Paul Fricker Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 https://blasphemoustomes.com/2021/03/02/mythos-deities-ubbo-sathla-and-mordiggian/ We’re back and we’re contemplating the mysteries of life and death. Sure, we could read a lot of dusty old religious texts but we’d rather seek the wisdom of the prophet Klarkash-Ton. His visions of the origins of life and the final mysteries of death are enlightening, uplifting and thoroughly entertaining. Sure, most religions don’t describe our creator as “yeasty” or suggest that our passage to the next world will involve priests gnawing on our bones, but some truths are uncomfortable. While we’re not certain we’d worship either Ubbo-Sathla or Mordiggian, we’ll happily learn all their juicy secrets. There’s something comforting in the thought that the brackets of our lives are as absurd as everything that happens between them. Main Topic: Mythos Deities: Ubbo-Sathla and Mordiggian This episode is the latest in our series on the deities of the Cthulhu Mythos. It is also a return to talking about Clark Ashton Smith, one of the key members of the original Lovecraft Circle. Smith was always the most imaginative and weirdest writer amongst Lovecraft’s correspondents, and the gods we discuss in this episode are no exception. Ubbo-Sathla, the unbegotten source, is at least as blasphemous a parody of creator deities as Lovecraft’s own Azathoth. And Mordiggian, the invisible eater of the dead, is a surprisingly sympathetic psychopomp, even if you have to watch out for his priests. Previous discussions about Mythos deities have covered Dagon, Shub-Niggurath, Yog-Sothoth, Nyarlathotep, Hastur, Azathoth and Nodens. We have also had a general discussion of the gods of the Cthulhu Mythos and a look at the role of religion in all this yog-sothothry. Links Things we mention in this episode include: Clark Ashton Smith “Ubbo-Sathla” by Clark Ashton Smith The Lovecraft Circle The Book of Eibon The Fens Beowulf Azathoth History of the World, Part I (1981) Serpent people “The Hounds of Tindalos” by Frank Belknap Long “The Unbegotten Source” by Lin Carter Crypt of Cthulhu “The Dunwich Horror” by HP Lovecraft “The Seven Geases” by Clark Ashton Smith Abhoth Malleus Monstrorum At the Mountains of Madness by HP Lovecraft Lovecraftian Science blog on the origins of life Shub-Niggurath “The Charnel God” by Clark Ashton Smith Zothique Dying Earth genre The Dying Earth by Jack Vance Lost “The Dark Eidolon” by Clark Ashton Smith “The Infernal Star” by Clark Ashton Smith “The Looking Glass” by Peter A Worthy, Ian Davey, EP Berglund and James Ambuehl “The Prodigy of Dreams” by Thomas Ligotti The Realm of Shadows by John Crowe Fear’s Sharp Little Needles Europe Ablaze The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by HP Lovecraft The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) Blackwood Tear Them Apart Calla Cthulhu Patreon Update We have updated our Patreon backer rewards, so if you are already a backer, please check the email we sent out yesterday for details. And if you're new, then simply take a look at out Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/GoodfriendsofJacksonElias 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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