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* author: ? | * author: ? | ||
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* Number of known copies (if rare): ? | * Number of known copies (if rare): ? | ||
| − | * Last known location of surviving copies (if rare): | + | * Last known location of surviving copies (if rare): The [[Orne Library]] at [[Miskatonic University]] |
Physical Description: ? | Physical Description: ? | ||
| − | General Content: Unknown, but presumably contains descriptions of rites and formulae for preparing the way for [[Yog-Sothoth]] to unlock the gates to the [[Great Old Ones]]. | + | General Content: Unknown, but presumably contains descriptions in verse of rites and formulae for preparing the way for [[Yog-Sothoth]] to unlock the gates to the [[Great Old Ones]]. |
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* The film ''[[Strange_Aeons:_The_Thing_on_the_Doorstep_(2005_film)|Stranger Aeons (2005 film)]]'' seems to suggest that this is a major tome in the possession of or accessible by first [[Ephraim Waite]] and then his daughter, useful for disrupting attempts to open the way for [[Yog-Sothoth]] but apparently not quite as dangerous as the ''[[Necronomicon]]'' (which should be avoided for this purpose). It evidently made its way into the forbidden books collection at the [[Orne Library]]. | * The film ''[[Strange_Aeons:_The_Thing_on_the_Doorstep_(2005_film)|Stranger Aeons (2005 film)]]'' seems to suggest that this is a major tome in the possession of or accessible by first [[Ephraim Waite]] and then his daughter, useful for disrupting attempts to open the way for [[Yog-Sothoth]] but apparently not quite as dangerous as the ''[[Necronomicon]]'' (which should be avoided for this purpose). It evidently made its way into the forbidden books collection at the [[Orne Library]]. | ||
| + | * In "The Torturers of Zykakis", described as a book of ritualistic verse. [J.R.Fultz/J.Burns] | ||
[[Category:Mythos:Tomes]] | [[Category:Mythos:Tomes]] | ||
Revision as of 06:47, 4 December 2017
Title: The Book of Yog-Sothoth
Contents
Description=
Liber Yog-Sothoth
- author: ?
- Language: Latin
- Number of known copies (if rare): ?
- Last known location of surviving copies (if rare): The Orne Library at Miskatonic University
Physical Description: ?
General Content: Unknown, but presumably contains descriptions in verse of rites and formulae for preparing the way for Yog-Sothoth to unlock the gates to the Great Old Ones.
Mythos Content
- Spells: Suggested Contact Yog-Sothoth, Summon Yog-Sothoth, Contact/Summon/Bind Byakhee, Gate, etc.
- Sanity Loss: ?
- Mythos Knowledge: ?
Quotes
Appearances
Associated Mythos Elements
- entity: Yog-Sothoth
Heresies and Controversies
- Also exists in "real life" as a limited-edition art book by John Coughlin, Liber Yog-Sothoth ("The Book of Yog-Sothoth"), The High Priest edition, Cold Springs, NY: Waning Moon Publications, 2007
Keeper Notes
- The film Stranger Aeons (2005 film) seems to suggest that this is a major tome in the possession of or accessible by first Ephraim Waite and then his daughter, useful for disrupting attempts to open the way for Yog-Sothoth but apparently not quite as dangerous as the Necronomicon (which should be avoided for this purpose). It evidently made its way into the forbidden books collection at the Orne Library.
- In "The Torturers of Zykakis", described as a book of ritualistic verse. [J.R.Fultz/J.Burns]
