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The other gods! The other gods! The gods of the outer hells that guard the feeble gods of earth!... Look away... Go back... Do not see! Do not see! The vengeance of the infinite abysses... That cursed, that damnable pit... Merciful gods of earth, I am falling into the sky!
~ Barzai the Wise after seeing the Outer Gods.

The Outer Gods are the overarching antagonists of the Cthulhu Mythos. They are the most powerful entities in the works of H.P. Lovecraft and are to the Great Old Ones what the latter are to humanity. Needless to say this makes the Outer Gods so utterly alien and vast that no human could even dream of beginning to understand them: though many have tried (at the cost of their sanity). There are 40 known Outer Gods described or mentioned in Lovecraft's corpus.

The Outer Gods serve a cosmic function that the Great Old Ones do not, and although they may be worshiped as gods by madmen and heretics, they care little for such things and are dedicated to their tasks without question. Although they rule over the universe, they do so in a manner humans would consider chaotic at best, and are totally uncaring of the plight of others.

Those who seek aid from the Outer Gods are considered blessed if the entities ignore them. If, by slim chance, the Outer Gods do decide to aid a foolish mortal, they are doomed to an eternity of unimaginable torture and sanity-shattering events, not so much due to any malice on the Outer Gods' part, but because humans simply are not capable of grasping the nature or motivations of these horrific entities.

Known Outer Gods[]

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Outer Gods[]

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Works inspired by the Outer Gods[]

  • The Ogdru-Jahad from the Hellboy-comic series resemble the Outer Gods, while their children, the Ogdru Hem resemble the Great Old Ones.
  • Yokoth and Glythur from the TV show Supernatural. The two consumed most of their universe and were also parents of the "Faceless Hordes".
  • The Black Thing from A Wrinkle in Time. It is the ultimate evil being that plans to consume the entire universe.

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Outer Gods
Abhoth | Azathoth | Cxaxukluth | Daoloth | Ghroth | Hydra | Nyarlathotep | Shub-Niggurath | Tulzscha | Ubbo-Sathla | Yhoundeh | Yibb-Tstll | Yog-Sothoth

Great Old Ones
Adam Wan | Aphoom Zhah | Baoht Z'uqqa-mogg | Bokrug | Byatis | Crom Cruach | Cthugha | Cthulhu | Cthylla | Cyäegha | Dweller in the Gulf | Eihort | Father Dagon | Ghatanothoa | Gla'aki | Hastur | Mother Hydra | Ithaqua | M'nagalah | Rhan-Tegoth | Rlim Shaikorth | Shaurash-ho | Shudde M'ell | Tsathoggua | The Worm That Gnaws In The Night | Toad God | Y'golonac | Yig | Ysbaddaden | Ythogtha | Zhar and Lloigor | Zindarak | Zoth-Ommog | Zstylzhemghi | Zvilpogghua

Deep Ones
Mother Hydra | Father Dagon

Ghouls
Richard Upton Pickman

Hounds of Tindalos
Tind'Losi kutya'i | Mh'ithrha | Ry'lcanisubyth

Horsemen of Nyarlathotep
Sysyphyx | Gr'nuk of Volkunast | The Masked Mute | Gith

Many-Angled Ones
Lloigor | Kthl | Nyerlathortech | Shuma-Gorath | Yot-Soter | Quoggoth | Slorioth

Shoggoths
Albert Schiny | Shoggoth Lord

Tcho-Tcho
E-Poh

The Black Brotherhood
AZAG-THOTH | Chang Chien | Palo Mayombe | AZAG | Tahuti | Wilhelm Reich | Ninshubur

Brotherhood of the Beast
Nephren-Ka | Baron Hauptman | Lang Fu | Dr. Ambrose Cornwalls

Brotherhood of the Black Pharaoh
Aubrey Penhew

Brotherhood of the Skin
Selim Makryat | Mehmet Makryat | Duc des Esseintes | Arturo Faccia | Count Drogo | Baba Yaga | Hound of Tindalos | Skin Beasts

Brotherhood of the Yellow Sign
Magnum Innominandum | Malcolm Quarrie | Thomas Villiers | Roberto Anzalone | Giussppe Colombo | Chemb | Colia Thalna | Druf | Khorbon | Dulius Decula | Milos | Milton Drac | Octavius | Claret | Harcourt | Livius Carbo | Resseka

Church of Starry Wisdom
Professor Enoch Bowen

Cthulhu Cult
Andrada | Castro | Joseph D. Galvez

Cult of the Bloody Tongue
M'Weru | Silas N'Kwane | Rlak-lzo the Unspeakable

De la Poer Family
Delapore | Gilbert De la Poer | Godfrey De la Poer | Lady Margaret De la Poer | Lady Mary de la Poer

Esoteric Order of Dagon
Ahab Marsh | Obed Marsh | Robert Marsh

Creatures
The Children | Colour Out of Space | Dunwich Horror | Elder Things | Flying Polyps | High Priest Not To Be Described | K'n-yanians | Master of the Monolith | Men of Leng | Mi-gos | Player from Beyond the Void | Shambler from the Stars | Shan | Terrible Old Man | Wilbur Whateley | Xothians | Zoogs

Others
Abdul Alhazred | Brown Jenkin | Carl Hill | Chesuncook Witch Coven | Chorazos Cult | Crawford Tillinghast | Dr. Edward Pretorius | Dr. Howard Ashcroft | Ephraim Waite | George Rogers | George Spencer | Gramma Bruckner | Herbert West | Joseph Curwen | Karl Heinrich | Keziah Mason | Lionel Phipps | Ludwig Prinn | Martense Family | Mirdath | Mordred Glendower | Old Whateley | The Koshide Family | The Slaves of the Flame Undying | Todd Farmer | Walakea

Alternate Continuities
Nyarlathotep
The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets | Dusk | The Shore | Sundered

Cthulhu
Dark Dungeons |Underwater

Y'golonac
Putryphemus

Shub-Niggurath
Stephen King | Quake

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