Hastur - The Sinister King in Yellow - Cthulhu Myths

Hastur is part of the cosmic horror mythology created by H.P. Lovecraft. He is associated with unspeakable terror and madness and is known as "The King in Yellow." His mere existence causes fear and fascination, symbolizing the unknown horror.
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[@ethanemerson4862]

The King in Yellow and Hastur are separate people. The King in yellow was created by Robert W Chambers in 1895. Before Lovecraftian wrote his first story the year after in 1896. Hastur is the Cthulhu universe’s version of the King. Think of it like the difference between Dracula and Nosfuratu. One is the original, while the other is a similar creature inspired by it.

[@CoryAkabueze]

I never thought the color yellow could look so terrifying

[@logansoto4893]

Me neither I had no idea hastor was so terrifying

[@blackcat19778]

I've heard he's running a fast food franchise these day 😉

[@alexgregg1058]

Sinestro has entered the chat

[@-Thauma-]

Don't believe everything you watch on the internet.

[@logansoto4893]

@@-Thauma- I'll try to remember that

[@t.cooper1738]

Robert W Chambers - King in Yellow Worth a reading.

[@jamiesehdev2663]

I've not long got a copy the wordsworth edition? Been too terrified to read it lol especially after all the warnings of dire madness being made manifest by even glancing across the pages?? Errrr how was it for you? Lol

[@bilbobagend8155]

An Inhabitant of Carcosa by Ambrose Bierce is where all this started. Then, you had the Robert W Chambers book, "The King in Yellow" which references Carcosa. Lovecraft referenced the King in Yellow, adding him to his mythos and giving him the name "Hastur." I'm not dissing Lovecraft, as he never went further that. It's more or less an easter egg. However later Lovecraft writers kind of miss the mark when it comes to portraying the King in Yellow. Making Carcosa into an actual city in another dimension full of monsters, and making the King a literal king really misses the point of the original work.

[@top2579]

I thought the book was illegal

[@wimvanderstraeten6521]

Lovecraft's work is as much fantasy as it is horror or science fiction. It's really in a category of its own.

[@jacejackson5253]

That's why any fictional creature that is incomprehensible is often called "Lovecraftian".

[@andypaulsibakoff9816]

As a big fan of all things Crhulhoid, I definitely agree - H.P.'s horror is beyond these dimensions. Ïa ïa Cthulhu Fh'tagn!

[@no2party]

Fun Fact: The King in Yellow actually predates and was the main inspiration for Lovecraft.

[@comicbookreviewer4856]

I do admit Lovecraft work always gave me the idea to use ideas of his work for my He-man reboot Like having Elements of hastur used for Skeletor also having the Albino penguins story used for the Snake men and Cthulhu for Horde prime

[@kirablackstar6130]

​@@comicbookreviewer4856That actually sounds brilliant especially when one considers that He-Man is essentially just an adaptation of Conan, and that Conan's creator, Robert E Howard, was a friend and confidant of Lovecraft's...and that as a result Howard took a shot at doing his own Lovecraftian tales.

[@Fueganthefireyguy]

8:51 small correction here: Hastur isn't an outer god. He's a great old one. If he was an outer god, it would be laughable to even compare him to Cthulu.

[@catvanbrian9470]

However, the purpose of Carcosa is to absorb worlds, nations, lesser/regional gods and souls in order to apotheosize into an outer god.

[@shaunsmith8008]

True Detective season 1 brought me here, great info!

[@sgshaday]

Thwy really should have kept with that kind of theme.

[@gaster42]

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.

[@Bewildered-monkey]

I can’t wait to see more Cthulhu myths I like the eerie theme that it gives off And I know I said this before but I can’t stop talking about the main man Marcus Aquino with these amazing illustrations

[@SeeUinHistory]

Thanks for your comment @Bewildered-monkey! We are always very happy to read such positive feedback

[@Bewildered-monkey]

@@SeeUinHistory always great to come back to these videos too, tell Marcus the bewildered monkey like his work ❤️

[@FutureMythology]

This Hastur - The Sinister King in Yellow video is amazing! I admire the detail and understanding of this fascinating Cthulhu Mythos character. Keep going strong!

[@KryyssTV]

It's a shame that later authors who added to the Lovecraft mythos made the mistake of thinking Hastur was the name of the King In Yellow because when you look at the source matetial you can clearly see that Hastur was actually just the name of a district within Carcosa. In the collection of short stories done by Chambers it clearly mentions it alongside Aldebaran which is also a place and describes lakes that connect Hastur. We know to that Carcosa is notable for it's association with Lake Hali so having more waterways within the lost city is not unexpected. Furthermore, Hastur is mentioned by Lovecraft only once but following a list of eldrich beings and at the start of a list of places like the great city of Yian, the plateau of Leng, the Lake of Hali, and the lost city of Beth oora.

[@VoidedFilms]

Never heard this before. Very interesting, taking the idea of Hastur being his name away from.the King in Yellow re applies the sinister mystery of the beings identity.

[@KryyssTV]

@@VoidedFilms I strumbled across TKIY by complete accident when I heard of the collection of stories written by Chambers that was where my familiarity started. When I saw that Lovecraft added TKIY to his mythos that surprized me but not as much as the name Hastur being thrown around as TKIY's name since I knew right away that was not part of the source material. Since then we've seen this misinformation spread further and further and no doubt I'd have believed it too had I not started with the source and worked outwards to the derivitive works. But yeah, go look at the Chamber's short stories within The King In Yellow collection. You'll see what I mean.

[@kinginyellow1490]

@@KryyssTV "The One Who Shall Not Be Named" Hastor is one of many titles people try to give the King. It is part of the great design. He wishes to be known as this title to the people of this time. His machinations are his own on why that is to be. The King in Yellow, the one you see in the yellow robes are not he, but avatars of the The One Who Shall Not Be Named. He is the very essence of greatness. And misdirection come second nature to the King. In a time if digital information this is a core principle to spread fear, decent, divisiveness. It is the sign of the times, just like the Yellow Sign.

[@Splicer-lb5xb]

​@@kinginyellow1490Tzeech invades, corrupts the minds, but who are we to say wether t'is corruption we see, rather than the truth.

[@KryyssTV]

@HalideHelix The issue there is that if you want to take the approach of Cambers being metaphorical then we're back to square one because if the references to lakes connecting Hastur and Alderbarran are speaking of an associative connection then a "son of Hastur" can also mean a man from that region of Carcosa. The other point we may not have considered, and occured to me more recently, is that Hastur is both a being and a place within Carsoa. I was reading Dunwich Horror and noticed that Yog-Sothoth is both a dimentional portal and an eldrich being. As a son of Hastur could thetefore be a King In Yellow not Hastur itself as that satisfies both literal and metaphorocal contexts of what Chambers wrote.

[@reis35735]

More Lovecraft plz

[@SeeUinHistory]

Yes! Don't forget to subscribe so you won't miss them 👍👍

[@thenson1Halo]

You'd think cultists would stop summoning Old Ones after eons of a 100% worse than death rate.

[@cardinalcopiaghostb.c.]

Großartig erzählt. Er ist neben Cthulhu einer meiner Lieblinge.🫶🏻

[@jackolantern147]

Fun fact: Lovecraft once implied that Hastur and Nyarlathotep are the same being.

[@TheReaLcatniP]

Nyarlathotep seems like an extension of Hastur.

[@eltonrochanunes1786]

The Seth in The Story Conan is The Nyarlathotep ?

[@hg1651]

Lovecraft implied? He never wrote anything about hastur.

[@masamune2984]

@@hg1651He did mention Hastur once, even if other authors are the ones that really wrote about him and fleshed him out.

[@masamune2984]

@@TheReaLcatniPIt’s probably the reverse. Hastur is likely another Avatar of Nyarlathotep.

[@janbaltes2863]

Awesome narration and art. Great work:)

[@Sock5th]

I forgot why i love the color yellow so much but then this video popped up and i remembered

[@blast3608]

You... Are the best storyteller! Your accent, narrative and rhythm. 😎 👍

[@robertkennedy4114]

His design in the thumbnail looks sick

[@Lhukka]

muito bom essa animação!!!

[@sueflewelling3657]

Great video can you do nyarlathotep next

[@kinginyellow1490]

We are flattered.

[@michaelkelley2727]

so mimikyu's pokemon evolution

[@Felhek]

In the game Elden Ring, yellow is the color for madness

[@stevengreen9536]

Rule number one of meeting lovecraftian entities DON'T!!!

[@gilla2092]

There are so many similarities between dealing with fairies and the eldritch

[@stevengreen9536]

@@gilla2092 That greatly depends on the fairies.

[@gilla2092]

@@stevengreen9536 I can tell you weren't raised by an irish woman with that

[@stevengreen9536]

@gilla2092 No I was not. But I have heard about some of the legends of Ireland over the years.

[@pross6525]

Cthulhu and Hastur both have their own cities.

[@zer0sum642]

“Now he was at the door, and the bolts rotted at his touch…”

[@IamFratMan]

The movie Tumbbad is about the demon Hastur & he too wears a crown. Wondering if they're one and the same.

[@hakimdiwan5101]

No not even remotely close lol

[@ZephyrBW]

Hard to believe this all came from imagination

[@Felhek]

We never imagine, we actually see other realities.

[@gilla2092]

Witch speaking. I am from a celtic background. My mother was also a witch, and HATED aliens and the talk of it. Almost like a phobia. She always called this stuff fake, but refused to look into it enough to realize it is likely some thing like this that caused the great void in Boötes.

[@MrBuckanovsky]

Every version of theism is trying to explain something, provide answers and control people. This is only different because of the insignificance of Man.

[@AnvilPictures]

I’m actually going to direct a short film after the summer based on the king in yellow. The story is entirely original written by me but keeps the key characteristics of the stories in the King in Yellow. Such as the book and King makes an appearance during a moment in the story. A descent into madness. I won’t elaborate on the specifics or the title because I don’t want anyone to steal it.

[@AnvilPictures]

@HalideHelix I haven’t started filming yet but I’ve had the script completed for awhile now but will start filming after the summer. I got my cast planned out especially who’s going to play the King. I needed someone tall and lucky enough I know someone from the acting program who I contacted and emailed him the script and he really liked it and helped out with the rest of the casting. He’s 6 ft 4. It will be viewed on my channel here on KZbin. I already have a film if you want to check it out. It’s SCP based but it’s a little bit of my style and what you could expect from the next film. But except it to be a bit longer and more locations.

[@AnvilPictures]

@HalideHelix I might make a trailer after but I’ll see if I have time.

[@gusty7153]

i have a silly fan idea in that carcosa and the backrooms are the same.

[@DrakariZargon]

The backrooms is his playinground. And i read somewhere that "The thing" was his herald.

[@BEExPyro]

Backrooms is more interesting than lovecraft. Why doesn’t he talk about backroom myths, I wonder?

[@henriquecesardesouzasilva8766]

​@@BEExPyro it isn't.

[@BEExPyro]

@@henriquecesardesouzasilva8766 what? If this guy posted a backrooms video, would you watch it? I think that would be more entertaining than lovecraft.

[@ProudGirlDadX2]

Yeah. Wandering around an empty warehouse-like structure for God knows how long or for what reason is so much more interesting than cosmic horror/mountain sized monsters/Dark Gods -Outer Gods-Space Gods- God's of Dreams and Nightmares/A civilization of fish people temporarily living in Cape cod or maybe Nantucket/entities so powerful and hideous that one look at them can cause even the strongest of minds to break..... Riiiight 👌. * H.P and REH were great friends and collaborators. So it's possible that if Hastur or Cthulhu or Dagon get to big for their britches, Conan the Barbarian could show up and take them down a peg or 2,3, 400! Are there any riveting stories about Conan showing up in the backrooms?? I thought not

[@jamiesehdev2663]

Now I thought he resided in the stone monastery on the plateau of leng? Idk

[@HasturLaVishnu]

Interesting. You are all welcome to visit Carcosa.

[@-RONNIE]

Thanks for the video

[@KelseyFowler-r5m]

Serpentor

[@KelseyFowler-r5m]

Skeletonar and A koma

[@phantomeye5199]

0:00 👍 So this is Hastur know as the The King in Yellow. I never he wear yellow. They bow down to him sit on his Throne room. 1:26 A man see above The King in Yellow at water. 2:07 Cool it looks like city and see sun but dark. 4:14 A man was caught by them at river. 6:18 Wow two guys behind The King in Yellow like form alliance. 7:51 The King in Yellow approach to him in Carcosa. 8:33 Really a human just worship The King in Yellow!? 9:25 😱 Woo! They scream and ran away when they see The King in Yellow. 👏😃👍 Now that was totally fantastic story of Hastur The Sinister King in Yellow in Cthulhu Myths

[@hugostiglitz491]

Dishonored

[@Bruh73129]

I love the animation is this a comic book ?

[@SeeUinHistory]

We have a team of artists here at See U in History, their credits are at the description. We make original artwork for our channel. Some of our comics are available at amazon ;)

[@dungeonsanddragonsbutformo9835]

"He's also known as the king of yellow" Bro how did you make hastur sound silly

[@KelseyFowler-r5m]

20 gummies?

[@KelseyFowler-r5m]

Well

[@scottjohnson8382]

You forgot that Hastur and Cthulhu are brothers.....

[@gilla2092]

Half brothers, that are at war

[@Nemchick]

So madness basicaly

[@TheCosmicGuy0111]

Cthulhu is that you?

[@JRussellDay]

Cthwholu?

[@TheCosmicGuy0111]

@@JRussellDay moo moo? Octopoo?

[@johnhickersantilan4295]

Such interesting to know this 😮

[@leviotten]

mispronouncing names on a video meant to be a deep dive.

[@isaacmayer6684]

Deadpool in yellow

[@michaelsingcay480]

Ganda lods 😊❤❤❤❤❤

[@mechtim]

wait is this were DC comics got the idea for the yellow lanterns of fear.

[@irfanismail3652]

No

[@AhmedBalahim]

No yellow has always been associated with fear for centuries way before the chthulu mythos

[@greyworld6242]

Have you seen the yellow sign?

[@123batchy]

Do one on Freddy Kugar.

[@Jtworthy1]

If you can read this, PLEASE do a video about the Downstreamers from manifold

[@TheSalimkh]

Why does he have tentacles?

[@godleveleldritchblast5257]

That was the greatest representation I've ever gotten, it brings a tear to my eye, all the beautiful titles. Wrapped in a shroud of despair. Just a beautiful description. 😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣

[@charliemcternan8190]

Another crazy monster

[@ninthundertow]

Do more Lovecraft videos.

[@milutinstankovic4638]

King in Yellow 🟡💛

[@aggadi]

There is an Indian movie named (Tumbbad). when I first heard about Hastur. He stays in a well in an abandoned town. It's a nice movie.

[@LordOmnissiah]

No mention of the yellow sign or the cursed play “the king in yellow”? Really guys? C’mon those are essential parts of his lore!

[@theromanorder]

What culture is this? Like where?

[@SeeUinHistory]

This is from the Cthulhu Mythos, from the famous fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft

[@theromanorder]

@@SeeUinHistory ah thanks, so not history...

[@hugostiglitz491]

​@@theromanordermythology isn't history

[@theromanorder]

@@hugostiglitz491 historical mitholagy

[@WildMen4444]

​@@hugostiglitz491Mythology is also not fiction (it's non-fiction as it relates to real world beliefs). This is why I personally wouldn't consider Lovecraft stuff mythology. But I'm not the guy running the channel so... 🤷🏽

[@SheevPalpatine]

For all his eldritch power, Hastur was no match for Old Man Henderson.

[@Thoralmir]

In Japan, he's an adorable little boy in a yellow hoodie.

[@sirguy6678]

Do you read Sutter Cain?

[@rohitchauhan_17]

सोजा दादी वरना हस्तर आ जायेगा।

[@captainscomicsandcomments8079]

I have to find this book.

[@alexrogers9051]

I think the movie underwater has to do with these beings.

[@captainscomicsandcomments8079]

@alexrogers9051 I'll be on the look out for it, thanks!

[@alexrogers9051]

The movie “underwater” brought me here.

[@jimmymash5520]

Have you seen the yellow sign

[@andreacastelli1560]

Is more powerfull Hastur or Cthullu?

[@ilcanaledidavide8102]

Hastur is WAY stronger , he is at the same level as Nyarlatoteph (the """"""""uncle"""""" of the greath cthulu)

[@andreacastelli1560]

@@ilcanaledidavide8102 😳 Wow... I didn't expect this

[@sleepyjoe9267]

Jesus Christ is God and Lord of all creation. ✝️

[@xerez62610]

Is Jesus Christ the King in Yellow?

[@alexoblivion9295]

I saw the face of Jesus in a huge dump I took yesterday morning

[@hugostiglitz491]

​@@xerez62610the yellow king beats Jesus in a fight

[@Reversxxx]

There is no God, cry

[@andypaulsibakoff9816]

Whether we speak of the mythological figure "Jesus" or the historical agitator Yešwa ben-Yosef, he's dead anyway.

[@gageabdul]

🟡 The King In Yellow 🟡

[@stevecaliguire4296]

Ripping of marvels king in black huh ?

[@SeeUinHistory]

🤔🤔🤔

[@tonyvillarreal1812]

You know nothing John Snow

[@JRussellDay]

Lol maybe do some googling..

[@abraxas2]

😂😂😂😂😂 ignorance always asummes boldly. Hastur was created in 1893.

[@Ariel.constante212]

My boy... Marvel didn't even existed when Robert W.Chambers wrote the King in yellow...

[@BEExPyro]

NOT MYTHOLOGY! WRITTEN BY A FICTION BOOK AUTHOR LIKE DR.SUESS More fiction from a book writer. TALK ABOUT THE LOVECRAFTIAN ENTITY “the flood” FROM HALO! HALO IS MORE INTERESTING THAN LOVECRAFT. YOU CANT PLAY A LOVECRAFT BOOK.

[@SeeUinHistory]

Well... i'm guessing you are not a Lovecraft fan 🙄

[@BEExPyro]

@@SeeUinHistory no I love halo. I have the master chief collection downloaded on my Xbox and I play halo1 less than 2 month ago

[@BEExPyro]

@@SeeUinHistory AND what I’m not a fan of is misinformation! Mr.”I’m here to teach about history and mythology” Your not teaching is your misinforming.

[@JRussellDay]

Oh my god this is so funny, oh you think video games are more fun than books? Lol you really don't know books, and yes I've played plenty of halo, and also the Flood is sooo boring. Such a lazy monster..

[@SeeUinHistory]

@BEExPyro HP Lovecraft created his own mythology - as did Tolkien, Frank Herbert, Isaac Asimov and many other authors Literature has historical significance Expand your knowledge

[@DargorV]

Sounds like a chatGPT text tbh

[@themalcontent100]

Tale founday put it best. The King in Yellow is a symbol of decadance. A currency that he have in abundance.

[@paulh6949]

I know who this is,...my gecko xo

[@nutellanorbert2799]

The internet is polluted with ai generell content. Nothing in this video was done by a human. Which explains the extreme low quality of its delivery. I think even half of the comments are bots. And with my comment, I give it engagement therefore the other machine thinks I am interested in it and will get spammed again with stuff like this. The irony though 😂

[@SeeUinHistory]

@nutellanorbert2799 You guys give AI too much credit! Look at the video description: Art: Marcus Aquino Color: Fabi Marques You are taking credit from a real human artist with your comment. And the narration was also human. The animation and editing are human.

[@nutellanorbert2799]

@@SeeUinHistory in that case I apologize for my rushing and not checking!

[@godleveleldritchblast5257]

WHO ALLOWED SAM LAKE TO GET A HOLD OF ONE OF THE BOOKS OF MADNESS! COME ON PEOPLE! THE DARK PRESENCES??? SERIOUSLY??? NEXT THING YOU KNOW HE IS GOING TO BE TELLING US THAT ALAN WAKE IS THE STRONGEST PARAUTILITARIAN!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tinkabell1400]

Jeez he sounds like my narcissistic abusive ex family and peers i went to elementary and middle school with and a couple of psycho exes

[@CrystalRaye]

Would

[@TrueInvisible]

unthinkable, untold, untalked about, ununderstandable .. how come it's so scary when you can't look at it, or understand it?? this is a joke.

[@JohnnyKickajoo]

Lovecraft is severely overated. Calling everything "unspeakable" and adding black tentacles to everything is corny horror cheating.

[@andreasplosky8516]

You have not really read him, have you? You should read Lovecraft and judge him on that, not on text, written for a youtube video.

[@thousandyoung]

Not all H.P. Works are the same Kid 😂. Just because every KZbinr and their Dog is monetizing about it now doesn't mean he's overrated. A CRAPTON of Horror Authors based their Works on Lovecraft.

[@Isuukuu]

Sounds like a job for two cynical alcoholic cops in Louisiana or something.

[@giovannamoretti4001]

This makes me want to reread the book now 👑🫶

[@hg1651]

Cthulhu and Hastur have never worked together.

[@robertkennedy4114]

I could see why people might think that though

[@thegametroll6264]

Have you seen the yellow sign?

[@Erok9]

I bet i could beat him in Madden.

[@thenson1Halo]

Elden Ring had a large and fitting nod to the king in yellow. Warhammer 40K uses the name and i'm sure GW knows its origin but it's hard to imagine Constantin Valdor having any common traits or goals with Hastur to suggest anything more than the name being shared.

[@StarFoxSaviorsLeader]

tell me why he he looks like Deadpool at 6:33, god, Deadpool really is Marvel Jesus

[@charbelaziz1511]

Elden rin the flame of frenzy is yellow

[@KelseyFowler-r5m]

Haster is HERE!!!!

[@ghostttriddder]

Funger 1 golden ending.

[@nicholasfischer9093]

The original Legarde

[@ZoidbergCZ]

Just when you thought Deep ones are creepy... You´ll meet the Sunken ones...

[@smcneal057]

Freddy Kruger must have gotten power from this thing.

[@sean5558]

“On some mornings…. I can see the Infernal Plane…… -Errol Childress

[@hixhixkilmix1020]

The Fool that doesn’t belong to this era; The Mysterious Ruler above the gray fog; The King of Yellow and Black who wields good luck

[@WilliamKnight89]

ARRR-THURRRR!!!!!!

[@CrystalRaye]

JOOOOOHN!

[@Mando2121]

Thank you! Finally some fellow Malevolent fans

[@DaughterofAnubis]

Oh, another Lovecraftian entity. Another Lovecraftian entity involved with the 100-Year-War and the Great Holy War in history. Yay. (Not.)

[@BEExPyro]

He likes to talks about FICTION book writer Lovecraft. I wish that he would talk about the Dr. suess FICTION, or Halo’s video game FICTION, or full metal alchemist’s anime FICTION. but NO... BORING LOVECRAFT!

[@DaughterofAnubis]

@@BEExPyro It’s not boring; it’s just that the Lovecraftian lore is just weird and full of corruption. I don’t bite what race they are but all I know is that they came from a horror film.

[@BEExPyro]

@@DaughterofAnubis my point is COMPARED to halo or full metal alchemist... that lovecraft is boring.

[@DaughterofAnubis]

@@BEExPyro Yeah. That’s fine. You win.

[@Donathon-qx8kq]

​@@BEExPyroI'm just sorry you didn't get it.... from your screen name I'm surprised your not familiar with Lovecraft's parallel to Egyptian Beliefs....

[@trajanfidelis1532]

Have you seen the Yellow sign?

[@gendiswkstudio8761]

Smash next

[@michaelsingcay480]

Pa notice Po

[@darkservantofheaven]

a perfect atangonist for Green Lantern Core