Exploring the Cthulhu Mythos: Great Old One Roundup

[@PatrickEngSU]

So azathoth is the computer simulating our universe. Yog Sothoth is the computer's or simulation's AI. and nyarlathotep is the kid at the keyboard that plays in the simulation

[@McFasty3924]

Perhaps, cool idea dude. I Like to think that It's actually all Nyarlathotep. It's just him, walking the earth like Randall Flagg in Stephen kings universe. Nyarlathotep seems to be sufficient in power to achieve this too, he could literally have invented other entities for people to fixate on, thus drawing attention away from himself so he can manipulate even more effectively, with confusion and chaos =]

[@unitybonez]

I'm writing a book elaborating upon this theory and linking the mythos to real archeological sites... I've written few articles on the subject, but they are in Italian, so this is a summary: Azathoth is the primal chaos, the lesser gods channel his energy via sound, generating our holo-reality. Yog Sothoth is the ether, as in EM field, and is what's known as the akashic fields.....for the rest wait for the book. lol

[@Almighty_Mage]

Nick Sothep I'd like to read your book

[@miskatonic_alumni]

Nick Sothep Shoot me a link, brother.

[@gilbertoignacioaguirrevarg4550]

Patrick DaMao and they are all ugly

[@maxbrandt6]

And to think, all this was created way back in the 1920s and 1930s then largely forgotten about until the mid 1980s when someone grew tired of D&D and produced the Call of Cthulhu rpg.

[@elgatochurro]

I doubt it, Gary Gigax seemed like quite the fan

[@fredrikgranstrom6743]

Crazy!

[@alexanderchippel]

Sandy Peterson is probably the biggest reason why Lovecraft is around today.

[@BaronVonEntenteich]

@@alexanderchippel I would say it is more due to August Derleth

[@alexanderchippel]

@@BaronVonEntenteich Her certainly played a major hand in his works being preserved, but Lovecraft's writings wouldn't re-enter the cultural zeitgeist until after Sandy Peterson wrote Call of Cthulhu for Chaosium back in the late 70s.

[@MortalVildhjart]

Greatest old one is EA and Ubisoft. They consume their Followers minds hopes and Dreams. Like most other they have little regard for what happens to their disciples and offer no reward to them. Their interest lies in Feeding them self and growing bigger and more Powerful through human worship.

[@CheeseOfMasters]

so true

[@Natt401]

Morten Vildhjarta you fucking hero 😂😂

[@tumaebacon2490]

thall

[@EastsideShowSCP]

Mix them together, thy name is Eaubisoft

[@AxioProductions]

Bethesda is Cthulhu

[@ibrahimmalik7114]

"We are born of the blood, made men by the blood, undone by the blood, our eyes are yet to open, fear the old blood."

[@velocitypeasant5832]

Ayyyyy, what the fuck is Willem doing here?

[@joshuaclay3751]

Some body needs to get outside

[@velocitypeasant5832]

@@joshuaclay3751 tf you mean?

[@gerardgaray828]

YASSSSSS. By far, my favorite game of the modern generation

[@JC-wv9ss]

I personally believe the great ones stick to Lovecraft's principles More than any creation of derleth and other Lovecraft imitators

[@stevencotrell5092]

I don't care too much for any of the old ones made up after Lovecraft. They are made to be specifically horrifying to humans in general and their descriptions are far too specific. Lovecraft meant for the Old Ones to be unknowably horrifying, to be so distinctfully different from humanity that they can't be properly registered by the human senses and psyche. All of the Old Ones made up after Lovecraft and super evil abominations that just hate the hell out of humans because reasons, indistinguishable from a boring old demon or folk monsters. Lovecraft's creations were supposed to be unknowable things that are amoral forces of nature which barely register humans at all, like smaller versions of the Outer Gods. Only Nyarlothotep was actually evil. Yet he wasn't evil towards humanity for any actual reason, such as for power or some form of cosmic capital like the Old Ones that came after Lovecraft were after, but because he was dick.

[@FilthyMish]

To long Lazy to Read

[@CrazyLikeUhFox]

Nyar Dark Pharoh Thank god someone said it. I really hate what others have added to Lovecraft's work, the entries of others in his lore are so jarringly not lovecraftian it's annoying.

[@firetarrasque4667]

I think Cthooga is decent.

[@TheBrclear66]

For me it seems like the issue is imitation vs inspiration. Some writers see what aspects of these characters we like and simply copy/paste them. While a certain few, like the creator of Berserk, night vale, eternal darkness, and others use it as a springboard for their own ideas

[@th3omachos]

You goddam right

[@exlibrisas]

H.P. Lovecraft's monster culture feels like SCP monster culture nowadays. Many authors add to the lore.

[@dimitrilitovsk2372]

exlibrisas agreed but usual scp lore isn't always made by authors

[@thorshammer7883]

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[@thorshammer7883]

Hyperactiveman22 We can't [REDUCT] the [REDUCT].

[@robinbowman1926]

Well you know what they say, "Great minds experience eldritch epiphanies alike."

[@Walamonga1313]

exlibrisas Add or subtract?

[@KrigRaseri]

Abhoth is at war with Mr. Clean.

[@charlestemm4870]

Lovecraft's world was incredibly depressing, humans as food or playthings at best; society manipulated by agents of these horrible gods. He was a grand writer but he wrote of a world I'm very happy not to exist in.

[@Feriin]

Charles Temm- Lol, his mythos is more true than people give it credit for. Granted there is no actual Cthulu, but that doesn't stop evil people with evil agendas from doing things.

[@Tomartyr]

In a way Lovecraft was optimistic about humans: In his mind we needed to be influenced by evil gods to make human civilisation so corrupt.

[@-Siculus-Hort-]

It's only depressing when you know about it......

[@pokeyerface]

Germ Bedro its called cosmicism not nihilism....

[@PoFFizdaMan]

Charles Temm, Oh you mean he described the world that non-human animals currently live in right now? Yeah, it's pretty fucking horrific and depressing.

[@lucasj9966]

Loving this series so far, looking forward to the next episodes

[@gruesomebearofthemountains5910]

What about my lord chin chin? He is surely a being beyond understand.

[@CCgivemeawedgy]

Chin Chin is on another level... To be compared to these is like a god being compared to a mortal peasant.

[@maestreiluminati87]

Gruesome Fate Chin Chin was the one that put Azathoth to sleep

[@miskatonic_alumni]

Gruesome Fate Chin Chin is Nyarlathotep.

[@christopherm9597]

Gruesome Fate chin chin got bodied by a peace lord

[@CCgivemeawedgy]

@Gašper Vidovič Most definitely not

[@Egghead012]

I have this theory for the h.p lovecraft stoof. What if you are azathoth, everytime we dream? What if our dreams do create another universe, but then when we wake, its gone. What if quadrillions and quadrillions of years passed in our dreams and it feels only like a blink to us, and we arent aware of what fully is going on

[@gatsbyvalentine]

“Yig is easy to please, but easy to anger” Yig same

[@williamkim8687]

Did you know that Ghatanothoa was the final enemy in a Japanese kids tv show called Ultraman Tiga? I watched that show when I was a kid and was extremely overjoyed to find that Lovecraft creatures were known to me back then.

[@markusnavergard3337]

Yig could also be Father Set/ the great serpent from Robert E Howards work Or Set is a seperate deity, but both bare the moniker, "father of serpents" and Sets children are the human faced immortal Man serpents and the shapeshifting Serpent men of Valusia (from King Kull story, the shadow kingdom and mentioned in Lovecrafts Haunter of the dark)

[@redshift4123]

I like the fact that you use nox arcana's songs in the background. The awakening a pretty nice one :) Good work, waiting for the next episode!

[@irvs5922]

Letaief Achraf do you know what is the song that is in the background? I would really apreciate it.

[@redshift4123]

Nox arcana - the awakening from the Necronomicon album

[@irvs5922]

Letaief Achraf is it modified?

[@Rodan727]

​@@redshift4123 is this version modified?

[@redshift4123]

@@Rodan727 yes i believe this one is slower

[@laabitres]

Lovecraft was ahead of his time

[@xthe_nojx5820]

laabitres He was certainly ahead of, a product of and even behind his time.

[@kevinmitchell4778]

lol! lovecraft is timeless, beyond time, before and after, sumthn tht always was, just sleepin

[@Ausdrake]

Honestly I think he was a perfect product of his time. His era was one of impending globalisation, but before any modern instant communication. His work perfectly encapsulated the paranoia of a shrinking world, but one where it's participants had no idea what to expect, fear of the unknown was a very real concept that was hard to ignore. I don't think any modern writer could write the same kind of horror he did, not to the same effect anyway.

[@samueltitone5683]

And very very very much a product of his time.

[@DoctoroProfesoro]

Pretty much the start of a new era in horror.

[@soulreaver1983]

I've just discovered your channel and as a lovecraft fan myself I have to congratulate you on your lovecraft videos!🙂👍

[@kermunklin7704]

Whoah! A few of those I hadn't heard of! Impressive...most impressive. I myself would certainly enjoy an extended version of this video if you ever had the time and inclination...

[@thesteadfastduelist6258]

3:28 *That's a really cool artwork.*

[@dognaringundersson1725]

Is it possible to do a part 2 to this segment?

[@TheExploringSeries]

Theoretically possible, but no guarantees.

[@waaaghlover6994]

Please do :)

[@DeconvertedMan]

more of all the things like this! :D talk about the boardgames? Arkaham ...?

[@AllYourPals]

pls do, these entity's always were the most interesting part of the mythos

[@ce6129]

so interesting, please keep uploading! i love this lore, and you deliver it so well. only wish there was more than 6 minutes ;)

[@jamiebraswell5520]

I think Kadath is a point that exits on multiple plains. Not only is it in the frozen wastelands of the Dreamworld, but I strongly suspect that Kadath is the city that could be viewed from afar as one stood in the ruins of an ancient alien city in At the Mountains of Madness, off to the East as well if I recall correctly.

[@M12GProductions]

You can't talk about SCPs all day without talking about the ones who started Cosmic Horror itself.

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

1:00 Hey look it's Hydreigon XD

[@doodleferp8158]

Just found out there was a book about Glaaki released about five years ago! It’s called The Children of Gla’aki and it’s got 17 stories in it.

[@theleninistplaysgames1682]

Ghatanothoa immediately reminds me of Lin Carter more then Lovecraft because of Lin's work inspired by "Out of the Aeons".

[@notachildmolestor4547]

You saying Yigg and then that image popping up made me laugh harder than it should’ve

[@celestiallass6526]

It's a good concept as to why the H.P. Lovecraft series was even started out. Now it gives you a sense of either inspiration or if the authors had an encounter with the Great Old Ones?

[@EnvisionerWill]

Would love a follow-up. There are many more of these entities to look at.

[@Stumpling16]

4:29 ITS AN ALASKAN BULL WORM!!!!

[@joshuaclay3751]

It bit my tail!

[@nitewing1898]

It's a common misconception that Lovecraft encouraged writers to expand upon his mythos. He didn't. He encouraged writers to develop their own, and to write freely and expressively in such a way that they may develop their own great universes.

[@Just-another-stone]

Nice video! I'm loving your channel so far!

[@Mr.Man2214]

So if I worship a giant hairy frog I turn into the T-1000 nice.

[@mosesa.weaver3058]

Mce 1863: Haha!... but what if I don't want to worship a giant hairy frog?

[@discountpotato5680]

@@mosesa.weaver3058 you dont want to???

[@mosesa.weaver3058]

@Gašper Vidovič For instance... What if I wanna worship an overgrown DRAGON with an octopus head?

[@wilm3864]

When he described Gla'aki's ability to inject fluid into and control humans, I immediately thought of the Mindflayer in Stranger Things 3. It would not surprise me if the Lovecraft mythos provided some inspiration for the Stranger Things series.

[@binliu9429]

love your episodes, can you do a similar title for the warhammer 40k universe?

[@TheExploringSeries]

There actually is a good chance of that down the road.

[@when7573]

I think there should be an Outer God roundup. There are a surprisingly large amount.

[@nyarlathotep.mythos]

Subscribed because of Lovecraft videos 🤘

[@mkmike4903]

2:39 so I can become Noob Saibot? Badass.

[@Renzo-eq9bu]

Yesss an Outer God Roundup please for the final video!~

[@mafistowaltz4857]

Cool shit! Outstanding paintings!

[@Ultrasound700]

4:37 So that's why my Legos keep getting dirty even though I never touch them! If I make sacrifices to this one, will he stop fucking with my collectibles?

[@sherk7937]

I love how the video just started . . . . Yig

[@hairyplopperthebananascrat5962]

And of course there's my mother-in-law😱

[@T--xo2uq]

Why is everyone so attracted to earth?

[@irvs5922]

Nuclearsheep 53 none of the dark gods are atracted to the us except nyarlathotep. we are atracted to them.

[@irvs5922]

it seems nyarlathotep sees something in us.

[@T--xo2uq]

That explains some things.

[@flatheadgg2443]

you're right why should the most powerful creatures in the universe be interested in some random kind of species among trillions out in space and even care about them I mean filling in the proportions thats like we would give all our attraction to some kind of microbe nobody cares about

[@irvs5922]

Flathead Gg244 the reason we think they are atracted to us is because we are atracted to them.

[@goofybutserious4807]

When I read the original HP Lovecraft stories, I don't remember them being so powerful.

[@goofybutserious4807]

@Gašper Vidovič yes I did actually

[@goofybutserious4807]

@Gašper Vidovič stop liking your own comments loner.

[@goofybutserious4807]

@Gašper Vidovič like you do every time in the bathroom? No 😐

[@goofybutserious4807]

@Gašper Vidovič you know what I'm not doing this. f*** you

[@risso2309]

That lick scared me, it sounded like it was coming from behind.

[@McHannigans]

some of theese pictures from this series could straight up be on some sick Metal albumcover

[@Sigmundfruit]

I was under the impression that Hastur's role in the universe was a little more vaguely defined than that

[@sadberserkr]

Was listening to this at work last night as I go through your whole video library over again, and the song used in the background struck me hard, it fits the tone so well! Whats the song you use in this video?

[@Daee2Day9797]

Yigg reminds me of the apostle that guts fights in the first episode of Berserk. 😂

[@firstnamelastname5612]

You know Im sure the guy who created berserk took inspiration from Lovecraft and also dark souls the game takes heavy inspiration from both berserk and Lovecraft. The cthulu mythos started in like the 1920s 30s, berserk was then released around the 80's and dark souls or from software was last to come, making a good few first person action fantasy rpgs in the 90's to 2000's. Each game after the last progressively became more darker until demon souls. Taking tidbits of material from berserk universe. The berserk creator would've definetly known about hp lovecrafts work and probably magpied some design ideas for monsters. Or maybe even things that were based on hp lovecrafts work already. From cthulu came berserk then dark souls and bloodborne which I would consider all a tiny part of the same genre

[@Daee2Day9797]

@@firstnamelastname5612 Easter eggs, if you will.

[@shawnhensley4884]

Before I even watch. I have to say the word Roundup, brought me here. Hi, ya'll, welcome to the Great Old One Roundup. I'm yer host Cthulus Bill and I just wanna say, bring the kids on out. We got lots of stuff they play on. Just real quick, I live in T....a town in Oklahoma, and Satou Goa sounds like a town you only hear about after it gets hit by a tornado. Okay, that's all. Shhh

[@marceledel8619]

Another Old One you guys should check out: Ubbo-sathla, the unbegotten source.

[@MadamFoogie]

Huh. So Mantorok from "Eternal Darkness" is essentially Abhoth. Neat~

[@Halkyos]

I know this video is kind of old, but is there like and encyclopedia for researching the expanded mythos? These are all so interesting.

[@pomcire1308]

Like a wiki?

[@gatorboiy5269]

I can’t read the title without thinking of a rodeo with Cthulhu and the gang.

[@dougcarey2233]

After the last few years, I'm wondering if Howard wasn't given some level of revelation.

[@aaerkxaiedrschtaufenbachaa3862]

1:54 the N word is created

[@nicholas6081]

Lovecraft better be careful, he might get canceled by twitter

[@mekelreen9869]

I would like to see longer videos.

[@tea1w480]

"his fate is unknown". What do you mean, he's definitely the mummy in out of the aeons.

[@nerdsofnashville5293]

4:38 I think Nurgle would like to have a word with you

[@TheSchoolRumbler]

In the secret world they call the formless spawn "the Filth" which is a puddle or pond of tar black liquid where monsters spawn from.

[@sullieduser6113]

yo mang thanks bro a new video

[@TheEldritchGoth]

Modern day Call of Cthulhu campaigns should include these videos as sources to increase your Mythos Skill lmao

[@snakesnake9882]

Yig is my fav cuthullu mythos old ones the best one ever

[@121tut]

someone should name a trippy AF drug after lovecraft because he was fucking tripping.

[@brotherbarbatos8981]

I like to think even though this isn’t canon, but I like to think that at one point, Cthulhu was an outer god, but he ended up giving up his omnipotence to create the Great Old Ones.

[@brotherbarbatos8981]

@Gašper Vidovič because it’s a cool concept.

[@johnnyruttley1598]

Robert E Howard claimed a large warrior that scared to very being and told him his tales (yes crazy I know) I often wonder what dark corners Lovecraft ventured down (I know its not real) but each tale haunts and the mind drifts across great sea of unknown or should I say I rather not know

[@jackiesantos2121]

But I do a lot are great old ones how to get more terrifying then. I do love HP Lovecraft expanded Pantheon like that

[@dantex9083]

*coughs* you mean Quetzalcoatl inspired Yigs

[@ELTITOS89]

Awesome vid!!👍👍👍👍

[@Mechronastamuth]

Man, what this background music? It's great

[@evanseveer926]

I think I figured out my favorite Great Old One.

[@infamousempire8302]

I believe yugguth (gtanothua's home world) is Mars since its the second most habitable planet in the solar system (liquid water has even been discovered on Mars).

[@TheExploringSeries]

Lovecraft stated it to be Pluto, since it was recently discovered during his time, but I declined to mention it since I don't believe its plausible anymore.

[@flatheadgg2443]

4:15 ungoliant!?

[@Den.Vos.Reynaerde]

Flathead Gg244 Atlach-Nacha.

[@robertsides3626]

4:37 Didn't know my toilet was an elder thing.

[@geraldtarrant3656]

Can we get this pantheon in Smite?

[@toxic_unknown6969]

I'm late and this is old but I fucking love this shit man its so god damn entertaining

[@oddschool_]

Nice video again :) Also, could you tell me where can you explore these Cthulhu mythos?

[@joshuaturner4024]

Keep these up dude there great

[@andreaslois3074]

If he created reptiles, he created everything advanced with a spine since Reptiles - dinosaurs - birds Reptiles - synapsids - mammals

[@when7573]

[ Madman ] he probably only shaped their forms, as all life on Earth is technically from the Outer God Ubbo-Sathla, the Demiurge

[@andreaslois3074]

FILTHY ACTS AT A REASONABLE PRICE: ROMANCE RAILROAD oh

[@when7573]

[ Madman ] but I mean you not wrong

[@when7573]

praise yig

[@Rodan727]

Birds are not related to dinosaurs

[@donaldduck2511]

More Cthulhu Mythos videos please

[@nathanwirth3540]

Here's another one: Idh-yaa, spouse of Cthulhu.

[@m35926]

um... where's Pepe?

[@jackiesantos2121]

I like about the great old ones well yeah proac I like the serpent one yag letters that are more real ones on Cthulhu Mythos growing more in the dreamlands

[@MegaLalapala]

Man Cthulhu Mythos sounds cool, but my boi Zeus and his crew bout to merc the dreamer.

[@abandonedchannel2521]

The background music was creepy, someone please tell me the name. PLEASE

[@inotaishu1]

How many Great Old Ones are there on earth? Seems pretty damn crowded.

[@joshuaclay3751]

Yeah gotta raise the rent on they punk asses

[@sirderik]

how does one spell the spider old one..ad lock nacka? Atlach-Nacha i am going to use it in an uppcoming call of ctulu oneshot set in south america linking it to the aztek god of spiders.

[@SeanMcGinnis1400]

Cthulhu fhtagn.

[@finnianquail8881]

Sean McGinnis *cthulu r'yleah

[@fishinatube9028]

How does one spell "Shuramel" And "Quatchalutus"?

[@fredrikgranstrom6743]

You dont.

[@DRIFTKINGJR.]

5:07 thats gotta be the insiration for the old man scp

[@RDsToys_Games]

But all that aside I have a great sense of humor because of it

[@rambosapphire4463]

H.P. Lovecraft is honestly so cool. He's all about giving his work to everyone so that everyone can do what they will with it, and it seems that's how it's become so large - because multiple people can add to it and morph it.

[@timalovelyboy1814]

one of the creatures in this video remind me of the story titled: a thousand leagues under the sea

[@flatheadgg2443]

read the story but I didn't get which one

[@SkywalkerSam64]

"Do you see these _Ancient Ones_ ? They are just the beginning! I will command a great and terrible army. And together we will sail to a billion worlds! We will sail until every light has been extinguished." --Adventure Time, _The Lich's_ speech There is a billion worlds in the sky and the Old Ones/Ancient Ones are trying to occupy as many of them as they can. One day man will realize that it's his fate to sail the cosmos and free the other worlds from these creatures! 🚀

[@samuelchapman2061]

So, I'm wondering something, who's the most and least powerful Great Old One we know of and where does Cthulhu stand compared to others,? I reckon someone like Hastor is the most powerful we know of and someone like Chaugnar- Faugn being among the least powerful while Cthulhu is on the more powerful ones we know of. Anyone have any ideas?

[@TheRealGunfish]

these are good videos, no need to keep them brief. I wouldn't mind a long video that goes further in depth.

[@HeartlessAlchemyst]

Do you think you could include the names on screen or in the description? I can't figure out how to search for the shit cause I can't put to words what you said.

[@TheExploringSeries]

Ah yes, sorry, I added them to the description.

[@HeartlessAlchemyst]

Thank you

[@percyprescott451]

That first one must be what the wall of flesh is based off of

[@williamnoslo1700]

I wish you’d explain some of those last ones you mentioned