Yog-Sothoth – a.k.a. The Lurker at the Threshold, The Key and the Gate, The Beyond One, Opener of the Way, The All-in-One and the One-in-All – like An of the Sumerians, Osiris of the Egyptians, Vishnu of the Indians, Anu of the Babylonians, Zeus of the Greeks and Jupiter of the Romans
Each of these (apart from Yog-Sothoth) are sky- or sun-gods or gods of the heavens, lords of the constellations, and, the kings of all the other gods, spirits and demons. Supreme in their pantheonsn.3, they existed as one of a triadn.1 of gods – An, Enki and Enlil; Osiris, Isis and Horus; Vishnu, Brahma and Shiva; Anu, Bel and Ea; Zeus, Poseidon and Hades; and Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto. Some – like Zeus – directly involved themselves in the affairs of mankind, whilst others – like Anu – were remote and unlikely to respond to personal appeals (in common with many of today’s governmental leaders!). Yog-Sothoth, however, cannot be said to be one of a trinity unless one was to link him with the all-mighty Azathoth and the all-wise Yibb-Tstll (or, of course Nyarlathotep). He is also remote, except that, like Zeus, he has had congressn.5 with human females – in the case of Yog-Sothoth, the issue was Wilbur Whateley, and in the case of Zeus, too many to mention. Unlike An, Osiris, Vishnu, Anu, Zeus and Jupiter, Yog-Sothoth is neither human nor animal in form, being “a congeries of iridescent globes” – a blood-curdling bubble-bath. Also unlike them he is “…coterminous with all time and space yet is supposedly locked outside of the universe we inhabit.” (Wikipedia entry). This description, from “Through the Gates of the Silver Key”, is prescient in that it sounds counterfactual in terms of the Einsteinian spacetime with which Lovecraft would have been familiar but makes perfect sense as far as the ten dimensions of space (and one of time) of string theory are concerned.
However, BEWARE! To learn too much about this deity is to fiddle around with damnation as Yog-Sothoth requires human sacrifice and/or eternal servitude of all his ‘favourites’.
Each of these (apart from Yog-Sothoth) are sky- or sun-gods or gods of the heavens, lords of the constellations, and, the kings of all the other gods, spirits and demons. Supreme in their pantheonsn.3, they existed as one of a triadn.1 of gods – An, Enki and Enlil; Osiris, Isis and Horus; Vishnu, Brahma and Shiva; Anu, Bel and Ea; Zeus, Poseidon and Hades; and Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto. Some – like Zeus – directly involved themselves in the affairs of mankind, whilst others – like Anu – were remote and unlikely to respond to personal appeals (in common with many of today’s governmental leaders!). Yog-Sothoth, however, cannot be said to be one of a trinity unless one was to link him with the all-mighty Azathoth and the all-wise Yibb-Tstll (or, of course Nyarlathotep). He is also remote, except that, like Zeus, he has had congressn.5 with human females – in the case of Yog-Sothoth, the issue was Wilbur Whateley, and in the case of Zeus, too many to mention. Unlike An, Osiris, Vishnu, Anu, Zeus and Jupiter, Yog-Sothoth is neither human nor animal in form, being “a congeries of iridescent globes” – a blood-curdling bubble-bath. Also unlike them he is “…coterminous with all time and space yet is supposedly locked outside of the universe we inhabit.” (Wikipedia entry). This description, from “Through the Gates of the Silver Key”, is prescient in that it sounds counterfactual in terms of the Einsteinian spacetime with which Lovecraft would have been familiar but makes perfect sense as far as the ten dimensions of space (and one of time) of string theory are concerned.
However, BEWARE! To learn too much about this deity is to fiddle around with damnation as Yog-Sothoth requires human sacrifice and/or eternal servitude of all his ‘favourites’.
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