [[mass extinction]]s that wiped out 90% of all life on earth, including the extinction of the [[dinosaur]]s at the end of the [[Cretaceous]] era. It may also have caused the destruction of the planet [[Cthulhu Mythos celestial bodies#Shaggai|Shaggai]], the homeworld of the intelligent, insect-like [[Insect from Shaggai|Shan]]. (Daniel Harms, "Ghroth", ''The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana'', pp. 118 & 119) For this reason, Ghroth is also known as ''Nemesis'', or the ''Death Star'', named after the [[Nemesis (star)|Nemesis Hypothesis]], first proposed by American [[astronomer]]s [[David Raup]] and [[Jack Sepkoski]].
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| | ==The Horror Under Warrendown== | | ==The Horror Under Warrendown== |
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| − | The Horror Under Warrendown was created by [[United Kingdom|British]] [[author]] [[Ramsey Campbell]] for his [[short story]] of the same name ([[1995 in literature|1995]]).
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| − | The Horror, which lives under Campbell's invented village of [[Warrendown]] in Campbell's [[Severn Valley]] setting, resembles one of the giant, [[wikt:cephalic|cephalic]] statues of [[Easter Island]], the [[Moai]], albeit one completely covered with vegetation. The plants, however, do not grow separately from the statue, but are in fact part of the Horror itself. It can extend vine-like [[wikt:tentacles|tentacles]] to capture a victim or to give a [[wikt:communion|communion]] offering to a worshipper.
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| − | The Horror possesses a strange [[wikt:mutagenic|mutagenic]] ability: Anyone who partakes of its flesh (i.e., the vegetables that grow from its plant-like overgrowth) will eventually transform into a grotesque, rabbit-like [[mutant]]. These mutants worship and serve the Horror, and are dedicated to tricking others into joining their [[cult]] by offering them fresh vegetables harvested from it. (Campbell, The Horror Under Warrendown, ''Made in Goatswood'', pp. 253–68).
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| − | While the Horror is unnamed in Campbell's story, it was given the name "The Green God" in the [[Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game)|Call of Cthulhu role-playing game]].
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| − | A similar plant-like deity named E'ilor is mentioned in the short story "Correlated Contents" by James Ambuehl. Like the Horror, E'ilor dwells in a large cavern deep beneath a small farming village in the [[Severn Valley]], and possesses vine-like tentacles which can be used for capturing prey or offering communal sacrifices. Both of these deities receive brief mention in the multi-volume [[grimoire]] ''[[Cthulhu Mythos arcane literature#Revelations of Glaaki|Revelations of Glaaki]]''.
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| − | ==Y'golonac==
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| − | See [[Y'golonac]].
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