Category:Xothan: Difference between revisions

Lin Carter's "Xothic Cycle", detailed in the short stories collected in The Xothic Legend Cycle, described the race of aliens which invaded Darth from planet Xoth in prehistory: Great Cthulhu, and the various "Star-Spawn" fathered on Idh-yaa the World-Maggot which accompanied their father and High Priest through space in conquest of the Earth, together with their various servitor races.

Elements of this sub-Mythos include:

Great Old Ones:

• Cthulhu, said to be the "husband" of Idh-yaa
• Dagon and Hydra, either exceptional members of the Deep One servitor race, or Great Old Ones in their own right, or even Cthulhu itself, depending on who you ask
• Zoth-Ommog, said to be the son of Cthulhu
• Ythogtha, said to be the son of Cthulhu
• Cthylla, said to be the daughter of Cthulhu
• Ghatanothoa, said to be the spawn of Cthulhu
• Gloon, a Great Old One associated with the Deep Ones
• Ub-B'gzth AKA Ubb, apparently related in some way to Zoth-Ommog
• Chaat, another soggy Great Old One with a suspicious resemblance to the likes of Cthulhu or Dagon
• Hastur, said to be a "brother" of Cthulhu, with a very similar octopoid appearance
• Tsathoggua, said to originate on Xoth as well as a "cousin" of Cthulhu

Servitor Races:

• Star-Spawn of Cthulhu AKA Xothan (the catch-all name for the Great Old Ones and races descended from planet Xoth)
• Deep One, a fishy alien race that serves Cthulhu and Dagon
• Deep One Hybrids, hybrids between Deep Ones and humans
• Child of Chaat, a sort of Deep One-like race that serves Chaat
• Servant of Gloon, a sort of Deep One-like race that serves Gloon
• Yugg, a sort of Deep One-like race, resembling Zoth-Ommog, which serves Ub-B'gzth
• Yuggya, a hybrid Yugg

Locations:

• Abyss of Yhe, near Ponape and R'lyeh
• Lake Hali, on Carcosa
• Planet Xoth, home planet of the Xothan race, which is clustered with Abbith, Ymar, and Zaoth

Tomes and Cults:

• The Ponape Scripture, details the history, nature, and mythos of the Xothan cults
• Chaat Aquadingen, similar content to The Ponape Scripture
• Esoteric Order of Dagon, cult connected to Devil's Reef and Innsmouth by way of Captain Obed Marsh, who established the cult after making a terrible bargain with the Deep Ones; serves Cthulhu under the name "Dagon' with a bastardized version of the Cthulhu Mythos
• Cult of Cthulhu, world-spanning cult serving Cthulhu
• Fellowship Within the Water, a comparatively peaceful cult of people who believe themselves to be Children of Chaat (which could possibly include other, similar races like Deep Ones)