Old Gods (SCP Foundation)

""As long as so many people believe we are doing terrible things, the monster will continue to believe we are doing terrible things. There is power in symbols, doctor. The old gods know this, and the old gods are bound by it. The Scarlet King does not have eyes to see brutality, does not have ears to hear screams, does not have a nose to smell blood. But the Scarlet King can sense fear, and we have given it fear. Fear alone is all that it ever required.""

- Dr Oliver Targus.

The Old Gods, sometimes also known as the Low Elder Gods, are a loose pantheon of eldritch deities, many of which serve as a major antagonists in the universe of the SCP Foundation.

Overview
(Note: Due to the SCP Foundation-universe having no official canon, the Old Gods are a very loose concept within the, though there a subtle conection's exist in different tales and articles)

Inspired by the Great Old Ones from H.P. Lovecraft (though also being based on real religions, myths and folklore), the Old Gods are among the most powerful beings in the multiverse, usually being beyond the comprehension of humans in terms of scale, power or motivation. Despite, unlike their Lovecraftian inspiration, it appears that humanity can, at least sometimes, hold up against the the Old Gods.

An example for this is SCP-2845: The entity came to Earth on a comet and started to cause havoc, but with much effort the Foundation, with the help of the Global Occult Coalition and at least another occult organisation managed to contain the being with a six-step ritual.

Overview

 * Scarlet King
 * Yaldabaoth (SCP-Foundation)
 * Mekhane
 * Hanged King
 * SCP-2845
 * Jeser