The Elder Sign
Elder Gods are beings that oppose the Outer Gods and the Great Old Ones. They are benevolent in nature and are widely worshipped as gods by the Dreamlands inhabitans. The Elder Gods supposedly live somewhere near Betelgeuse, or in an alternate dimension known as Elysia, or even in a place called the Hourless House in the Dreamlands.
War with the Great Old Ones[]
At some point in the past, the Great Old Ones, who may have been created as the Elder God's servants or even numbered among them, rebelled against the Elder Gods, taking certain documents from the possession of their foes and hiding them in the Great Library of Celaeno or with Ubbo-Sathla. In retribution for this affront, the Elder Gods came to Earth and battled the Great Old Ones. This war concluded with the imprisonment of the Great Old Ones.
According to myth, the Elder Gods, including Nodens, Kthanid, and Yad-Thaddag, will arise to combat their ancient foes when the stars are right again and the Great Old Ones break free of their prisons.
The Elder Sign[]
The Elder Sign is a magical symbol of the Elder Gods that supposedly protects one from the Great Old Ones and Outer Gods, who seem to fear it.
List of Elder Gods[]
- Adaedu (appears in "Nightmare Disciple" by Joseph S. Pulver)
- Alithlai Tyy (appears in "Nightmare Disciple" by Joseph S. Pulver)
- Bast (appears in "The Suicide in the Study" by Robert Bloch)
- Dveahtehs
- Eppirfon
- Eyroix
- Hypnos
- Kthanid (appears in Brian Lumley's Titus Crow series)
- Orryx
- Othkkartho
- Ovytonv
- Oztalun
- Nodens (appears in "The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath" by H. P. Lovecraft)
- N'tse-Kaambl
- Shavalyoth
- Sk'tai
- Ulthar
- Urthuvn
- Vorvadoss
- Xislanyx
- Xuthyos-Sihb’Bz
- Yad-Thaddag
- Yaggdytha
- Zehirete
- Chululas