Hastur: The King in Yellow - (Exploring the Cthulhu Mythos)

[@MythologyFictionExplained]

For those of wondering if I'm going to make more light hearted and funny videos the answer is yes. I have a few new series I'm working on to help add some more variety so look out for those in the next few weeks.

[@descendantofseth7506]

Mythology & Fiction Explained Have you seen the yellow sign?

[@adri_flann]

descendant of seth what yellow sign

[@descendantofseth7506]

Angel craft in the mythos, the yellow sign is one way Hastur can control the mind of anyone. One way for Hastur to trick people to seeing the Yellow sign is for someone who is under the command of Hastur to say to someone who isn't "Have you seen the yellow sign?"

[@sidetracker3496]

Mythology & Fiction Explained Its also commonly accepted that Hastur is a patron deity of artists since their minds are the most...unique/twisted...as well as the ones who can better spread the image of his yellow sign

[@crystalking784]

Hey quick question? can you do a explanation on legendary weapons, such as gaë bolg and fragarach (the answerer)?

[@robertsides3626]

"He who must not be named goes by many names." _visible confusion_

[@jorgeguijosatellez509]

Robert Sides he has name but you must not say them

[@vsssa1845]

Like Egyptian god Ra, his true name is only known to goddess Isls. Every one knows him by different names.

[@indigowendigo8165]

Maybe it's his true name that shouldn't be named so they come up with aliases that people can say. :p

[@ryanjones_rheios]

If I recall, saying 'Hastur' three times can summon him or maybe an avatar of him if he's so inclined. That tends to be bad.

[@BelmontMelissa]

Perhaps the Unnamed one has no beginning, therefore was not given one. That means there is no end...

[@christianbrown7959]

When I was watching True Detective and The Yellow king and Carcosa begin to be mentioned, it definitely kicked the show into a far creepier meaning and atmosphere for me.

[@ryangordon133]

True Detective Season 1 may be the best season of television ever made

[@christianbrown7959]

@@ryangordon133 I wouldn't argue with that 🤔

[@BlueHooloovoo]

True Detective: Season 1 felt like a modern telling of a Cthulu Mythos story. The creeping dread and ritual horror elements felt very Lovecraftian. Brilliant show.

[@PhazonOmega]

*Hal Jordan has entered the chat*

[@christianbrown7959]

@@PhazonOmega Hal Jordan sounds way cooler than Jordan Hal 🤔

[@Black.Rose743]

Never thought the color yellow would be terrifying

[@sabbathjackal]

Black Rose sinestro would like to have a word with you

[@YukitsuTimes]

Didn't read the yellow wall paper I take it?

[@ericmalikyte885]

Have you seen the yellow sign?

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

Yellow = Fear. Ever read Green Lantern?

[@snaake9389]

Black Rose In blackest day, in brightest night, Beware your fears made into light. Let those who try to stop what's right Burn like my power, Sinestro's might Am I the only one who doesn’t like how the Yellow Lantern Corps is called the “Sinestro Corps?”

[@galvaton10000]

I like the idea that the reason this mysterious and terrifying Great Old One is the friendly Patron of Sheperds only because he likes sheep

[@EbenezerEibenhardt]

Human: **cowers in terror** Hastur: "I shall devour your brain with my talon-tipped tentacles!!" Sheep: "Baa." Hastur: "FOOOFLES!!!"

[@WhenDevilsDuel]

​@@EbenezerEibenhardtbrain? The thing that destroyed heaven is after brains in your head canon?

[@EbenezerEibenhardt]

@@WhenDevilsDuel One of the avatar's of August Derleth's Hastur is The Feaster From Afar, and yes. It devours brains.

[@WhenDevilsDuel]

@@EbenezerEibenhardt how juvenile

[@EbenezerEibenhardt]

@@WhenDevilsDuel Lel Devours Brains = Juvenile Likes Plush Toys = Gigachad

[@imfine9256]

For those interested in Hastur and the King in Yellow, I recommend the anthology, The Hastur Cycle, 2nd Revised Ed., by Chaosium, 1997. It includes the short stories: 1. Haita the Shepherd - Ambrose Bierce 2. An Inhabitant of Carcosa - Ambrose Bierce 3. The Repairer of Reputations - Robert W. Chambers 4. The Yellow Sign - Robert W. Chambers 5. The River of Night's Dreaming - Karl Edward Wagner 6. More Light - James Blish 7. The Novel of the Back Seal - Arthur Machen 8. The Whisperer in Darkness - H.P. Lovecraft 9. Documents in the Case of Elizabeth Akeley - Richard A. Lupoff 10. The Mine on Yuggoth - Ramsey Campbell 11. Planetfall on Yuggoth - James Wade 12. The Return of Hastur - August Derleth 13. The Feaster from Afar - Joseph Payne Brennan 14. Tatters of the King - Lin Carter

[@Pleasestoptalkingthanks]

The good shit

[@Daelyah]

Thanks! I'll see about copying this down for research... ...I'm wanting to try and develop subliminal references in a couple original works to numerous deities and entities from various mythologies. I want to give them my own personal twists, while still keeping the references tied in as neatly, yet low-key as possible...and the vast Lovecraftian mythology, although not entirely the works of Lovecraft, is still its own intriguing lore to work with...

[@robertmitchel2194]

You're awesome. Thanks!

[@gusty7153]

can i find all of these in audiobook?

[@imfine9256]

@@gusty7153 I don't know. Since all on the list are short stories, I would try looking for the anthology, The Hastur Cycle.

[@alejandromolina7270]

Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink behind the lake, The shadows lengthen In Carcosa. Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies, But stranger still is Lost Carcosa. Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard in Dim Carcosa. Song of my soul, my voice is dead, Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa.

[@lordzaboem]

Alejandro Molina This dude knows his literature.

[@ruairimasun1073]

Alejandro Molina Bathory - a fine day to die

[@elbentos7803]

- You sir should unmask ! - I wear No Mask... - No Mask ? No Mask !

[@ajinkyatarodekar9099]

Walk the bride's path, little priest

[@jeffrey4921]

Casildah’s song

[@BushBumperBaker]

When I was about 6 or 7, one of my several sleep paralysis nightmares was where a blank eyed, emotionless man in a yellow cloak was standing over my bed whispering things in a foreign tongue while staring at me. Several years later I read this Lovecraft story. It gave me chills. Lmfao. I'd have tried to make him tea if I knew of his status ;P

[@shizhixv5856]

gosh he really exist in dreams. Maybe concretized by people

[@edoardoturco8780]

The king in Yellow is not a Lovecraftian monster; he is something much worse ( or better): a lost God for the Forkasen people in a ruined era.

[@Normaschthewanderer]

It's not Lovecraft. It's Robert W Chambers.

[@grandobsidian]

Personally i was never too keen on the brother relationship given the King in Yellow predating Lovecraft entirely. I'm more interested in Carcosa and the largely unknown play/book dedicated to the Nameless King. In the Robert W Chambers stories, the King in Yellow is depicted less as a destructive and powerful deity like the other great old ones, but sadistic puppet master that shepherds people together to develop powerful connections worthy of inspiring artisitc masterpieces before ripping friends and lovers apart through supernatural means that ruin the survivors very understanding of existance.

[@algeanephila]

Yeah, I always prefer seeing the King in Yellow as some sort supernatural natural terrestrial presence rather than a just flat out deity, most of its horror traits I think are from the idea that it is just somewhere in the world right now and noone fortunate enough will ever know

[@MelancoliaI]

See, you get it. All that Hastur crap and Cthulhu half-brother nonsense was a johnny-come-lately attempt on the part of August Derleth (who deserves recognition for keeping the mythos in the popular consciousness, awful writer though he was) to...um...concretize (is that a word?) the very vagueness that made Chambers' book so effective and so awe-inspiring, in a very misguided mission to systematize and categorize all the scattered, chaotic references and whispers of our beloved mythos. In doing so, he effectively neutered them by forcing it all to make sense. His conception was one of powers and principalities, factions and nation-states on a universal scale, each ruled over by squids and tentacle-monsters that somehow are hedged-in by, and govern their territories according to human concepts of morality and power, with their hideous lore and forbidden knowledge reduced to mere competing religious ideologies. It's all a tremendous bore. So let me be frank: the King in Yellow is not a squid named Hastur. He/It is the pinnacle of Truth and Beauty. The King in Yellow is the peak of perfection, is every thought and emotion fully realized in the absolute. He/it makes an Oedipus of us all. We are programmed to strive for the true and the beautiful, foolishly believing these ideals will complete us and fulfill us. But every effort in this direction is just another step down the twisted path to Carcosa. Quod Me Nutrit, Me Destruit, after all. It's when we arrive, when the Pallid Mask falls and the Tattered Mantle is irrevocably opened that we will know the desolation of purity, the dissolution of the soul and the evisceration of the mind. Powerless to change course, we shall see the towers of the great City rising in the distance. Our souls will echo hideously with internal tempest as we gaze upon the unstirred surface of the Lake of Hali, its very calm starkly mocking us. Its fathomless darkness will sound with impotent execrations, damning reality, existence, consciousness, perspective as the storm of existential dread shatters and scatters every belief, every notion, every comforting mantra mooring us to a reality that is no more. The possible and the impossible will be equally meaningless, as we are bathed in the glow of the great moon and enshrouded in the shadow of the looming towers lying beyond it. Bellowing with laughter and wracked with tears, our minds will splinter and crack to their foundations from within. From without they will be assailed with shreiks and moans. Desperate, futile, agonizing pleas to turn back will rise thunderously from the depths of the unstirred lake. But don't they understand? If a play begins, it must end. Our response will be twofold, yet at once: a shrill cackle and a lowing sob to tumble the dunghills of our cognizance to dust. Finally and firstly, the thin patinas of logic and reason will be as ashes in a hurricane. The lie of sanity will crumble as the very precipice of knowledge is crested, the ultimate and the last fact will be revealed: the 'is' without 'is not,' the Yes without No. "Not upon us, oh King" we will cry in the correctness of our regret. Man's mind was doomed to calculate the dimensions of his reality. But this mind, unsuited for truth, could only see a prison or a protective hedge. His imagination and knowledge brought yearning and dissatisfaction. Our tragic nature drives us to seek the fulcrum of His governance, the glory of His throne. Why has He drawn us hither? Simply put, to fulfill. As we approach His seat, the illusion of our individual agency will make the final circuit from everywhere to nowhere and back again: we will beg for lies, for contradictions, for oblivion, expressing this wish with the grunt of an instant and a pained groan of eternity. Only thus, bound beyond all hope for escape and loosed beyond any sense of recovery, will he recieve us, to deny and to give. He will deny us the Play, for the curtain has fallen on Act II and the audience has left its theater of lies in haste. He will give us what we *want,* what we have found, and what was always ours: the fruit of our highest aspiration, the catalyst of our destruction. We have fallen into the hands of the Living God. But only when we absorb the moral of the story (that human beings are really just a pack of overzealous method actors) and grant ourselves mercy will the book be shut and sealed with the Yellow Sign. The sisters will weep and bury their sorrows in a strange new song, for their City is not the one they knew. The Phantom of Truth will be summoned to return the finished volume to its Chambers. Gathering it in hands that are not hands, he ponders the blank manuscript, wondering how it will begin. Only the King knows for sure. I read horror for a good scare after all. Lovecraft and Chambers deliver the best kind, too. They give you a glimpse at what lies on the other side of fear. I'll stick with them and pass on the calamari.

[@sffb8295]

I like this version better. It makes him look like a cosmic prick,on par with Nyarlathotep,who is known for his track record of being a complete chaotic asshole across space and time.

[@snorlax6691]

MelancoliaI Beautiful... just... beautiful. My views on The King in Yellow exactly, worded wonderfully. If you don’t mind, I’m going to save this comment somewhere for future reference, and if I ever mention it, I’ll give you full credit.

[@nurgle333]

@@MelancoliaI holy shit that was awesome!

[@heimdal4730]

I’ve heard that Hastur believes in human extinction through laziness, which might be where he disagrees with his half brother who sees in an outright extinction of the human race. Hastur also believes humans are pawns while Cthulhu believes that humans are ants.

[@elliotstannard5621]

I agree with your analysis of Cthulu's outlook, though Hastur's I think is probably less about extinction or sloth and more about a proactive reinventing of humanity.

[@thekinginyellow7777]

Good work man, I'm really flattered. When my lazy brother comes up from his shitty city, I'll make sure you get out unscathed.

[@glass4breakfast]

same here bro! I'll proclaim my loyalty to u right here n now. i am working noe on contributing to your influence over humanity n history n the collective conscious as well as unconscious. i have written a rough draft of a abstract poetic short story that will hopefully gather more flollowers to your flock, more minds to your superior otherworldly intellect. i hope to mske u proud with this work that i will reveal soon after I've had more time to edit it, enhance, n polish it up. please bless me with your mental presence n inspiration, allow me to channel just s fraction of your essence n i will do it justice. i promise...i csn handle it! praise Hastur! long live the immortal Carcosa where nothing lives! 😉lol

[@yankeed.5250]

@@glass4breakfast with spelling like that, I'm pretty sure you don't even need to proclaim your loyalty. The typos alone can scare away any eldritch god worth their salt.

[@glass4breakfast]

@@yankeed.5250 Oh fuck off! I'm using my phone it autocorrects all the type n is easy to make typos on. Find something else to do with your boring life besides point out ppl's typos online dickhead.

[@georgekerscher5355]

@@glass4breakfast I would like to read that poetic short story once you feel like it is done

[@glass4breakfast]

@@georgekerscher5355 cool i finished the 1st draft but thats all so far. It needs a lil more work. But if u wanna give me your email i could share it with u when it'ss ready.

[@TomorrowWeLive]

Camilla: "You, sir, should unmask." Stranger: "Indeed?" Cassilda: "Indeed it's time. We have all laid aside disguise but you." Stranger: "I wear no mask." Camilla: (Terrified, aside to Cassilda.) "No mask? No mask!"

[@Pistonrager]

Still need to pick up the rest of that adventure path...

[@jocosesonata]

Plot twist: It's just some really good face paint.

[@thekinginyellow7777]

Come on guys, I'm not that bad looking.

[@theoracle7463]

I saw this exact comment else where

[@JohnSmith-jj9jl]

Stranger: "Wow... okay..."

[@ObiWon1089]

We need a dark Lovecraft /Guillermo del Toro full movie. He’s been close, half in half out with Pan Labyrinth. I want a full CGI mythos movie.

[@officialpaimon3176]

He announced one a while ago

[@silverloto6773]

Maybe one of the only who could pull out a good Lovecraft movie, also, would love to see he's take on Elric of Melniboné (as seen he make an expy of him in hellboy) o the eternal champions by Michael Moorcock.

[@thelasttaarakian]

He wants to do mountains of madness which would be absolutely amazing!

[@wellesradio]

I’ll be honest: I don’t think he could pull it off. I think he could either make a great Guillermo Del Toro movie using elements from it, or a faithful but not great Lovecraft movie. It could never be a truly Lovecraftian movie while still being good as a film.

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

@@wellesradio I agree.

[@lordinquisitor6233]

Underrated lovecraft god

[@HaloFTW55]

Any other heretical groups to be purged?

[@lordinquisitor6233]

Ivan Lee indeed loyal subject of the emperor

[@lordinquisitor6233]

Nathan Holstrom lord inquisitor means whatever I do has the God Emperor’s blessing

[@JCRS92]

Actually The King in Yellow is a book from 1895, by Robert Chambers and is considered to be the root of the cosmic horror genre. Lovecraft was really into Chambers' work and used it in his mythos, as did George RR Martin (if you look at the known world map fom ASOIAF you'll se a place called Carcosa in the east).

[@ZoanBlade90]

Lord Inquisitor Ah, the person that got beaten by Henderson, then reincarnated as a woman. =D

[@mythologyandbeyond]

The King in Yellow by RW Chambers was one of my favorite books to read. As an illustrator, thinking about the thing behind the pallet mask was pure fuel for the imagination. Beautiful job explaining the connection to Hastur. Well done!

[@hategoes2way345]

I was the stunt double for Reggie Ladoux in True Detective. It was working on that show that originally got me into Lovecraft.

[@maximeteppe7627]

Wow that's pretty awesome! was there a lot of talk about the cthulhu mythos on set? While the references are direct, and provide another layer to the tone and themes, they are not really crucial to understanding the events of the story. So I'm curious as how important it was to the team on set.

[@Metaphix]

Hey man, everything is just the sum of its parts. True Detective season 1 was a masterpiece and you should be proud.

[@fleetcenturion]

What "stunts" did you even perform? Was the actor such a pussy, that he couldn't pretend-fight Matthew McConaughey?

[@CGoody564]

@@fleetcenturion you mean "was it not the actors job to do stunts?" And the answer is no, it isn't. You seem to either hate the actor based on the character, or you simply want this man commenting to not have a job performing stunts as a double. Either way, it's your problem; not his or the actors, and you're the only one whining about it.

[@CGoody564]

@@fleetcenturion I have seen the series many times. You obviously don't understand what an actors job is supposed to be or how the roles are decided; the actor has little to nothing to do with that decision. I'm not saying anything regarding how easy or hard the "stunts" were; I am saying that if the director wanted a stunt double, then there's a stunt double. End of story. If you want to criticize that aspect, you criticize the one who made it so; not the one who did his job as he was asked, dumbass.

[@BlueHooloovoo]

True Detective: Season 1 feels like a modern telling of a Cthulu Mythos story. The Yellow King and Carcosa being referenced put the whole mystery on a whole new level.

[@calebgraham5846]

I heard of hastur from Good Omens. It’s cool to see two different views on the same concept 😊

[@legionaireb]

I don't claim to know any more than anyone else about Hastur, but I'll tell you this: I always thought, for some reason, that the play/book The King In Yellow was probably basically a version of King Lear, but instead of him and his good daughter dying, they get transformed into eldrich abominations and while she becomes a feral beast, he is cursed to sit in the ruins of his kingdom fully conscious of the fates of his realm and progeny.

[@themalaymenagerie3350]

"Him Who Is Not To Be Named" Well ok th- "The Yellow King" *am i a joke to you*

[@jorgeguijosatellez509]

The Malay Menagerie the point of that is that you shouldn't say any of his names because is somewhat considered worship

[@shamblerdimensional2487]

The yellow king is not his name even Hastur is not. It is just human's denomination.

[@commiecat5879]

"a word or set of words by which a person, animal, place, or thing is known, addressed, or referred to" Title is synonymous with name in this context

[@cbchansey6866]

@@commiecat5879 in that logic "he who is not to be named" is a name do your point is moot

[@jdhed1601]

@DrTheKay or "hold my beer" and "do i look like a joke to you"?

[@tonmoyhoque4981]

really happy that you started Cthulhu Mythos, keep pumping excellent content...

[@agentjeb4103]

Perhaps an inspiration for Dark Souls' "Xanthous King?"

[@Robahomusic]

He is. It startet with Demons Souls "Old Monk".

[@ceetee7866]

True Detective season 1, if you know... you know

[@teddyballgame8791]

Time is a flat circle.

[@screaminmeani]

CeeTee7 and then the other seasons dropped the ball.

[@RobertSlover]

2nd season totally underrated. its basically the same story different location different culture etc.

[@Metaphix]

The second season didnt have Rustin Cohle. Thats why it isnt as good lol

[@Dionizos666]

@@RobertSlover Nah there was no cult or serial killer in second season no occult stuff just simple police drama.

[@essex3777]

Out of all of the Cthulhu deities, the King in Yellow is the scariest to me since he sounds the most real

[@Astartes-6969]

"Why should I live in history? Fuck, I don't wanna know anything anymore. This is a world where nothing is solved. You know someone once told me time is a flat circle. Everything we've ever done or will do, we're gonna do over and over and over again. And that little girl & that little boy, they're gonna be in that room, again. And again. And again. Forever."-Rustin Cohle.

[@giantturtlecat2959]

Fun Fact: There once was a story of a group playing call of Cthulhu and in that game Old Gods when summoned are temporarily mortal What one of the players did was go to a hockey stadium whilst getting chased by shogoths and filled it with explosives, then he yelled “HASTUR, HASTUR, HASTUR!” which summoned the yellow king, and then detonated the entire place killing him and Hastur This is the story of a old, Irish man this was the story of Old Man Henderson

[@MidoriOfTheShuinsen]

Fun fact: There was an epilogue of that campaign in which Henderson and Hastur were reborn, and the reincarnations happened to be dating. Nyarlathotep gave Hastur, now Holly, her powers back, but she decided that she rather liked her life.

[@zivotshonzou]

@@MidoriOfTheShuinsen sometimes enemies, sometimes lovers, sometimes friends....still playing games XD

[@sugarette_burn]

@@MidoriOfTheShuinsen check out "sucker for love" and the markiplier gameplay (its a game of dating elder gods)

[@bryansmith844]

You should actually read the Robert Chambers book. Or listen to it narrated on KZbin instead. Gives you the flavor of what Hastur is all about. Driving people mad in it’s own special way.

[@DaArmoredBear]

He got his butt kicked by old man Henderson.

[@Medgator]

No

[@chall3ng33v3rything]

Yes

[@jackjohnson6044]

I really wonder if Hastur was an inspiration for the souls series. In Demon Souls you fight the archdemon 'Old Monk' who reincarnates himself by wrapping yellow cloth around a corpse. In Dark Souls 1 is Xanthous King Jeremiah (Xanthou = yellow) who was exiled in another world because his might could rival the gods. Dark Souls 2 has only Xanthous armor set, but you get it by defeating the Darklurker who dwells in the abyss. In Dark Souls 3 you can obtain the set as well, but its worn by Yellowfinger Heysel. The set states that the Xanthou scholars seek the sorceries of the destroyed city Oolaciel, which could be a nod to the ruined Carcossa.

[@blazedonakayak5294]

Very interesting I never picked up on that. It is definitely possible considering bloodborne is a homage to lovecraft

[@billlupin8345]

Hey, that's that guy Old Man Henderson killed, for getting a bunch of mormons to steal his lawn gnomes.

[@justinkennedy3004]

A tale for the ages...

[@Joseph_Drew_III]

I’ve thought of Hastur as being iconic the moment I heard of him. Probably because I’m a Henderson buff.

[@Daimon-X]

A character from Horus Heresy series, was named Hastur Sejanus(Brother Captain Hastur Sejanus)

[@drsh0ckalu]

Daimon X the king in yellow also is named in Dan Abnett's Pariah.

[@KappaSlappa-t8o]

I'm seeing Warhammer stuff everywhere now. Was there a recent change that caused it to blow up or something?

[@Daimon-X]

Nick Ross Nope. The Emperor protects.

[@eversobritish1335]

theres also a reference to the King In Yellow in the Horus Heresy book The Crimson King

[@samuraisoul1043]

Love your channel binging through it this one blew me away when I seen the title first thing I thought of was true detective I wasn't disappointed .thanks

[@samuraisoul1043]

The Greeks stuff .they need to do it Justice in movies .the stuff you've shown us is amazing thank you

[@AndréVilaFranca]

Such a shame we didn't get proper stories of these beings. A big story of their origins, objectives and who they are would be so cool to see. Maybe another great writer who understands Lovercraft's stories can pick this up and further develop it, since it was barely developed at all.

[@Laserbangbang]

I would love to see some longer videos from this channel. That would be great.

[@douglasphillips5870]

Not to be confused with the Purple One with no name only a symbol.

[@Mr_Monkey_McNugget]

@@Anonymous-xu2qk The musician 'Prince'

[@sidetracker3496]

So...have you seen the yellow sign?

[@fredfrost8790]

Old Man Henderson strikes again

[@accelerator7952]

Dammn now i get it , in the game called *sinking city* there was a yellow guy (sorry to spoil this but its needed) from the start he was ur guide to progress the campaign at the end u find ur self whereing yellow suit then u get to choose ur ending , ending 1 is u will restart everything but u as the player will not restart instead u will be the new guide to guide the new player to make that new player the new guide the cycle will continue so maybe that mean the yellow guy is hastur(you) and he trys to prevent *daughter of cthulu* to awaken .

[@EspeonMistress00]

Thanks for introducing me to the Ctulhu Mythos. Your channel is amazing. Hope you reach a million subs!

[@jascrandom9855]

The Exploring Series has much more Cthulhu Mythos Videos and they are just as good.

[@geomGalangco]

Statement: Read The rats in the walls.

[@kingkurok3149]

2:09 I love that design for him

[@VsevolodKhusid]

Have you seen the yellow sign?

[@jackkraken3888]

Yup. It says: "Caution wet floor. "

[@Ghidorah96]

Yesss

[@vacuousbard6410]

Demonitized sign?

[@big23deneus4]

Yellow sign ?

[@kravatarnihailes6489]

my favorite "divinity" of the Mythos!

[@schylazeal]

makes you look at Curious George a bit differently..

[@arbington]

Have you seen the Yellow Sign?

[@kronoscamron7412]

no stop asking....

[@RamzaBeowulf]

I think your work is amazing and your explanations clear. You gained another subscriber. Bonus points for calling gods "Deities" and not "Dieties"

[@joshtompkins1538]

To me Hastur is probably the most interesting lovecraftian god from a literary standpoint. While the nature of Hastur himself is impossible to understand, as Tale Foundry has so expertly discussed in his videos on The King In Yellow, what he represents is something that we are fully capable of comprehending. To make it brief, The King in Yellow represents the power of words and how they can create something much greater than what the person who speaks them intends. He can also represent decadence, as the color yellow was very much associated with decadence when the original book was created. Specifically, however, he can represent the fate that decadence leads a person, becoming the very mask you wear, literally becoming nothing but a shallow parody of yourself. Now I’m just heavily oversimplifying what Tale Foundry says, but it think it is true.

[@navilluscire2567]

The "nameless yellow sign" of Hastur kinda reminds me of 3 hand sickles used by old'timey wheat farmers, perhaps the sign is like a little nod to the yellow feaster's domestic origins...

[@ShowJackAGOODtime]

Fascinating, great vid as always

[@sean5558]

In alternate storyline ….when Pennywise tries to kill Georgie It doesn’t realize underneath the unassuming yellow rain slicker the child wore was a tentacled monstrosity that belonged to the Elder Gods … the boy in yellow rain coat was actually the King in Yellow😮

[@jacopoarmini7889]

have you seen the yellow sign? I did, and I'm fine. Some weirdo knocked at my door though, he wanted to come in so bad that I had to hit him on the head with a frying pan, he didn't take it very well...

[@markbrigandi7497]

Jacopo Armini Dude, that was a Jehovah’s Witness! Good job with the pan, though-

[@kingonooamel5496]

Mark Brigandi yeah, they’re a pan in the ass.

[@ghoulishgoober3122]

King Onooamel They really get me heated when they show up at my door.

[@Al-dp7hw]

I saw the sign, And it opened up my eyes, I saw the sign, Life is demanding and without understanding...

[@ragnerschwarzmane3412]

I saw the sign! Now there are two voices in my head. Please tell them to stop, they’re constantly fighting one another and it‘s getting hard to sleep...

[@doug6570]

That thumbnail looks like something fron darkest dungeon.

[@Mr9mann]

True Detective fans be like: It is known.

[@oliviabennett5028]

Nice to see you covering The mythos. And not just just the popular ones.

[@diegos7337]

Really intresting. I think the whole Lovecraft universe is really intresting. Are you only going to do Cthulhu Mythos, or expand to all or Lovecraft´s Universe?

[@algeanephila]

@JacobofhouseTravillski kind of, many Lovecraft tales don't have direct connection to the pantheon, and the Mythos just became a concise mithology after Lovecraft's death

[@monadamus42]

Great video and great question! I didn't know about the references in True detective and it does in fact make the show even creepier for me. Also, some of Hastur's attributes made me think of Naraku from Inuyasha.

[@Geocrusher]

Old Man Henderson fears no Hastur

[@Medgator]

No

[@crystalmocs6177]

Yea

[@fongharalph9446]

Now that u talked about it, I can understand fully, the true detective , especially season 1 . Thanks a lot and hope to learn more

[@troublemaker1778]

Have you made anything about Apollo/Python or Helios? I really enjoy learning new things about the Cthulhu mythos, but I hope that you continue making videos about the Greek myths. There are still many things that you haven’t talked about. If you could then it would be really cool if you would make a video about Tyr or Heimdal. Keep up with the great work

[@TylerTour]

Trouble Maker Check his master playlist on his channel.

[@kelst75]

Robert Chambers also wrote a short story called The Yellow Sign in the 20s influenced by Bierce's story. The King in Yellow book was a big part of it.

[@mrsaddams1937]

How did you skip right over the book by Robert Chambers, The King in Yellow?

[@elielsaf3362]

Cool video. Just to add something: the showrunner for True Detective, Nic Pizzolato, was a literature professor before getting into video content. That aspect might explain all of the esoteric references.

[@MichaelASapp]

It might be helpful to know that the whole family tree business in the Mythos was an addition by August Derleth after Lovecraft's death. Suggesting that these entities were related sort of defeated the intention that these were alien beings and unknowable. Derleth set up a family squabble which is probably one of the most relatable things imaginable. Derleth did collect and save HPL's work which did lead to it being much more in the mainstream, so I cannot dislike him too much.

[@betterlatethannever4529]

The only thing that truly brings fear to the Green Lantern core

[@QalOrt]

The Mystery of the Hyades!

[@udasu]

Love True Detective, didn't know about the connection! Nice! And Thanks!

[@mysouptoocold1656]

Now that explains why Ellen in "I have no mouth and I must scream" game hates yellow

[@huyivant5190]

Cool title, not big into the lovecraft mythos but Hastur is a pretty cool concept

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

@2:02...he looks like Sauron only in yellow

[@RDeathmark]

It's snoke!

[@neoniohnn]

I think you meant sauron looks like him

[@NeostormXLMAX]

Wow. The light novel lord of the mysteries really took a lot of inspiration from this. The protagonist is Basicly the king of yellow in forshaddowing

[@bryceevangelista721]

This Hastur guy would seem to be the type of person who ties people to chairs made out of rockets....

[@emiliijaaat]

I WAS SEARCHING FOR THIS COMMENT

[@sffb8295]

Ah yes,Identity V.

[@avocado2351]

i see you

[@clownshoesmma6249]

Pretty cool story and delivery. 👍🏾

[@HxH2011DRA]

I like the aesthetic

[@Xspurr]

Nice to see I'm not the only one who watches Mr H Reviews.

[@kaich369]

The Morton salt king.

[@justusmzb7441]

Strange is the night where black stars light, an twin suns circle through the skies. But stranger still is lost carcosa.

[@destinyshaw7576]

I have a question for you, Can you do a complete Greek mythology family tree with the primordial gods, the titans, and the olympians? If no I understand

[@syrienangel4137]

I like to believe that Hastur is creating an army to destroy the world before his half-brother just to spite him.

[@TalonSky]

Bill Cypher is totally Hastur in my headcanon.

[@JohnCavalcante.Oficial]

Ah, a fellow Harper, i see

[@callmekekk2.092]

fuck off

[@Hilipinapixili]

Favorite Great Old One right there. You could pretty much make a whole mythos out of Carcosa and the "The King in Yellow" play alone.

[@winterdoll1917]

I haven't seen True Detective so I'm at dead ends on this

[@rajeshmoses6763]

The yellow king, that true Detective #1 session, is a ritual that still goes on today amongst secret societies.

[@IloveOtherPplsMsry]

Time is a flat circle

[@alwayschanging5821]

Brett the Hitman Time is an illusion generated by the biased perception of the human experience

[@tcaw8813]

No time be real without perception, its the movement of matter through space. Also time is a mobius strip

[@brotherpig5656]

The universe does not measure lengths of passage in "time", it's natural clock is decay.

[@stephentoth6003]

Brett the Hitman Awesome True Detective season 1 reference. To the other posters.......get off your high horses lol, you were all so anxious to wax intellectual about time you didnt even realize the reference lol

[@stephentoth6003]

T Caw .......man you have an odd desperation to be seen as intelligent

[@pancakes8670]

I want a video game focused around a war between Hastur and Cthulhu where you have to fight both of them in a three way battle.

[@Kaimariification]

I wonder what Hastur would think of the tale of Old Man Henderson?

[@PRGME7]

I think he’d love it. The character was created in a time of turmoil and the creator of Henderson wrote in languages they did not understand. Classic madness. The way Henderson was used may not matter as much as the way he was created.

[@derricks5113]

Great video - love the parallels you made to True Detective. I'll have to start watching that again, I love the cthulhu mythos

[@ironrose6]

Ah, Xanthous King Jeremiah, we meet again.

[@CL_CORTES]

I certainly appreciate the additional knowledge gained from watching this VDO. Very interesting are the references from True Detective!

[@Grandsheba]

Elden ring brought me back here

[@anomitas]

Nice

[@garretwoeller7669]

I like how he is just the vibe King like half the time it's like ah your worshipping me cool ill give you power

[@sgt.krakatoa1093]

Hey! I have a question H a v e Y o u S e e n T h e Y e l l o w S i g n ?

[@nushia7192]

You can see the reference of Cthulu Mythos in anime also: "Nyaruko, the crawling chaos."

[@docette2015]

Interesting stuff -- didn't know Hastur and Cthulhu are related! The rivalry doesn't surprise me much, though -- all these cults seem to hate each other. I am surprised that you brought up the King in Yellow without mentioning the play of the same name. Isn't that another of Hastur's ways to get new cultists -- have it performed and drive everyone who sees it mad?

[@starwish6278]

Hastur and Cthulhu are not related in any way, unless you accept Derleth's work as canon, which many do not.

[@muruamd]

Short and concise. Well done.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Damn, Koro-sensei. You got scary.

[@jeetlaha9627]

In Marvel, Knull's title of "King in Black" is a reference to Hastur, the King in Yellow. Furthermore, Knull's spiral emblem is based on the Spiral of Carcosa from True Detective, which is a reference to Carcosa, which is associated to Hastur.

[@Sylentmana]

I think giving them relationships such as being brothers as well as emotional motivation humanizes the entities which goes against the intended purpose of these beings. They are supposed to be alien and unknowable, completely unrelatable to the human mind.

[@zackketchum3984]

Sylentmana We have August Derleth to thank for that. Lovecraft kept everything intentionally vague, as humankind would probably not understand the ways in which these beings are connected.

[@monkeybusiness673]

I like to think of it as "We can't understand what's up with these two guys, but it LOOKS like they're in a rivalry. It SEEMS like Hastur wants to destroy Cthulhu." Because those are concepts that our insignificant minds can make sense of. Who is to say that this "destruction" of Cthulhu actually kills/desintegrates/whatever him? Who's to say that Hastur actually feels something like hatred towards his brother? The intention may be something else entirely. Or there may not even be an intention behind it; maybe they're contesting because that's what they exist for? Also, Shub-Niggurath is THE mother, knwon to give birth to strange beings. But the relationship between her and her offspring might be something mortals cannot possibly fathom. Hell, sometimes we're not even sure if two beings with two different names are even DIFFERENT in the first place. So, I don't think it takes away; instead it opens up new possibilities. And the more you think about all that and try to make sense of it with your limited human brain, the closer you get to insanity.

[@anomitas]

The 3 fingers and the lord of frenzied flame

[@richardpesek8971]

Hastur vs Cthulhu would make a great fight

[@slimjim877]

I disagree, the great dreamer will just eat him, along with our plane of reality.

[@richardpesek8971]

Dude why give such blue balls. Such disappointment

[@haydoriobro2441]

Top 10 anime battles?

[@hategoes2way345]

Who ever wins, man kind loses. A fight between two great old ones could go on for centuries

[@ghoulishgoober3122]

Hategoes2way They have actually fought in the past, not sure who though.

[@kittymcjesus149]

That explains that one Demons Souls boss... and a bunch of Miyazaki's love for this type of mythos.

[@kittymcjesus149]

@@Paganichi the "Old Monk" boss fight