Shub niggurath

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This is my own impression of Shub-Niggurath. It may be quite different from the description in the original book, but I like this idea very much. I will try to portray some other characters.

Shub-Niggurath is a perverse fertility deity belonging to the immensely powerful Ogdru Jahad. Shub-Niggurath mostly takes form in the middle of dark and decadent forests, a trait which earned her the epithet of "Black Goat of the Woods." Another reason she is called the Black Goat is because many of the forms she assumes all involve her having the physical characteristics of a goat, which according to some is supposedly the bastardization of the demon Baphomet who was also known for his…

H. P. Lovecraft fanart

Shub-Niggurath Black Goat of the Woods

Lovecraftian bestiary for kids: Hastur by Teos Ulanti on ArtStation.

JAN PIMPING © 2015

Shub-Niggurath, called The Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young, is an Outer God in the Cthulhu Mythos of H. P. Lovecraft. The being is first mentioned in Lovecraft's revision story "The Last Test" (1928); in Lovecraft's fiction, she is never actually described, but is frequently mentioned or called upon in incantations. Shub-Niggurath is also referenced in the works of other Mythos authors, including Robert Bloch, August Derleth, Ramsey Campbell, Lin Carter, and Brian Lumley…

That would make a rad horror movie, don't you think? Killer art by @christophe_young - "Dawn of the Striggore"...⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ posted on Instagram - https://ift.tt/33o3RNJ

bestiary for the Call of CTHULHU RPG - Éditions Sans-détour - 2015