The Great Old Ones Rise: The Cthulhu Mythos Quiz

Nyarlathotep is usually seen as a tall Egyptian man who attracts many followers.

It was no human that fathered Wilbur Whateley. Yog-Sothoth was summoned to impregnate Lavinia Whateley.

After Wilbur dies, no one is around to placate and hide the giant invisible monster that is somehow also his twin brother.

The librarian at Miskatonic University denies Wilbur's request.

Loosely translated to "Unspeakable Cults," it's a book of esoteric knowledge originally created by Conan the Barbarian author Robert E. Howard (within the mythos, its author is Friedrich von Junzt).

Armitage is the head librarian.

Azathoth sits at the center of the universe grooving to a sort of dark cosmic Grateful Dead concert (there's a "flopping horde of amorphous dancers," annoying flute music and weird drumming).

A collection of glowing spheres might sound fairly innocuous, but apparently Yog-Sothoth is very unpleasant to look at.

Shub-Niggurath is the Black Goat of the Woods With a Thousand Young.

Cthulhu slumbers in R'lyeh, a ruined city beneath the South Pacific.

To look upon Cthulhu is to go insane. When he emerges from his tomb, people go insane halfway around the world.

Lovecraft described Cthulhu as giant green monstrosity bearing an "awful squid-head with writhing feelers."

Even death may die, implying that Cthulhu is still alive even though he's been asleep for "vigintillions of years."

Ia! Ia! The correct answer is fhtagn!

The Shoggoths rose up and defeated their Elder Thing masters.

Mythos scholars suggest the sea god known as Dagon may simply be Cthulhu re-envisioned through Judeo-Christian belief systems by its human worshippers.

Even before they fully transform into Deep Ones, there's a certain "Innsmouth look" to Dagon worshippers.

Elder Things have radial symmetry and have five legs.

Yuggoth is a planet at the outer edge of the solar system.

Mi-go transport humans through space in brain cylinders. They have to remove your brain from your body to accomplish this.

Yig's various forms are all snakelike in one way or another.

Tsathoggua commands a legion of formless spawn, weird oily things that can take any shape and are nearly impossible to defeat.

Mordiggian absorbs heat, so when he is brought forth, everything gets very cold. Which is really just an inconvenience compared to the part where he engulfs and dissolves the bodies and souls of his victims.

Leng's location seems to move from place to place, possibly because it is a dream realm or a nexus of different dimensions.

The cults of Leng devour human corpses.

Hastur's arrival is associated with the Yellow Sign (which was created by Robert Chambers and later adopted into the mythos by Lovecraft and others).

Yithians can possess other beings, including humans.

The Yithian library is located in a city called Pnakotus.

If you find yourself at a performance of "The King in Yellow," leave at intermission. It's the second act that drives you insane.