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| − | Juk-Shabb (also known as ''The God of Yekub'') is a [[Great Old Ones ( | + | Juk-Shabb (also known as ''The God of Yekub'') is a [[Great Old Ones (Deities)|Great Old One]] that debuted in "The Challenge from Beyond" (1935), a "round robin" commissioned for ''Fantasy Magazine'', written by [[C. L. Moore]], [[A. Merritt]], [[H. P. Lovecraft]], [[Robert E. Howard]] and [[Frank Belknap Long]]. |
Juk-Shabb appears as a shining sphere of energy, using telepathy and color changes to communicate with its worshippers, the centipede-like creatures from planet [[Cthulhu Mythos celestial bodies#Yekub|Yekub]] (see [[Inhabitants of Yekub]]). | Juk-Shabb appears as a shining sphere of energy, using telepathy and color changes to communicate with its worshippers, the centipede-like creatures from planet [[Cthulhu Mythos celestial bodies#Yekub|Yekub]] (see [[Inhabitants of Yekub]]). | ||
Revision as of 00:10, 8 March 2016
The ultimate tier was a purple cone, from the apex of which a blue smoky mist drifted upward to a sphere that poised in mid-air - a sphere that shone like translucent ivory.
This, the deep-grooved memories of Tothe told Campbell, was the god of Yekub, though why the people of Yekub feared and worshipped it had been forgotten a million years.
—C. L. Moore, A. Merritt, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard and Frank Belknap Long, The Challenge from Beyond
Juk-Shabb (also known as The God of Yekub) is a Great Old One that debuted in "The Challenge from Beyond" (1935), a "round robin" commissioned for Fantasy Magazine, written by C. L. Moore, A. Merritt, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard and Frank Belknap Long.
Juk-Shabb appears as a shining sphere of energy, using telepathy and color changes to communicate with its worshippers, the centipede-like creatures from planet Yekub (see Inhabitants of Yekub).
